I'm an LPN at a LTC facility and I have a CNA who is a habitual complainer and whiner. She's such a ***** all of the time. She does some parts of her job rather well. Sometimes she is on the phone 4-5 times during my shift. Today I called her on her phone habits and asked her if she was on break. She gave me attitude.
Then she begins complaining...
Where's....? Where's....? She likes keeping tabs on one of the other CNA's on the floor whom she does not like. Yet, I see her talking on the phone and sitting down all of the time.
The problem...
The other nurses don't do crap about it. They call her to the phone when her personal calls come in, etc... This problem is a long time in the making and won't be fixed overnight. I'm going to have to find things to keep her busy so that she won't be running her mouth all day long. She's my little instigator and troublemaker!
I feel as if I'm raising a child. She knows her job better than I do! She's been doing it for a very long time. As if us nurses don't have enough to deal with already...
I guess that I'm going to have to outline EVERYTHING I want her to do all day every day and find busy work for her...or bring some duct tape! Muahahahahahaha!
i have read this entire thread with great interest. i am a newly licensed lpn, but i have worked as a cna in a large hospital in tulsa, ok. and then again in a small LTC facility in a rural area of kentucky. i am now an LPN in that same facility. as the supervisor for the south wing of the facility now, i depend on my cna's to know their job and to let me know if there is anything i need to take care of. i have the responsibility of passing meds for 38 residents from 2:30 til 10:30, doing the accucheks, insulin injections, and respiratory tx's for the same. i am having a hard time learning that i am in charge, but luckily, most of my cna's do their job well, and having been one myself, i know that it is the hardest job in the place. when they tell me something about a resident, i listen, because i know that they spend more time with "their people" than i do. the paperwork that i must do after my other duties keeps me from being able to spend time with the residents like i would like to do. after reading this thread, i think i will call them all to the desk and let them know that i truly respect the job they do, and that i need their help and input to be able to provide the best care possible for our residents. when someone feels that you respect them, they can also respect themselves and the job they do. i have the book learning, and now i need to work on the "people skills" that a supervisor must have to get the best performance out of the whole team.
excuse me!you have alot of ****** nerve we are they back bone of this damn job we know alot more about the pts then you cause you dont want to get your hands dirty. iam in school for lpn and will not treat cna like**** cause ive been there i think they should teach nurses 101 respect in school. we are not any better of person than just higher degree. thats why iwent for lpn as cna i can do lpns job yeah i am only cna.
Used to be angry about this whole CNA thing until I got the chance to fix it. Believe me like it's coming from the burning bush when I say my RN's were overjoyed at both the cleaning house of UAP's, and the subsequent generous pay raise taht came along after the housecleaning of wastefull spending on UAP's (Unproductive Assistant Peoples). My nurses were ecstatic, their morale and productivity increased, and even I got a thrill knowing that wiping tushy's and transporting patients to the units was no big deal since we were all being compensated well, and worked as a team...an ALL RN TEAM ; devoid of the bad behaviors of the former dilitantes. In my way of thinking, the DOG wags the Tail...not the other way around!!!
I am a weekend RN supervisor...My nurses get called (by the RN unit manager) on Monday mornings constantly to sign a hole (usually colace or senna) in the MAR...This RN is a pain in the orifice, and I fianlly told her to back off...Drop us a note...
I had an RN YELL at me in front of the other staff (LPNs, RN, CNAs) last month (She is now terminated)
Our nursing registries for LTC (in Phoenix) are FILLED w/ licensed "professionals" that NO SHOW and screw us all the time...The CNAs from the registries rarely leave us hangin'...
So, w/ my short-sided logic, I guess all RNs suck Alnamvet??
I've been a psych tech, CNA, ER tech, LPN, and now an RN...
I am a weekend RN supervisor...My nurses get called (by the RN unit manager) on Monday mornings constantly to sign a hole (usually colace or senna) in the MAR...This RN is a pain in the orifice, and I fianlly told her to back off...Drop us a note...
I had an RN YELL at me in front of the other staff (LPNs, RN, CNAs) last month (She is now terminated)
Our nursing registries for LTC (in Phoenix) are FILLED w/ licensed "professionals" that NO SHOW and screw us all the time...The CNAs from the registries rarely leave us hangin'...
So, w/ my short-sided logic, I guess all RNs suck Alnamvet??
I've been a psych tech, CNA, ER tech, LPN, and now an RN...
Anyone can suck.
Sean
I suppose if I use your logic, than you must, and they do.
The OP was speaking about bad apple CNAs, that's what this discussion is about. I doubt that anyone here is grouping ALL CNAs into the 'whiney, lazy, manipulative, insubordinate' category. There are whiney, lazy, manipulative, insubordinates in every aspect of every profession. It's just that this thread is pertaining to those that are CNAs. Please don't take offense.
True at the time, then the thread devolved into:
Life can be a b..ch, but reality is a bummer...stay offended...I will stay with the peace of mind knowing that my patient's will not be shortchanged or put at risk by UNLICENSED wannabees! Want to be a nurse???....go to school! CNA, PCA, ED Tech, etc is not a substitute. More importantly, bad behaviors and zero productivity, along with the whining, dissin', flat out refusal to do the job you agreed to do when you were hired is no longer tolerated in my world.
sigh
I was an ER tech...Who would have made all the beds, cleaned the patients, emptied the urinals, done EKGs (SOOOOOOOOOOO many RNs can't do one), dipped UAs, etc...
NOT (some of) the RNs that I worked with...ER techs are necessary, CNAs are necessary...
Housekeeping is necessary
Get over yourself...
Besides, which world do you live in? I have met RNs that: won't (likely can't) start IVs, won't give a med they haven't given before, no called, no showed, back stabbed another nurse, and "whined dissed, and flat out refused to do his/her job"
sean
P.S. I know that spelling smack gets flamed, but his was so blatant, it actually discredited his blast on me
If he wants to be that closed-minded and lump all CNAs into one bad category, that's his sad ignorance. It only inspires me to 1) chalk that up as another quality that i will NOT posess as a nurse and 2) to use the "ignore" feature, because life is just way too short. :)
Referring to an earlier quote of mine...(it's "then" mr. advanced degree)
Spelling is covered in CNA 101 :rotfl:
Nurse elitists suck...
I detect an enormous amount of jealousy, guy...sorry my spill czech is not to your licking. In any event, I am not thin skinned, but I caution you on personal attacks...it does go against the TOS. So be nice :stone
brizi
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i have read this entire thread with great interest. i am a newly licensed lpn, but i have worked as a cna in a large hospital in tulsa, ok. and then again in a small LTC facility in a rural area of kentucky. i am now an LPN in that same facility. as the supervisor for the south wing of the facility now, i depend on my cna's to know their job and to let me know if there is anything i need to take care of. i have the responsibility of passing meds for 38 residents from 2:30 til 10:30, doing the accucheks, insulin injections, and respiratory tx's for the same. i am having a hard time learning that i am in charge, but luckily, most of my cna's do their job well, and having been one myself, i know that it is the hardest job in the place. when they tell me something about a resident, i listen, because i know that they spend more time with "their people" than i do. the paperwork that i must do after my other duties keeps me from being able to spend time with the residents like i would like to do. after reading this thread, i think i will call them all to the desk and let them know that i truly respect the job they do, and that i need their help and input to be able to provide the best care possible for our residents. when someone feels that you respect them, they can also respect themselves and the job they do. i have the book learning, and now i need to work on the "people skills" that a supervisor must have to get the best performance out of the whole team.