Ok... I just touched on this in another post, but now it is bothering me again. I was floated to my hospital's telemetry floor last week, and something happened that has been making me bitter all week! First off... I LOVE NURSES! I want to be a nurse, I respect nurses, I know my role as a CNA and I am a darn good one at that! The nurses on the med-surg floor I work on are great, no complaints (well almost none, but none work related, LOL ). While on the telemetry unit I was busy, the floor was at maximum census, I was the only aid, and the nurses were stressed a short staffed. I understand this... it has been that way many times on other floors. Well while I was busy answering call lights, taking vitals, and trying to get a very dirty patient bathed (his last documented shower was a week before, and you could tell), I get a call on the handset for me to get to 515 stat from a nurse. I run in there and smell the reason I was dispatched. Yes it smelled bad! Feces all over this patients legs and bed. I understand it is my job to do this, so I jump right in... while I am cleaning her up I notice that there is foley kit on the overbed... so I knew why it was a stat. Then when as I turn around to go to the cabinet to get a fresh linensaver I see the nurse standing there! Ok... I have been in situations when nurses called me in to clean up a mess, and I am fine with that... I know you guys have A LOT more to do than I do... She caught me off gaurd, and I jumped a little. She laughed and told me I just cleaned that patient up very quckly and well (I think it was a compliment). Well I asked her how long she had been standing there, and she said she never left the room, and gave me a pat on the back for a job well done. I was confused to say the least. I don'd mind if the nurse is busy and has something else important to do and I come it to aide her in saving time... but if she was going to be in the room the whole time... why call me in there stat to do the peri care when she apparently had nothing better to do???? It took me about eight minutes to change her bed and clean her up... so it took the nurse about eight minutes to watch me do it! It just irritates me... not sure why... maybe it shouldn't... but it does. Any thoughts as to why? Maybe there is a good reason I do not understand... let me know...
I had an MD tell me the other day to straighten out my patient. I was ticked off to say the least. I'm thinking..."you don't need to tell me how to do my job. I know how to do it. I'm just sifting through your multiple orders because you don't know what you want to do with the patient".....AAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHH...
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i had an md tell me the other day to straighten out my patient. i was ticked off to say the least. i'm thinking..."you don't need to tell me how to do my job. i know how to do it. i'm just sifting through your multiple orders because you don't know what you want to do with the patient".....aaaarrrrggggghhhhhhhh...
yeah, you have to teach those idiots what to do, also. makes a recipe of frustration. i hate when they come to the nurse and say "what should i do?". you make more money, have been to school longer and you are asking "moi"??
yeah, you have to teach those idiots what to do, also. makes a recipe of frustration. i hate when they come to the nurse and say "what should i do?". you make more money, have been to school longer and you are asking "moi"??
yeah. i was so frustrated friday because both of my vented patients were very very busy and i had been busy. didn't eat, didn't pee and when he said that to me, i wanted to scream at him but bit my tongue.
You guys are awsome! Now if I could only go back in time! Ooh well, at least I think I know why PCA retention in telemetry is so low at my hospital... At least it does not happen to me regularly... I can only imagine what it is like to work for a nurse like that all the time! I would probably scream!
I'd sell tickets to witness an MD help with ADLs myself.
Fair enough, these days I pretty much bounce out of rooms at the first sign of poo.
On the other hand, I did spend 6 years as a CNA/tech before I got my MD.
And I gotta tell you, there were a lot of days I would've bought a ticket to see an RN help with ADLs. Couple places I worked were one step away from having overhead announcements like a supermarket ("Tired, cleanup in aisle 3, asap").
You don't work for her. You work for the hospital.
I have always taken the position I work for the nurse. I work under their license, and what I do reflects of them. The hospital might pay me, but they pay me to do what the nurse tells me to do, LOL.... good thing I love nurses
I would never have done that nor would the nurses I work with. If the patient is a big mess we might ask a CNA to help out just to get the patient cleaned up a little faster but we would never request assistance and then watch the CNA work. That's absurd. You really should make management aware especially if this happens again.
Nurses that posted they would never do that, can you come work where I work? Pretty please with sugar on top??? LOL
I've had nurses (LPN or RN) say oh there is water spilled back there, or oh I spilled Jevity all over patient A's bed, or I spilled Jevity all over the floor you need to clean it. And then go sit down at the desk. GAH!
The nurses that respect me and treat me with respect I respect them and will jump when they say jump. I will drop what I'm doing because they want vitals, or whatever else they request. HOWEVER if you don't respect me and tell me to jump if I'm busy I will tell you such and will jump when I have time (depending on the request of course).
With that said I have seen some crappy aides too. That you have to practically beg to do their work. Aides that marked the wrong time on briefs...ect.
It took me about eight minutes to change her bed and clean her up... so it took the nurse about eight minutes to watch me do it! It just irritates me... not sure why... maybe it shouldn't... but it does. Any thoughts as to why? Maybe there is a good reason I do not understand... let me know...
Yes, it should irritate you!!! I can't believe she just stood there and watched you do all the work. Very degrading!!! I'm sorry this happened. I too, would have jumped in and helped out!!!
I dont understand why the nurse was just watching you??!!! Jeez for something like that I always try to help so we can get the patient cleaned and go on our way.
). While on the telemetry unit I was busy, the floor was at maximum census, I was the only aid, and the nurses were stressed a short staffed. I understand this... it has been that way many times on other floors. Well while I was busy answering call lights, taking vitals, and trying to get a very dirty patient bathed (his last documented shower was a week before, and you could tell), I get a call on the handset for me to get to 515 stat from a nurse. I run in there and smell the reason I was dispatched. Yes it smelled bad! Feces all over this patients legs and bed. I understand it is my job to do this, so I jump right in... while I am cleaning her up I notice that there is foley kit on the overbed... so I knew why it was a stat. Then when as I turn around to go to the cabinet to get a fresh linensaver I see the nurse standing there! Ok... I have been in situations when nurses called me in to clean up a mess, and I am fine with that... I know you guys have A LOT more to do than I do... She caught me off gaurd, and I jumped a little. She laughed and told me I just cleaned that patient up very quckly and well (I think it was a compliment). Well I asked her how long she had been standing there, and she said she never left the room, and gave me a pat on the back for a job well done. I was confused to say the least. I don'd mind if the nurse is busy and has something else important to do and I come it to aide her in saving time... but if she was going to be in the room the whole time... why call me in there stat to do the peri care when she apparently had nothing better to do???? It took me about eight minutes to change her bed and clean her up... so it took the nurse about eight minutes to watch me do it! It just irritates me... not sure why... maybe it shouldn't... but it does. Any thoughts as to why? Maybe there is a good reason I do not understand... let me know...
yeah, you have to teach those idiots what to do, also. makes a recipe of frustration. i hate when they come to the nurse and say "what should i do?". you make more money, have been to school longer and you are asking "
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I had an MD tell me the other day to straighten out my patient. I was ticked off to say the least. I'm thinking..."you don't need to tell me how to do my job. I know how to do it. I'm just sifting through your multiple orders because you don't know what you want to do with the patient".....AAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHH...