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She was for sure talking to me. She looked right at me with her nose in in the air and said it. Perhaps next time a doctor says something that is stupid and belittling I will just tell them I was aware in a respectful way and move on. The patient was tired of me messing with him so he was pretending to be sleeping. I was raising my voice talking close to him when they all walked in. I have no problem with her letting me know that he is hard of hearing and does not have his hearing aids, but the way she said it was very belittling. Thank you for your responses so far!

Should I have said something besides ok and left the room? I really don't want to lose my job, but I feel so gutless for not standing up for myself.

Hello I am a male Cna working a hospital. I have worked here for 4 months and have noticed that almost all doctors except for one don't even make eye contact with me or say hello. Today I was in a patients room of which I had been taking care of for 3 days. This patient would hit anyone and spit at them at the flip of a hat. I had established trust with this patient and knew how to talk to him. If you did not tell him what you where going to do, he would start punching and spitting. I was in this patients room with the door closed talking with him when the door has a single knock and a MD walks in with 5 residents behind her. She quickly says, "This patient is hard of hearing and does not have his hearing aid with him". Her tone was condescending and belittling. It took every ounce of self control in my body not to respond with a smart ass comment and explain I had been taking care of this patient for 3 days and never being attacked by him, when many of the staff had been. The patient could hear me just fine and would pretend to be asleep or not hear you if he did not want you messing with him. I also just got done feeding, doing perineal care that was up his back, brushing his teeth, providing clean sheets, and repositioning because I saw his red bottom that needed a break from the pressure. Long story short I want to become a Medical Doctor and thought becoming a CNA first would give me great experience working with patients so I knew what it was like working at the bottom. As in bottom I really mean bottom with all the peri care I perform every day and keep smiling. I have seen ONE doctor actually doing perineal care on a patient and helped me boost him after he was done. I later talked to this doctor and explained that I had respect for him doing that. He looked at me and said, "Hey I am not god, and I will be damned if I walk around like him". Since then I have been able to joke around and talk with this doctor, but the rest all walk around like they are high and mighty. It makes me sick to see them act this way. The nursing staff busts their butts to make the patients presentable for the doctor to come in for 5 minutes and leave.

Hello everyone, I am a 24 year old CNA. I have been working as a CNA for a little over 4 months at my local hospital. It is listed as one of the top 100 hospitals in the nation, so I am very glad to have this job. I have had a few things that struck me kinda odd working with mostly women. I am a straight male as well. I will just list the things that have bothered me working at this hospital. #1 I have had a female nurse look at my crotch and say to another nurse that I was packing. I guess she thought I could not hear her, but I have great hearing. I guess it's not terrible, but I know if I mentioned something like that to another guy and was heard, I would probably be reported for doing so. #2 I have had female patients tell me they didn't want me to help them use the bathroom, but have never had a male say no. #3 I was in a patients room with the door closed doing peri care on a lady when the door opens up without knocking at a float pool nurse told me I needed to get a patient I was not even assigned to a glass of water. The core charge nurse overheard this and took her asside to explain why that was uncalled for. #4 I had a male lpn tell me not to get a patient up in the chair because it was too much work. I don't really care how hard it is to get a patient up, because I know sitting in bed all day does no good for your body. #5 There is a lot of gossip and dramma which I could care less for that seems to go on during the shifts. #6 I get asked to lift patients all day. I don't have a problem helping out, but after moving a 400 pound lady 3 times.. my back does not feel so hot. I wish we had more males working on our floor. #7 I am almost always the only male working on our floor. We have two other male cna's, but they work the night shift. I can't really jump in and talk with women about men and all that gossip stuff without wanting to jump off a bridge. I love my job and it makes me feel great to be able to make some ones life that much better because of the care I gave them. I get a long with a lot of the patients and bs with them over talking to a lot of the female staff. Do any of you guys have the same complaints? I don't complain to any one and these are not serious complaints really.