CNA Commandments

Nursing Students CNA/MA

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Okay so for anyone who hasn't noticed, I'm big on the for fun threads.

Today a co worker and myself were talking to some new hires and starting cracking up at our own "commandments". Of course the new hires thought we were crazy, but hey they'll see when they work the floor for awhile.

1-Thou shall not try to hide that pee ring on the sheet with a dry chuck to keep from stripping a bed.

2-Thou shall not then try to lie about said pee ring, when I find it.

3-Thou shall not keep a notebook of what the other CNA's are doing that bugs you...on you're 2nd day on the hall.

4-Thou shall not be a know-it-all.

5-Thou shall not leave Mrs. Smith on the toilet, forget about her, and then Lie and say she must have gone into the bathroom by herself. She has 1 leg. I doubt she walked in by herself.

6-Thou will NEVER eat food off a residents plate...especially a puree plate. EWWWWW!

7-Thou shall never gossip.

8-Thou shall always wash hands, lest ye want to give half the hall skin mites.

FuzzyWuzzy- I expect you to add something hilarious like you always do!

PS- Yes I've have encountered all of these things.

Thou shalt not enter the shower room without knocking first while the resident is butt nekkid.

Thou shalt go back to elementary school to learn some manners.

Thou shalt not talk crap about other CNAs to the residents family members. (roll eyes)

Thou shalt not act like the universe owes YOU something. The universe owes you nothing, sister.

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Thou shalt not talk crap about other CNAs to the residents family members. (roll eyes)

Just had to deal with that. I was with another CNA in a resident's room while the CNA was telling the family all about how their assigned aide was "terrible. She doesn't do her job and people are always falling and breaking bones and getting hurt badly. She's so neglectful, it's almost like abuse. In fact, I heard she got fired from her last job for it."

Really?

Why do you find it necessary to talk about your coworkers like that, *at all*, especially TO a family member??

Do you realize how this makes you look?

:smackingf

She's a fun one to be around. :)

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Specializes in Peds OR as RN, Peds ENT as NP.
Thou shalt not enter the shower room without knocking first while the resident is butt nekkid.

Confession: I have done that before! I felt so bad afterward. I thought I was the ONLY person wanting to give a bath at that time. Or sometimes when you listen on the door you don't hear anything....

I broke that commandment

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Specializes in LTC, Med/Surg.

Thou shalt never leave a brief line, under penalty of eternal damnation.

Thou shalt never trust a resident's fart while changing his brief.

Thou shalt not leave a urinal propped up with a resident's member inside. He will be dry all night, but that thing could fall right over.

Thou shalt not whine about "evening shift didn't do this" or "night shift didn't do that" and then leave something for the next shift.

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Thou shalt not make a list on a Post-It of every resident on my hall that put their light on wanting to go to the bathroom while I was on my lunch break, make them all wait, and then give me that list when I get back and expect me not to be upset with you all the while you were sitting at the nurses station reading back-issues of People magazine.

What do we pay you for?

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Specializes in LTC, Home Health, Hospice.

OMG...Post its? really? how absurd, was the CNA fired?

Talking smack about other CNA's, yep has happened to me, the other CNA thought I had the easy run cuz I only had 7 patients on nights, so she complained to the family that I was abusing them, then told another cna what she had did to get me kicked out..not only did she have to appologize to me, but also had to work my 7 direct admits from hospital icu, with IV's, foleys, G-tubes, b/p q 2 hrs, liquid bm, screamers, moaners, etc then she was fired cuz one of the nurses heard her...showed her...I did not know this until I returned from a 4 day long break.

we are a team, if we stick together, we stay together, we help each other, remember...Team work is Two or more people.

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Do not just throw a new pad under someone who's been incontinent. Most of these girls have little kids at home- I wonder if that's how they change their babies' diapers... probably not. It won't kill you to grab a washcloth and wipe the urine off their skin!

THIS is my number one bugbear! It takes less than 5 seconds to use a wetwipe, if you don'ty want to grab a bowl of water and wash the skin.

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Thoult shalt not neglect to inform the RN of a blood pressure of 68/30 and then, when asked, say that it is 'their job' to check the charts. (Pt was fine after a little while; luckily, RN DID check the vital signs charts!)

Thoult shalt not tell a patient to 'just pee in the pad' because you are too lazy to get a bedpan.

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I am currently going to school to become a CNA and reading this really gave me insight about what im getting in to once I start working. Some of these are flat out hilarious. Cant wait to see more :yeah:

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Specializes in CNA.

"brief line"?? Explain please

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Thou shalt not come to another CNA who is in the middle of showering a resident to tell them that Mr. So and So in room 305 needs to go to the toilet. Hello, if you stopped by to check on him, you could have dang well taken him. Do you expect me to leave the cold and wet resident?

Genius, I tell ya. Pure genius. :nuke:

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Specializes in PCA.

Though shall not comment how a resident smells like BM, and then not bother taking said resident to the restroom to be checked/changed...

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