CNA asked to stay 30mins help!!!

[AlexR]

Hello everyone, I'm a fresh CNA here in California and tonight I was asked by my Sup RN if I could stay 30mins over because an employee was running late. So I stayed the extra 30mins and the employee never showed up, I told the NOC Sup RN that it was now 30mins pass and that I would be going home because that what was asked of me. I also told the charge nurse and both none or the two said anything in the words of if I could stay the rest of the shift. Also one of my co-workers witness my sup RN asking me to stay only 30mins. I was wondering if I'm in the clear from patient abandonment.

[Rod, Male Nurse]

You told your supervisors...you don't have to wait until a replacement arrives. The only other thing you could have done is ensure the nurses taking care of those patients know you were leaving. Either way, what you did is not patient abandonment. Many managers and supervisors would try to say it is to get employees to stay but it's jus a scare tactic. The actual definition of patient abandonment is pretty clear. You have no need to worry.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

As previously mentioned, you notified the supervisor and the charge nurse that your relief had not yet arrived and that you'd be leaving. This is not abandonment.