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I recently quit this past week my 1st ever tech job as a Nursing student b/c i felt it was unsafe. I had to juggle up to 15 patients, some mentally unstable and some being total/complete care with not much help from the nurses/techs and unsupportive management. I thought i'd be gaining valuable skills but all i did was clean patients for most of the day. This was something i was already taught in NS, so i dont need the additional practice. i felt like i was doing all the grunt work. The nurses were mainly charting and giving out meds, but they too seemed busy but their work is alot less physical. I was thinking of just working at my friends dads company as an administrative assistant until i graduate. It pays more and its a lot less work....It was a nice hospital, id like to go back, but only as a nurse.

You misunderstood my statement. I said control over the aides, not the patients. I agree with an above poster that aide work can help someone become a better nurse b/c if you work as an aide you'll learn to appreciate the hard work they do for the little pay/respect they get. In regards to becoming an np, i have plans on getting married and starting a family and i'd like to finish school as soon as possible, most programs require 1-2 years of clinical practice, im fine with doing that. Im getting older, and year by year fly's by so im looking to reach my ultimate goal the sooner the better. Like i said, i dont mind wiping butt but if i can avoid it id rather avoid it. I dont like the smell and look of feces, that doesnt mean ill make a bad nurse. We all have things we dislike.

That is why I became a nurse. To control my aides. I run after them and put them in timeout like bad CNA when they disobey.

Now that you mention it, they did have a whole course in how to do mind control on aides. It's very helpful. You should see if your college offers it.

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
That is why I became a nurse. To control my aides. I run after them and put them in timeout like bad CNA when they disobey.

Now that you mention it, they did have a whole course in how to do mind control on aides. It's very helpful. You should see if your college offers it.

That's why there are never any aides, because they're always in time out. Guess he better get use to doing "aide" work while the aides are in time out.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Mental Health, Community.

Not every person who enters the healthcare field will be suited for this type of work. I don't agree at all with anything the OP has posted. However, I love the responses! I'm still puzzled about the statement re: all nurses want is control... that is just so bizarre to me... Control? Really? Get a clue man. Your head is not in the right place. You are already having difficulty getting along with nurses and aides on a forum...I would hate to meet you in person, let alone work with someone with your attitude.

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Specializes in Operating Room.

Please run as far away from the healthcare field as you can, as fast as you can, for the sake of everyone, including yourself. You do not belong as a caregiver for anyone in any capacity whatsoever. Nursing is not for everyone, and it is definitely not for you, at all. Many of us work better in specific areas of nursing, but you do not belong in any area. You will learn quickly that Family NP is not for you, just as you learned CNA is not for you. It is not because of your co-workers, your patients, or the environment, it is because of you. You do not have the tight attitude or the mindset for nursing. Please please please find something different to do with your life.

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Please run as far away from the healthcare field as you can, as fast as you can, for the sake of everyone, including yourself. You do not belong as a caregiver for anyone in any capacity whatsoever. Nursing is not for everyone, and it is definitely not for you, at all. Many of us work better in specific areas of nursing, but you do not belong in any area. You will learn quickly that Family NP is not for you, just as you learned CNA is not for you. It is not because of your co-workers, your patients, or the environment, it is because of you. You do not have the tight attitude or the mindset for nursing. Please please please find something different to do with your life.

OP will wipe a lot of behinds as a nurse and clean a lot of patients so no such thing as you don't need the additional practice OP, because it will be your job for years to come if you become a nurse.

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OP.

I don't plan to stay at the hospital scene for long, ill simply use it to gain tech/future RN experience and then i plan to switch to working in a clinic or doctors office as a family NP, I realized what my true calling in nursing is. It isn't the LTC or hospital scene, personally when i go to my doctors office i love it! calm, quiet, peaceful, pts can walk and take care of themselves, typical appt only lasts 5-10 mins, dont have to wipe bottoms, and so on.

Just a few observations:

You really need to work on your writing skills!

Those 5 minute appointments--good luck with those!

I hate to intrude on your little fantasy, but even primary care offices see patients who have chronic illnesses, are bed bound and arrive by ambulance, and have adult patients who have legal guardians because they cannot care for themselves.

You may find your "true calling" to be the unemployment line unless your attitude changes.

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Specializes in nursing education.
And to just clarify in regards to the butt wiping, no i do not enjoy it 1 bit, i do not get any sort of satisfaction from smelling feces, i pretty much want to vomit. if i can avoid it, then absolutely id avoid it. ppl that enjoy the sight/smell of feces good for you. lol

We don't clean poop because we LIKE poop. We clean poop because we want our patients to be clean and dignified. We want to avoid skin breakdown. We want to assess our patients' skin and GI function. This is what nurses do. Poop (and vomit, and sputum) is just a part of the job.

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Specializes in SICU, trauma, neuro.
And then there was the PCA who stopped the heparin drip and the patient was no longer at a therapeutic level...

:eek: What was this clown doing looking at the pt's labs in the first place??!? And touching the gtt??? I...can't...even. :banghead:

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Specializes in SICU, trauma, neuro.

Oh wait, I read quickly and thought he stopped it when the pt was at therapeutic level. But still, that's insane to touch a gtt.

