powertripping

Poi Dog · Jul 21, 2011

The story of my work life. I do work with some great nurses and others, meh, not so great :smokin:

karamarie91 · Jul 21, 2011

Story of my life too. But I just learned that some nurses are helpful and some aren't. But to tell you to look at your ID then yours is rude. I would have been angry. She was better off telling you just to find some other help. But yea, this everyday life for a CNA. That's why I do this not so often. Good luck.

lillymom · Jul 21, 2011

I asked one nurse to help me move a resident up in bed and she told me look and my name tag and look and hers...I didn't have mine on though which was funny.quote]
I would have said it doesn't look like you have any restrictions on there since RN's are trained to help move patients also.

mermcm83 · Jul 21, 2011

oh yea, quite often...luckly my facility is really small and frown upon that sort of behavior, but it still happens. I have been seriously thinking that nurses who go straight through should have to intern as a cna or already have been a cna before they can get their license. Overall patient care and dignity is why we are there. I just laugh to myself because this time next year sweet pea, I will be your boss! HA! look at my name tag.....j/k but so serious.

Mike R, ADN, BSN, RN · Jul 21, 2011

she told me look and my name tag and look and hers...

I pray to God that I am not like this when I get my RN license. When the time comes, working as a CNA will remind me about what it's like to be in that position. Powertripping is just bad ju-ju in my book.

At the end of the day, we'll just see who's there to help you when you really need it.

northernguy · Jul 21, 2011

I very rarely will ask an RN for help lifting or transferring someone, and if I do it generally depends on the one, the younger ones and ones who have been aides before are usually OK with it, but the older ones, or ones that have never worked as aides, not so much. In LTC you can easily tell which RNs have been aides and which havent.

I dont think any of the RNs where I work would object to occasionally boosting someone or something like that, but if its a chronic thing they may start to get annoyed. Still, pretty much the only occasion I ask an RN for help is in an emergency situation or a situation where waiting for another aide would take an extremely long time and be a major inconvenience for the patient.

Some RNs might have bad backs and not really be capable of doing mich lifting, which is also why Im reluctant to ask older RNs for help. Granted probably a large chunk of aides have back problems, but that goes with the territory.

I dont look at it as an ego issue, since Ive come across many RNs that arent the brightest bulbs on the tree and are in a job that requires them to pretty well max out on their abilities, and Ive come across aides that are extremely bright or massively overqualified for the job, or are simply doing the job because they havent had the opportunity to go for more education and training. Its not a case of who is better. Our job requires we constantly lift people, theirs doesnt.

Kitsey · Jul 21, 2011

I'd have probably been fired when I carefully took her tag in my hands and slowly started to read "B...I...T...." :uhoh3:

Poi Dog · Jul 21, 2011

I'd have probably been fired when I carefully took her tag in my hands and slowly started to read "B...I...T...."

Love it!

tiffjh2 · Jul 22, 2011

I very rarely will ask an RN for help lifting or transferring someone, and if I do it generally depends on the one, the younger ones and ones who have been aides before are usually OK with it, but the older ones, or ones that have never worked as aides, not so much. In LTC you can easily tell which RNs have been aides and which havent.
I dont think any of the RNs where I work would object to occasionally boosting someone or something like that, but if its a chronic thing they may start to get annoyed. Still, pretty much the only occasion I ask an RN for help is in an emergency situation or a situation where waiting for another aide would take an extremely long time and be a major inconvenience for the patient.
Some RNs might have bad backs and not really be capable of doing mich lifting, which is also why Im reluctant to ask older RNs for help. Granted probably a large chunk of aides have back problems, but that goes with the territory.
I dont look at it as an ego issue, since Ive come across many RNs that arent the brightest bulbs on the tree and are in a job that requires them to pretty well max out on their abilities, and Ive come across aides that are extremely bright or massively overqualified for the job, or are simply doing the job because they havent had the opportunity to go for more education and training. Its not a case of who is better. Our job requires we constantly lift people, theirs doesnt.

The nurse is one year younger than me and it just put me down..like wow did u really say that you knw..we have a pregnant nurse that helps us and another one that will change res. When we r short tho

tiffjh2 · Jul 22, 2011

I'd have probably been fired when I carefully took her tag in my hands and slowly started to read "B...I...T...."

That's awesome..Lol!!!

sunshine100 · Jul 22, 2011

Wow, why would a nurse have such a bad attitude. They are NURSES for goodness sakes, not like they are a CEO of a big company or something. Geez, guess since they are the "higher" one when it comes to CNA and nurse, it makes them feel good to think they are something.

In what universe is being a nurse a big deal that they say "read my nametag", I just had to laugh at this one!