charge nurse keeps making cna's put residents in danger

[Ninagrace44]

Ive been a cna for 7 years. Been working at my facility for 3 years now. We have a new nurse on third shift who came from a critical care unit. She makes us wake people up to do skin checks and out of a dead sleep for a sip of water. I dont mind doing these things at rounds however sje wants us to do it every hour. Last night she made us transfer a resident who was a mechanical lift out of bed with no lift and put her on tje commode. She made us also get someone up who was vomiting and so week she could not stand on her own at all. The resident almost fell on top of me. I confronted her about it and was told that she was the one in charge im just a aide so I have to do what she says. I have tried to her to understand that they need their sleep and when they wake up ill gladly do these things. Not only did I put the two of them in danger by transfering when they had no ability to stand I also could have hurt myself. How do you deal with a nurse who wont listen to reason and doesn't understand a nursing home is alot different than a hospital. We get in arguments all the time and I am afraid I will be the one to pay tje price even tho I am standing up for their rights. I am not lazy I will do anything I am asked within reason. In fact I get told by the day crew they like it when im on because I get more than the required amount of residents up in the morning. Has anyone else delt with this or have any advice? Someone is going to get hurt. And the only answer I will have it I was told I HAD to NO excuses im just a cna.

[ktwlpn, LPN]

This is very common,it's a hard lesson for many nurses who move from acute Cate into LTC and THINK they know it all.It's very humbling.I would try to speak directly to her first and then go right over her head...