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My old team that I used to work with would talk about their church and beliefs all the time. Me not being a christian would annoy one of them. I love her to death, but she is heavily baptist and couldn't stand when any of them asked me about my beliefs. She would interrupt and inject a "jesus speech" before I would get three words out. She did that to a hindu coworker of mine as well. She was a nice young lady, but refused to listen to anyone's beliefs that conflicted with her own. I feel sorry for people who are that insecure that they have to shut others down that way. We keep in touch but she filters my fb posts out of her feed because they're not baptist lol. tldr; At work I'd just smile and let her have her way. Too much to worry about as a cna to care about their private religious conversations. We get interrupted every 5 minutes anyway.

Thanks for your replies. I have tried asking her why she acts like this with me and she totally denies it. Once she asked if I was high, trying to imply that i'm crazy or intoxicated. She also likes to loudly announce how annoyed she is that day and how "people" are getting on her nerves, while staring at me. This isn't a situation I can just ignore, she is actively trying to get me in trouble. She had one of them 'hide' a patient's chart from me (they put a jacket over it and pretended they hadn't seen it). If you don't chart even one slot on time, it's automatic termination. Charge nurse checks them hourly. I will transfer wards, thanks for that advice. I already put in for a hall change. I also applied to new jobs, I am just waiting on the companies I applied to to contact me. It isn't fair, though. What I can't comprehend is the viciousness. It's not like I was rude to them, I haven't done anything to these women. They just don't "like" me, I'm not one of "them", but that isn't a reason to attack someone. You don't have to be friends to work together. This isn't middle school, it's a place of business and they are supposed to be adults. I treat even the people I don't like with respect because that is what adults do. I can honestly say I haven't run into this behavior anywhere I've ever been, except middle school! I really am disappointed.

Hello everyone. I've been a CNA for a while and work in a facility. It has a bad reputation for nasty nurses and a low rating for care by patients families, but I personally had no big problems in my facility until recently. It's a long story (over a period of months) but there is a CNA who is friendly to people's face but talks endless trash behind their backs to anyone that will listen. I've ignored it until now, when I became the most recent "target". She's recruited the brand new batch of cna hires and sort of poisoned them against the other shifts and anyone she doesn't like, including me. Now shes made a clique of women following her and she trash talks about people they dont even know so that they will dislike them. again I wouldn't normally let this affect me, but she deliberately spreads false rumors about people and tries to get people in trouble. There are two other ladies who got written up (one fired) directly as a result of her lies. i don't know if she knows that, but she still laughs or says something demeaning when they are mentioned. I've reported her bullying, but without proof my don said she can't take action. Her last "target" quit working our shift because of her bullying. She doesn't curse or insult, just does things to make people feel obviously excluded or humiliated. They recently started doing small things that made me think i'm the next target. Trivial things, nothing important... like not looking me in the eyes or answering me, sometimes asking weird personal questions, saying good morning to everyone except me, telling me to stop being "extra" when I try to do my job correctly (instead of cutting corners like they do), rolling their eyes when I speak, me being the only one they don't say "bless you" to after sneezing, walking in on them directly saying negative things about me when they don't know i'm in the room. Now I recently got blamed for something I didn't do, and my supervisor trusts me so she came to me and asked me directly if it was true and I said no of course it's not. she said well I have three other people who say it happened this way, and I had to finally explain to her the bullying i've been ignoring for months and how it's gotten worse since these newbies arrived. Right now i'm thinking of just quitting but my friends and family keep telling me to stay and fight. I love my job (until now), but I feel like nobody understands the environment I am working in... it's 3 against one and all of her other victims have quit except one. I don't think it's a coincidence! I don't want to fight a losing battle and I feel don't have the energy or willpower for it. what would you do in my situation? or what did you do if you've been there?

Thank you for the reply. I am kind of sad I didn't get more advice, I guess not many cnas on this site? Anyway I did pass the exam on the first try even though I was nervous and forgot to put the handrails back up after a bed bath.

Hello everyone. I am taking a CNA course at the Red Cross and we start clinicals soon. I wanted to be a CNA for a lot of reasons but that would take paragraphs to write. I'm excited but at the same time I am scared. I like most people I meet, but I am terrified of meeting actual residents because I am a very shy person and I'm afraid of saying something awkward to offend them, or not being able to hold an interesting conversation. I'm also scared of choking on the final exam and not remembering the proper procedures for the skills. (I stutter and forget things when I'm nervous). Can you tell me what it is like to be a nurse assistant and how to deal with residents you've just met? How do you deal with their embarrassment during private procedures? Should I talk about something else? Also, one of my classmates said I should forget about trying to stay fit during my first year because you too exhausted to exercise when you first start. Is that true?