I have a questions for all my cna's. Ive just started working at this Rehab / LTC facility. Ive went above and beyond my duties as a CNA.I love my patients and love working with them. I clean my patients and they are never left smelling. I guess to say im not a lzy CNA. Not to be graphic but here it is....
My concern is today I took my patient into the shower and he pooped a big pile of poop.I dont think towels would cleaned it up.( it was watery).Besides I couldn't sweep it away with the shower like I would normally do because the shower head couldnt reach where it was. You needed the right tools( a mop to clean it up). So i called housekeeping and they told me they would clean it up, so I went about my day . After im done with my shift. The HR person comes to me and asked why I didnt clean it up. i told them i called housekeeping earlier. She said that they didnt do that, only if it is a small job. I informed her that they said they would clean it up.
Hello... if its a small job I can do it. After the conclusion when I found out I had to do it. I just picked up the towels I put over it and left.
Im wondering if Im wrong in any way. is it our jobs to pick up a big pile of watery poopor? isnt that where housekeeping comes in when we can't clean it up properly. Any thoughts or concerns
I'm not a CNA (am a RN) but I had to respond to your post. I think that a CNA should be treated as a Certified NURSING aide. Your job is to assist in the nursing care of the patient. Since when does cleaning large loads of poop on the floor (versus small and in a diaper or bed) fall under nursing care? Sorry, but that is a job for housekeeping; or groundskeeping if it falls outside. Also, why should you be responsible because the shower head isn't designed correctly? What you described was clearly a housekeeping responsibility and any institution that would say otherwise is not hiring you for your intended purpose. As a nurse, if the **** hits the fan, the floor, the walls, the outside of the toilet, the sides of the bed.... I call for housekeeping to clean it up, not the CNA. You did nothing wrong.
Thank you very much for your reply. I agree, I did all I could and couldnt and thats when I called for help.I dont mind cleaning feces up, but when its out of my control I cant do anything. I didnt know I was a hired as a housekeeper. I made up my mind that am leaving this facility pretty soon, after I get my nclex test results back.I guess thats why they have a high turn over rate for CNA's.
Wow, umpalumpa. That was hard .You can correct me on my terminology,but somehow can seem to phrase your comments in a unappropriate manner.
I'm sorry if I offended you but I was just pointing out that the use of "poop" or "pooper" was unprofessional in my mind. I'm sorry if that came across as hard. And I believe it is the reader that gets the tone from reading something, correct? What you are getting from my comments is not what is meant to be. Maybe this just isn't the thread for me, ey?
Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.
You used the initials "HR"...what did that stand for? Anyway, I do believe that housekeeping should have at least told you what they are supposed to do; or better yet, I really think that they are supposed to clean it themselves.
You used the initials "HR"...what did that stand for? Anyway, I do believe that housekeeping should have at least told you what they are supposed to do; or better yet, I really think that they are supposed to clean it themselves.
You used the initials "HR"...what did that stand for? Anyway, I do believe that housekeeping should have at least told you what they are supposed to do; or better yet, I really think that they are supposed to clean it themselves.
It's Human resources. Yeah thats what I believe too.
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Wow, umpalumpa. That was hard .You can correct me on my terminology,but somehow can seem to phrase your comments in a unappropriate manner.