CNA Question

[Meganbuddy]

Ok, CNA's tell me how this would be handled. If you are working on the floor and a nurse asks you to put a patient to bed, but you are not assigned to this patient. What would you do?

[CoffeemateCNA]

Unless you have some immediately-pressing task to do, you put the resident to bed. We are ultimately responsible for ALL residents, not just those on our individual assignments.

[CoffeemateCNA]

If you are short on time, you can just do the basics to get the person in bed, and then inform their assigned CNA that you put Mr. X to bed, but that you only did such-and-such tasks. He/she can then finish the rest of the cares, such as oral care, when there is more time.

[Meganbuddy]

Thank you. :)

[fuzzywuzzy, CNA]

Yeah, if I had time I would just do everything. If not, just pop him in and change the brief then tell his CNA when you see her that the nurse said to put him in. I wouldn't just blow it off altogether just because he wasn't mine.

[Dorali, BSN, LPN, RN]

I agree.

If you don't have time, find their CNA or someone else available. Just do the best you can. All the residents are ultimately your residents.

Teamwork! :)