CNA Frustrated with Being the Blame

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I am a CNA inside of a small hospital. Couple of days ago I took vitals. I missed a crucial part with not reporting low 02 to the nurse because I couldn't find her and ultimately forgot. I did chart ontime, but I forgot. I understand that was bad. I am always good with reporting what is questionable. The nurse came to me a couple of hours later upset that I didn't report. I explained I forgot. My question is why don't the nurses check the vitals on the computers? I know for the most part I am documenting every two hours. So how often are nurses checking and documenting. Don't come to me and put the blame on me when I feel it's a simple lookup right after vitals are taking just because of common mistakes like this. Me forgetting. So I just need some input. I know from now on I will be bringing all vitals to nurses before putting them in the computer whether they catch an attitude or not. I have to chase nurses down all the time because they hide or just give you a nasty attitude because you're bothering them when reporting abnormal VS. 

Kirsten Creator said:

I read the first sentence, but didn't read the rest. We are done here.. Have a great day

Then it is clear you made the original post to seek validation from your point of view only. We are not your yes-men. If feelings outweigh patients' lives, people will die. Imagine being that patient yourself. If I was that patient I would absolutely be terrified. 

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Barriss Offee said:

Then it is clear you made the original post to seek validation from your point of view only. We are not your yes-men. If feelings outweigh patients' lives, people will die. Imagine being that patient yourself. If I was that patient I would absolutely be terrified. 

Anand I didn't read that either

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Kirsten Creator said:

I hope you are done after this. 

Your complete inability to accept any feedback other than that which validates your position on this is fairly strong evidence that similar errors will occur again.

I hope that you grow up and learn from this mistake.

 

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FiremedicMike said:

Just to clarify, my comments have nothing to do with RN vs CNA, it's about a lack of recognition of a critical finding.  This would be no different than the OP finding a patient on the floor from an unwitnessed fall but neglecting to tell anyone because they couldn't immediately find the primary RN and they had other things to do.

Someone mentioned that COPD patients live in the 70s as if this were a justification for not being concerned here, but this was obvious not the case with the patient based on the response from the RN's response once they found out.

Yes I'm being harsh, but this was a critical event that could have lead to a significant patient outcome.  Those of you placating this "it's not really your fault" attitude are contributing to the potential for future similar events occurring.

TL:Dr - bathing the patient in room 4 is NOT more important than addressing the profound hypoxia in room 3.

 

It is obvious based on OP's response to this post that OP has ZERO desire to improve, wants only responses that validate them, and proritizes their personal feelings over saving patient lives. 

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FiremedicMike said:

Your complete inability to accept any feedback other than that which validates your position on this is fairly strong evidence that similar errors will occur again.

I hope that you grow up and learn from this mistake.

 

I stop responding to you a long time ago. LOL give it up.

Barriss Offee said:

It is obvious based on OP's response to this post that OP has ZERO desire to improve, wants only responses that validate them, and proritizes their personal feelings over saving patient lives. 

Didn't read that either LOL

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Kirsten Creator said:

I stop responding to you a long time ago. LOL give it up.

Even more evidence of poor attitude. If OP was a CNA on my old unit, I would send them home immediately. If they were my student, also get sent home immediately. Attitudes like this are how patients die and OP seems to not care about this. 

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Barriss Offee said:

Even more evidence of poor attitude. If OP was a CNA on my old unit, I would send them home immediately. If they were my student, also get sent home immediately. Attitudes like this are how patients die and OP seems to not care about this. 

Nope. didn't read this one either.

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I received great feedback from those who truly understood and I thank you all for it.  To the other people. You will get whatever you get from me. Take it or leave it.

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Kirsten Creator said:

Nope. didn't read this one either.

Fine. Don't read our posts, similar to how you clearly haven't read your hospital's policies regarding CNA practice. At this point I am genuinely curious where OP works because I am terrified of the thought of my friends/family being under OP's care. 

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Barriss Offee said:

Fine. Don't read our posts, similar to how you clearly haven't read your hospital's policies regarding CNA practice. At this point I am genuinely curious where OP works because I am terrified of the thought of my friends/family being under OP's care. 

Yea didn't read this one either.

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Kirsten Creator said:

I received great feedback from those who truly understood and I thank you all for it.  To the other people. You will get whatever you get from me. Take it or leave it.

More evidence OP wants only to hear from yes-men and has no desire to improve themselves in order to reduce risk of harm to patients. 

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Barriss Offee said:

More evidence OP wants only to hear from yes-men and has no desire to improve themselves in order to reduce risk of harm to patients. 

I understand you want to be heard. I am not going to be the one who's going to listen to YOU. You have continued to come back and continously comment and for what? You are boiling because I'm not giving you a response of what you want to hear. So, no.  I didn't read that comment either.

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