Questionable? What to do?

[sanchezlpn]

Hi there, I am here to ask a question, if you have problems with your cna's and you are the LPN in charge, no charge nurse, just you on the floor in a facility, like where I work, and after 2 months you still are having trouble, disrespect including walking off after being asked to do something (insubordination) and nothing is done, your supervisor says they will have meeting, but you never hear anything, what should you do? On top of it all, I like my job, but how can a nurse, rn or lpn work with just a few people that (1-3) that are not doing what they are asked to do from nursing dept.

Where to go from here?

anyone?

nursing gal

[xoemmylouox, ASN, RN]

Do you have the authority to write up your CNAs? They are working under your license and they need to be held accountable. It seems that they fear nothing, and have no reason to at this point. I would find out what you can do to "encourage" them to do their job.

[guest2210]

I had a similar situation at an LTC facility. I agree with the previous poster. After I wrote up a few of the insubordinates, they quickly got the message. I left after a year, but had the respect and friendship of many of the staff there.

[tyvin, BSN, RN]

Don't fool around with the disrespect...write em up! If you let them walk all over you they will. You're not there to be friends. It's difficult to encourage them when they don't respect themselves. Don't play their game; set boundaries and stick to it. Also make sure that you are covering all the bases with regard to CNA assignments etc... Is there a beef of some type that you don't know about? Are the assignments fair ect... A kind word of encouragement, a smile, plenty thank yous for their work. We must find ways to make them happy in order to encourage camaraderie. Sounds like the morale needs some boosting.