adodell85

So our facility has a new policy where all the residents who smoke have certain hours throughout the day where they can smoke on the porch, supervised by a CNA. Our hall with 3 aides is delegated to supervise the smokers. I was heading down the hall to retrieve a resident when the nurse told me we were overdue for a smoking session. The only aide on our side who's a smoker was still showering a resident. I told the nurse I didn't want to inhale second hand smoke, and that I didn't know how to use a lighter properly. The nurse told me I wasn't being a team player or contributing. Does anyone know where I could find out if there is a law for Idaho that says whether a non-smoker should be forced to inhale second hand smoke on the job? I feel like the RCNs should write ahead of time who will take the smokers out to ensure that no non-smoker CNA should be forced to supervise and help residents smoke, but unless there's some regulation against it they probably wouldn't bother.

I've been a CNA for about a year and have worked at two long-term facilities. I started this summer at a laid-back facility with about 60 patients. Everyone jokes around with each other and socializes during work, but one male coworker makes me extremely uncomfortable/annoyed. He usually won't say inappropriate things at me, but he thinks it's funny to constantly poke me in places that I would only let a boyfriend do, like my bra area, where my bra straps are on my back, my hips the small of my back right above my bottom, etc. I told him three different times I don't like it, first in a casual way to not make a big deal of it, the next time a firm "I don't like that". Then I flat out said "Try that again I will hit you, I'm not kidding" and he laughed it off and said "Don't threaten me with a good time". I complained to a supervisor, then found out another coworker (a young teen) complained twice, before and after I did. A nurse also complained he smacked her ass hard enough to leave a mark, and had a witness. How many incidents have to happen before I can expect the company to fire him? People get away with a lot here but constantly pulling crap like this and not listening to us when we tell him to knock it off is way worse than people calling in sick/showing up late.