FlorentineBird

YES! They sleep on the job, and they do use camera phones. It's awful, and on New Year's Eve many of them left early. The following weekend a group of them threatened to walk out, and the RN in charge said that they didn't have to report to me anymore, just to her, and "If they walk out, then we're screwed." They are in control and have been for a while.

Hi, I need some advice. I am on a couple of people's hit list because they share meds between patients, and I objected to that. Say two people take Digoxin, or Seroquel, and one runs out. The nurse just borrows a med from the other person. Then she takes "the same" med and puts it back in their med container, with her hands, when she "gets a chance." It's all so gross and probably dangerous that it's really, really bothering me. Help!!

I really appreciate everyone's advice. I am trying to get the administration to see what is going on, but the focus is on why I put in overtime. Usually my patient load is well over 30 in a long term care facility.

I am in a nightmarish situation where the CNA's are in control. The worst night was when a patient had to go to the bathroom. The CNA demanded that I handle it because she was on the phone to the police to break up a drunken party (mostly because of her BROTHER!) at her house. She also got at least two other CNA's to gang up on me because I was asking her not to use her cell phone, especially not in patient's rooms. She began screaming at me, shaking her finger in my face, shaking a clipboard in my face, and screaming "Get out of my business!!!" She also leaves early with a couple of other CNA's to go to her second job. She is using the term "harassment" to describe my simple wish for her to do her job, and she lies, a LOT. What can I do?