MN.MelissaCNA

I fear that the good one being referenced only exsists in my head.

I am a new CNA working at a nursing home and have become saddened by what I have learned. I have been given the idea that if you are caring, compasionate, and gentle that you will never make it, get walked on by other nurses and fall behind in your work. When I talked to one of the RNs about things, I was told "welcome to health care." I want to have time to brush my residents teeth, talk to them when they are sad and not push and pull them around so coldly when providing cares. I would like to think that my fellow employees would not find ways to blame me for things that go wrong and make me a target because I'm new. I talked about maybe finding a new place to work but have been told this is health care and this stuff is everywhere. I know when you say the word nursing home to someone in the general public that they cringe in disgust. Is this really just how it is? I am still pre-nursing and am wondering if I should continue on with my nursing education or if it will end up being a waste of my time and money.

Nobody went thruogh the trash, the bag ripped for my partner when he took it out.

Thank you for the quick replies. I have now turned from confused and frustrated to LMOA! I am done with my orientation and my other partner in the hall has only a little more experience than me. Apparently CNAs are hard to find so we are understaffed and over worked.

I have a question about proper disposal of a full Foley bag from a rectal cath. off a C Diff. resident. I am a brand new CNA.To make a long story short, I was asked to do things I was unfamiliar with and hadn't fully trained on. My first day working by myself on the job I was asked to do peri care for a resident. I found out when I entered the room that it was a C Diff resident with a rectal cath. When it came time to dispose of the full bag I asked how to do it and was told in a hurried and frustrated manner to double bag it and throw it in the trash. This didn't seem right to me because it was contaminated with C Diff. and I thought even double bagging can get rippped by someone else taking out the garbage not knowing to be careful of the contents... which is exactly what ended up happening, and it left a trail of the material all the way down the hall floor that nobody seemed to notice and was walking on. I was afraid to question the instructions because the nurse seemed irritated by my inexperience. The whole situation didn't feel right to me. Shouldn't that have been considered a biohazard with a proper process of disposal other than double bagged in the trash?