but come on. we are not perfect. If you have had a hard time sleeping, I can not blame you for dozing off. all i can say is don't make a habit out of it.
I can remember once i fell asleep for 30 minutes on the nightshift on my first nurse aide job i ever had. I know i slept, because i had a dream. Funny enough my dream was about work. I dreamed i was sitting in the chair that i fell asleep in and my co-worker was like "come on we gotta make rounds" and i just could not get out that chair. It was like i was paralyzed. No, it did not actually happen, because when i woke up it was no where near time for us to make rounds.
Im probably gonna get alot for this, but im the type of co-workers that understand your tired and if you need me to poke you on the head for rounds or when your light goes off then i will. I actually have a co-worker like that and she is a really good nurse aide. The most i will ever do is curl up and close my eyes to meditate, but i won't actually fall asleep. I won't to know everyone else's take on this. Is it really that bad?
well my mom is a cna and a bunch of other family members work as either a cna or in patient care.
i wish i could get out before i snap, but these are the only types of jobs available where i live.
Baloney.
you could get a job in environmental services instead of a CNA. Or work in the kitchen. Or get a job as a waitress, taxi driver, delivery person, dog walker, the list goes on and on.
No matter what, you are no suited for the job you are doing and should get out ASAP
you could get a job in environmental services instead of a CNA. Or work in the kitchen. Or get a job as a waitress, taxi driver, delivery person, dog walker, the list goes on and on.
No matter what, you are no suited for the job you are doing and should get out ASAP
You know what they say about assuming
I worked for kfc for a while but left because I never got hours
I am trying, but I have very limited options. It's not fair for you to say I'm not trying when you don't live near me
you could get a job in environmental services instead of a CNA. Or work in the kitchen. Or get a job as a waitress, taxi driver, delivery person, dog walker, the list goes on and on.
No matter what, you are no suited for the job you are doing and should get out ASAP
Besides even though I hate it my residents do care about me and are neglected by many of the cnas. I'd also hate to leave my coworker, because I know they will give her this building by herself. It's really not my problem but I wouldn't want them doing me like that, so I'm hesitant on doing it myself
Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.
I can't put my finger on it, but something about this thread is like biting on tinfoil. It's just not...right. It's NOT OK to fall asleep on night shift, but it's treated here like it's no big deal. I worked nights for years and I would no more have let myself go to sleep on duty than flown to the moon. Not even on my lunch break, when theoretically I could have snuck away for a 30-minute nap. I just feel like this issue is being treated too casually. But maybe that's because I'm an old-school nurse, even though I graduated only 21 years ago, and I would never have tolerated my staff going to sleep during the shift.
Specializes in Pediatrics, Pediatric Float, PICU, NICU.
Besides even though I hate it my residents do care about me and are neglected by many of the cnas. I'd also hate to leave my coworker, because I know they will give her this building by herself. It's really not my problem but I wouldn't want them doing me like that, so I'm hesitant on doing it myself
The fact that you said your residents care about you is even more of a red flag than if you would have said you care about your residents.
Regarding napping on breaks (I mean state law mandated breaks, especially "lunch" breaks where you are off the clock and take your break in an employee lounge out of view of non-staff) I don't think it's unreasonable to ask your state labor department whether it's legal for an employer to dictate that napping isn't permitted.
I also suspect that if confronted by an agency, the employer will cite patient safety concerns and the agency will side with them - but perhaps not without compelling evidence?
If a coworker is that sleepy, they are a dangerous coworker. I don't see the problem with someone napping on their designated break as long as they don't oversleep. If the sleep is restorative, then it seems to me to have been a good thing.
Based on this and other threads by the OP, I am not 100% sure that she is not. Until I feel more certain that she is not a troll, I will continue to decline to participate in such a silly discussion.
nightlightnurseaide
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well my mom is a cna and a bunch of other family members work as either a cna or in patient care.
i wish i could get out before i snap, but these are the only types of jobs available where i live.