How do you feel about your CNA's?

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:) I am very fortunate to work with some really good CNA's. They work hard and do their job. I don't have to follow them around and check on them every minute. I think the reason why my LTC has such good CNA's is because they pay them well. Management gets rid of CNA's with poor attendance and "bad attitudes." How about your job? What are your CNA's like?

Specializes in tele, stepdown/PCU, med/surg.

I work with the best techs (CNAs) in the world on my tele night shift. They are not "my" techs but techs that also work with me.

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Specializes in Internal Medicine Unit.
Just like any other group of people. They are just that - people - and there will be some you love and some you don't. The ones I work with, they all have their strengths and their weaknesses, just as we RNs do. One thing I have learned very quickly though is never trust them with YOUR license. Just a week ago I caught one faking every single vital sign and every single blood sugar on our acute care (surgical) floor. Who knows what else...urine, intake, etc. Turns out she had been doing it for months and no one caught on...:o

I believe our unit has the best CNAs in the hospital! We have 2 in particular that would have made excellent nurses, but they both tell me that they're too old to go back to school now. Our CNAs care about their patients. They work with us (nurses) as a team and are great about letting you know immediately if a VS is out of range, in a patient hasn't voided recently (even if they're not on I&O), or if they notice something's "just not right" about a patient...With anywhere from 5 to 9 patients at a time, we really rely on our CNAs.

On the other hand, there are 2 that I believe do make up VS and I&O on their lazy days. So, how do you catch them at it? These 2 have to be hunted down and told to do their jobs. I wrote 1 of them up this past Sunday, and have spoken with the manager about the other one.

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you could be very quiet,you could be very nice, come to work everyday.minding your own business.trying to focus on the residents or patients as much as you can. giving you residents a huge smile,a huge hug.and yet you got you co-workers or your charge nurse who is trying to can you.

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