knoelle30

My role is teaching/training/developing a plan of care/ongoing visits and monitoring... All of my co-workers are freaking out about it, too. I can't answer this mother's questions or teach. I have no clue. My boss sent out an email saying someone has to do it. I'm literally looking for other jobs right now I'm so shaken about it. They've never offered an ounce of training. I'm definitely not PALS certified, either.

I am a home health nurse with 2 years experience in cardiac step down and 2 years in my current home health job. I take care of older people mostly geriatric. I have an admission scheduled this week for a 6 month old with a feeding tube. I'm absolutely freaking out. I've never done peds patients and definitely never done baby patients. I have zero training with kids and infants. I spoke directly with my boss in my interview and she said we never do pediatric patients. Now here two years later I've got one and I'm not okay. Do I have any right to refuse?? I feel like this is very obviously outside my level of training, but they don't seem to see a problem with it?? Peds is practically its own advanced practice in my opinion.

I am a CNA. I was recently accused of neglecting a resident in his right mind. He refused to lay down between meals and then reported me for not laying him down. I can't make him, but his daughter knows a lot of important people and is trying to get my certification. I am due to graduate nursing school in less than a year and I don't know how this will affect my career. I don't even know if the school will kick me out. I want to be a registered nurse and I love my field, but I feel like I'm so alone and that no one can help me. I've already been interviewed by a state surveyor and she did not seem to believe a word I said. I feel like it's a foregone conclusion and I should just give up now. I am 100% sure that I did nothing wrong and I can't make a resident lay down if he refuses. Where do I go from here? How do I fight this?