so a couple of weeks ago, our hospital's DON decided to hold a hospital-wide CNA meeting - at 0730! Every single CNA in the hospital had to go. So, while we were changing shifts and giving report, there were no CNA's on the floor. I work on an acute rehab floor, so our patient need to be toileted and showered and have assistance to eat breakfast (which is served at 0730!)
Anyone else think this is. . .incredibly stupid? Why not have two meetings - one in the morning and one around 1500?
We actually had a patient fall occur at 0745 on our floor. Bed alarm was on, just no one responded quickly enough (patient fine - just trying to get to the bathroom like everyone else)
Just. . .dumb. I feel like our DON is completely out of touch with floor nursing.
needs to happen more often so nurses get a greater appreciation for cna's. the don clearly knows the effect it would have and was probably making a point to the nurses and or cna's about something. the don most likely was getting trivial complaints about cna's by nurses or cna's complaining about poo nurses.
so what was the meeting about, i'm sure you can ask your cna's to find out?[/quote
Obviously, you can't be a nurse or you wouldn't be saying that.
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needs to happen more often so nurses get a greater appreciation for cna's. the don clearly knows the effect it would have and was probably making a point to the nurses and or cna's about something.
I dont think that the DON of any facility gives a rats *** about the CNA's or nurses enough to have a meeting at 0730 to celebrate or give recognition for the great work the CNA's do.
However, way to go in thinking about the glass half full. Obviously I am not one of those people.
Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.
needs to happen more often so nurses get a greater appreciation for cna's. the don clearly knows the effect it would have and was probably making a point to the nurses and or cna's about something. the don most likely was getting trivial complaints about cna's by nurses or cna's complaining about poo nurses.
so what was the meeting about, i'm sure you can ask your cna's to find out?
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Wouldn't that sort of backfire -- or are all those residents who can't eat their breakfast and forced to "hold it" until they can get some assistance to the bathroom in on the plot?
needs to happen more often so nurses get a greater appreciation for cna's. the don clearly knows the effect it would have and was probably making a point to the nurses and or cna's about something. the don most likely was getting trivial complaints about cna's by nurses or cna's complaining about poo nurses.
so what was the meeting about, i'm sure you can ask your cna's to find out?
Maybe you need to be on a unit that's staffed with just bones while your CNAs are taken to an inservice or monitoring an activity(new rule in my facility.. drives me up the wall ..that's a different can of worms).
You don't make a point to the nurses by burning them out and leaving them to care for 30-40 residents without a CNA in sight. And they wonder why nursing tasks(report, med pass, orders, charting, treatments) aren't getting done on time.
An appropriate time for an in-service would be after their shift has ended and coverage for the next shift has arrived.
I do feel management sometimes doesn't have a freaking clue about whats going on on the floor. They make up rules and policies that are totally out of line with our routine and hours keep getting cut so its making it harder and harder.
I'd go and confront the DON in her office and ask why she did this, then put in a written complaint saying patient safety was at risk.
Another example that up to 300% of the health budget is spent on more adminstrators who do stuff all, and who do not know WHAT they are doing, and who have in the main, have never worked as a nurse of any kind.
I'd go and confront the DON in her office and ask why she did this, then put in a written complaint saying patient safety was at risk.
Another example that up to 300% of the health budget is spent on more adminstrators who do stuff all, and who do not know WHAT they are doing, and who have in the main, have never worked as a nurse of any kind.
And I'm sure that at some facilities, the nurse who confronted the DON and wrote the complaint would be fired for insubordination, or for some other reason.
It's not just stupid, it shows complete lack of concern for patients. If I was the off going nurse, I would have liked to answer all the call lights and then give report when the floor was staffed again. I like over time. If all the off going nurses stayed the DON might consider a different time for meetings.
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