CNA Life

Presumably, as a CNA you are a mandated reporter, no? You've got repeated instances of patient safety issues, infection control issues & outright neglect plus an unwillingness on management's part to intervene. Report 'em to the ombudsman & go find somewhere else to work.

----- Dave

Theres no way to know what the situation is only hearing one side of the story. The fact management used the word tattle tale raises red flags in my mind, that doesnt seem like a word most supervisors would use lightly. It may be that as a brand new aide with no experience, your opinion isnt really trusted, or you complained in a manner that seemed petty or vindictive to them.

Part of being a good CNA is working well with others. You have to show compassion not only to the residents and patients, but other coworkers, some of whom may struggle at times. A new aide going up against coworkers usually ends poorly for the new aide, thats just reality. the best thing to do is try to encourage better treatment of the residents and lead by example. Complaining or reporting probably isnt going to help much until you are a proven aide whos done this job for a while.

Obviously leaving someone soaked in urine and ignoring their call light for 3 hours is inexcusable, IF that is truly the case. Were the other aides busy, were they just sitting around talking on the phone?

I should add Ive never worked in assisted living and never worked with aides who werent Certified, so it may be that assisted living doesnt require certificiation and these aides really dont have a clue, in which case maybe you should report the facility or find another place to work.

In Assisted living, they don't require certifications for anything.Also, FYI:I have never reported anything to my supervisor but the woman I work with at night has and we were all called into a meeting where our super said she did not like being involved in issues where residents were treated poorly. As she said, "work the problem out amongst yourselves, I don't like tattle tales." She also brought up several HIPPA violations by 2 other girls who are friends. A resident got nervous and reported them to our supervisor. According to our super, these 2 dingbats were bad mouthing another resident and talking about thier health issues in the presence of a residence, while in the resident's personal room. Our super told these girls (while laughing) that what they just did was grounds for immediate termination, but told them to not worry that she was neither writing them up nor firing them. She laughed and said, "just don't do it again and if you are going to do it, don't do it in another resident's room where they can hear." Our super has only been on the job for 3 months and says she is an LVN, yet she told me that she has never, ever, done any kind of CNA work nor worked in a hospital. As far as everything else I stated, its not hearsay because I was present and I saw and heard the way the residents looked and what they have said to me. A few confided in me last night that they were going to ask family members to remove them from the facility immediately. I have seen many rashes and many have infections from not getting wiped or cleaned up. I have brought this to my supers attn once and she said they came into the facility like that already and that it was not the facilities fault. I have reported to the state already and I am seeking employment elsewhere, away from this "Mickey Mouse" place.

I'm with you there-- a new job sounds like it would be good for you. Your work sounds a lot like my clinical site. I don't know what the case is with the management of some AL and LTC facilities.

Report them and call State and Department of Health...That is ABUSE! If your aware of this kind of condition towards the resident; and God forbid that something happens, you will be held responsible. You need to report them/her to an outside source, if you superior is not responding. That is part of your CNA training and vows.