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I really feel for you the day you had. I think in the time it took you to tell the patient to put the light on you could have had the bedpan under the patient and moved on with your responsibilities. I'm sorry you had a bad day.

Hugs to you:icon_hug: I am aslo an aide and I know it is not a fun job and is very difficult many times. I don't have any advice for you..

To PASomeday- it does have a ring to it :) one of the wonderful things about nursing is that it can take you anywhere- even to PA school. I'm sure you will be a great PA!!!

Hi there! Beginning nursing school can be overwhelming. Once you get into the groove and schedule you will find time to have a life! Your time in the gym will be a valuable stress reliever and you might be about to do some reading on the treatmill LOL!! You'll be a fine nurse!

Thank you all for your responses. It is more clear to me now. Some RN's will give you report even when you have gotten report from the other CNA. It seems like so much to be responsible for thank god there are so many wonderful lpn's and cna's who do their jobs remarkably.

I am a nursing student graduating next Dec. and I am an aide as well. The BON came to our ethics class and talked briefly about delegation. In the booklet it explains there is a process for delegation that includes 5 Rights for delegation which are 1. Right Task 2. Right Person 3. Right Direction/communication 4. Right Supervision 5. Right Circumstances So this is what I am not understanding. Since the aide and lpn and rn have individual job responsiblities the RN does not actually individually and personally chose to delegate tasks... that is just the aide or lpn's job. And where I work the RN has an lpn that takes half of her/his patients and the will have several different aides because aides are not teamed per nurse. So the delegation just automatically happens because the lpn or aides job. The nurse does not actually get to chose what tasks are delegated to which person-- so what happens when you have to work with an aide who does not do his/her job. What happens when something goes wrong, everyone makes mistakes. The BON assumes you went through the delegation process concerning your liscense and supervision. And if your really busy do you have time to supervise and communciate with your aides and lpn's? How do you keep track of everyone when you have several different aides? Have I got this all mixed up? Thanks in advance!

I think this is a dangerous situation for the patients and any nurse that holds a liscence in these facilities. Another issue here is relying more on unliscensed personell is devaluing nursing. Nurses do not just blindly follow orders and here is a pill and a glass of water. There needs to be a liscensed person administering medication because IF YOU CAN GIVE MEDICATION YOU CAN KILL SOMEONE!

You could say, "NO but I got a good rate on my car insurance by switching to GYCO LOL" :rotfl: :rotfl:

I say good for her! We had a pt that grooped the staff and the CNA's talked about it and were shaken by it but they talked like it was part of the job.. I didn't have this patient and did not know what to say. I don't think I would know how to deal with this situation. Nursing staff should not be harrassed.

I was thinking the same thing LOL!

I am too thinking about you and your family.. Cooper Riley is a beautiful name I wish you peace and happiness for the new year

It doesn't really pick up LOL :chuckle I took me forever to read because I'd fall alsleep or put it down to think about what she was writing about. It is written like one long term paper LOL. She is a journalist. I am a nursing student so I am not sure if the book was an accurate portrayal-- some of the issues hit home where I work as an aide. I thought with some of the issues she just went on and on and on.. I was thinking ok, I get it lets move on.. I am interested in knowing what everyone else thought!

In nursing school you always here that Med-Surge is where you go when you first graduate. It's like an extension of school and that is where you really learn the skills that make you a good nurse. New grads may view Med-Surge as a place to learn and move on to another specialty.

LOL!! Nurse Heaven

Congratulations, You now have those wonderful initials after your name!!! :balloons: