AustinPower

Thank you all for the advice. It is very helpful. I'm going to do my best to keep my patients safe :)

I am one of two RN's on a 20 bed psych unit at night. We either have one or two mental health associates who are supposed to do q15 minute rounds with an RN also rounding hourly on the patients. The problem is that our MHA's often don't round at all and the few that do round only do so hourly. The MHA's at our facility have no respect for the nursing staff and get angry and vengeful if we ask them to do their job. My immediate supervisor has been made aware but they too seem not to care. If I go to my director, I end up with angry MHAs and an angry supervisor. I don't want anything to happen to my patients nor do I want to get in trouble. All of the staff is aware that all of the halls are being videotaped 24/7 but even that is not motivating my MHA or my immediate supervisor How do they do q15 minute rounds at your facility? Do MHAs do all or most? How do you handle MHAs who don't do their jobs? Should I leave this facility since they don't back nursing staff?