AmyWI22

Thank you for the helpful advice.

Thank you, I figured this was the case. All I can do is continue to treat the residents well.

Hello all! I recently completed my nursing assistant class and just started working at an assisted living facility. I truly enjoy working with the residents, however, there are a lot of "resident aides" (those who haven't taken a nursing assistant course) who treat the residents pretty poorly in how they CARE for them, not necessarily in general. I have seen very elderly people left hanging in Hoyer lifts so the person who is helping me can TAKE A PHONE CALL (this was my boss!!), improper peri care, "baby talk", inappropriate talking about very personal information in front of residents, a nursing aide refusing to take a man to the restroom and just letting him urinate in his briefs, and overall just bad resident care. This has really discouraged me from the CNA profession and it scares me that I won't be able to handle this kind of behavior when I actually am a nurse. It is not that I dislike taking care of residents, its that I hate seeing residents being treated poorly! Any advice?