Crazy Job as CNA-HELP

[natkoz82]

My job is becoming borderline ridiculous, if I had to describe everything that I am expected to do at my current private duty job it would take five pages. My disabled patients wife is erratic, she stays at home all day and wines about everything going wrong with her new million dollar home being built. On top of all of that she wants everyone to feel sorry for her while she downs pain killers all day. so she tries to make me feel bad by saying things like "the other caregiver (won't say name) said she felt bad for me when she had nothing to do so she saw me struggling with the lawn mower and asked if she could help and she mowed my lawn for me". Every time she sees me sit down she dictates something for me to do, I am supposed to be taking care of her husband not her, I don't really care that she just had an operation she can stay at her mom's and stay out of my face! She is so annoying like she doesn't know what to do with herself. I mean I never do enough, I bath him, brush his teeth, suction him, catheterize, feed, give meds, read,take her dog out the list goes on and on. I can't take it but I haven't been able to find another job that pays as well in Illinois, can anyone give some advice please! It ****** me off that these other caregivers allow themselves to be walked all over. I am so stressed out I can't take it, I am about to just take out loan and not work to finally finish my classes and go on to nursing school, it can't come fast enough! I'm sick of working for manipulative, selfish, ungreatful people.

[tishirajan]

That sounds horrible!!! That would get on my last nerve. I would have to look for another job. You aren't paid enough to deal with that kind of treatment. I would tell her if she required my services for herself it would be an extra $10.00/hr. Life's just too short.

My heart goes out to you and you know what you can handle and can't. I, personally, would drop that case like a dirty shirt and move on.

[GCTMT]

I am about to just take out loan and not work to finally finish my classes and go on to nursing school, it can't come fast enough! I'm sick of working for manipulative, selfish, ungreatful people.

In my opinion, this is your best option. Become an RN.

And for the record, you don't have to do jack-sh*t for this woman, your job is to take care of her husband, not her. Don't let people walk all over you!

[caliotter3]

For the right price, there are a lot of caregivers, including RNs, that will allow clients to walk all over them. It is up to you where you will draw the line. I really don't see how you can be taking good care of the patient if you are outside mowing the lawn. Your first responsibility is to him.