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i have to admit, i never wanted to change adult diapers or clean up someone else's vomit. i wanted to jump from the nursing school frying pan into the fire.... but, i decided to take a job as a pca to help with my patient skills (big change from my office job), and i clean up incontinent adults daily, with daily baths and linen changes. some days i feel like it's grunt work, but the patients make it worth it. most of them are extremely embarrassed, and apologize over and over. not only did i receive experience in patient skills, but i learned alot about humility. i wouldn't trade this experience for anything. i do wish i could move up to the next position, a tech, but there are no openings right now where i work. so here i stay! for a few months, anyways.....graduation in may!!!!! :roll

Oh my!!! I currently work as a nurse's aide, and a nursing student, on a great floor with a great team (of course, with the exception of a small few). When the nurse I am working with wants something done, it gets done, and our nurses are available for us as needed too. The one nurse we have on the floor that seems to have the attitude that she is better than the aides is the only one that EVERYONE has a problem with. All the great nurses to work with (and I plan to model myself after) treat the aides with respect and courtesy, and it is reciprocal, and we don't have problems with tasks not getting done. Teamwork is just that, team WORK. If part of the team isn't working, usually once someone complains to the appropriate departments, others who have had the same problem will follow suit. If the facility doesn't correct the problem, maybe it's not the facility for you. Or maybe I'm just lucky to work where I work