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I'm currently a rising senior nursing student and I've been a patient care tech on a floor similar to the one you are describing, for the past year. A couple things stick out to me here: first, how far into orientation were you? I don't know many floors that would have a brand new tech caring for 15 patients on a day shift alone...if working with another tech who was orienting them, maybe. If you were thrust into independently caring for that kind of patient load right away, before you could prove competency in all areas of the job, then I agree, that is unsafe, especially if you are unlicensed personnel (as opposed to LNA/CNA).

What is important to realize for next time is that you can't judge a tech job from the first week. It is a job, not your clinical, so its purpose is not to teach you new things...in fact, the exact opposite- you probably got hired BECAUSE you knew how to do a lot of these tasks! I agree with you, that a lot of the tech tasks on a med surg floor are repetitive, but we can always use more practice to improve our speed in the tasks, or, when we become comfortable, this time is valuable to practice talking to patients and family members! If you had stuck it out and were able to improve your speed, you may have found it less overwhelming. Lastly, cool things do happen on med surg floors, and when the nurses know you're in school, they are generally happy to let you observe or help them when allowed... But not when they barely know you on orientation! You have to take the time to build rapport and trust. A final thought- AM care isn't my favorite either, but there are other shifts! When I trained on evenings and nights, I found that I liked those shifts much better- you have a higher patient load, but fewer tasks that all need to be done by a certain time.

Bottom line, tech jobs aren't generally required in nursing school...your program should be teaching you all the skills you need to become an RN. A tech job exists to give you experience, that you might not get on clinicals if your instructor is focused more on education and you practicing nursing skills. It's not pretty all the time, but you have to be able to see the beauty in helping people with their most "human" moments in their most vulnerable states.

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QUOTEarrow-10x10.png=OrganizedChaos;8565691]Every post you make you keep making me even more disturbed. I just... I.. Wow. I want an NP that has a lot of RN experience. Not once that just got the necessary 1-3 years so then they could then go to NP school. I want an NP that doesn't mind to get dirty. That says a lot about yourarrow-10x10.png character & how you will be at work.

At my doctor's office (& the one before it) not all the patients can take care of themselves. A lot of them are elderly, in wheelchairs. If you are a good NP you will help the patient with whatever needs they have at the appointment.[ QUOTEarrow-10x10.png]

hmm i didnt i say anything disturbing. I think whats really disturbing is the abuse cna's put up with just so they can make a buck and provide for their families. The very same nursesarrow-10x10.png advocating for a greater role for aides to perform are just trying to easen the workload on themselves and have the aides do all the work and those very same nurses wouldnt do the same work as the aides. so pls. save me the small talk. if i every go into politics id advocate for better treatment for cna's, id actually be an amazing nurse. Theres only 1 thing most nurses want, its control, so it makes the nurses lives much easier. I saw on numerous occasions, cnas arguing with nursing staff, bc of the bad treatment their getting and workload, and the nurses just look to make that aides job harder or get them fired. ive seen it and heard stories from friends. O not to mention the nurses that dont answer the call lights. O, thats right they expect the aide to do it. Some of the ppl on this forum are living in lala land, not reality. Your spoon fed what to say, scripted talk. Try to think outside the box, dontjust listen to what others say.

What exactly do you think the role of a CNA or tech is? What exactly do you think the role of a nurse is? You seem to be very confused and you don't make sense. You contradict yourself a lot. You don't want to do CNA work and only do what you think is "nurse's" work. But, you also say nurses are control freaks and treat CNAs terrible and don't do their job. So you do think it is a nurse's job to do the yucky, smelly stuff, but you don't want to do it when you are a nurse? So you will be like these other nurse's and only pass meds and do paperwork? You will abuse your CNAs also while claiming if you went into politics you would change that? Your reasoning makes absolutely no sense whatsoever to me.

I have done several clinical rotations now, and I have yet to be at place with what you are describing. Nurses and techs get along great. Everyone, helps everyone, and everyone knew their job. I assisted in a transfer of a patient once, took her down to ultrasound and watched the procedure. The patient had defecated in her bed during the transfer. I went down and told my nurse that I would take care of it when I came back from the procedure but just wanted to let her know, and if I needed to possibly get her on a bedpan when we got back. While I was gone, the nurse went in changed the linens, and got it all cleaned up. I did clean the patient before we left. No tech was alerted, me and the nurse did not sit there and laugh, Ha, Ha, we will just make the tech do this!! This work is below us!! We did what needed to be done for the patient at that time to make her comfortable. We did call the tech to assist us in reinserting a catheter because well, we needed the help.

Your comments are disturbing. You make no sense and clearly do not understand the different roles in the healthcare field. Is your school not teaching you this stuff? Or are you just blind to it, because you have predetermined everything? If you do not change your way of thinking, you will never make it in this field. It's all about being a team player. There is no I in team. From the physician, all the way down to the CNA, everyone has an important role in a patient's healthcare. And apparently, you don't spend much time in your family doctor's office. You get all kinds in there just like in hospital. Think about the person who puts off going to the doctor until they absolutely cannot stand it anymore. They really should have gone to the ER weeks ago for that black, infected, foot, but they don't want to pay the money for the ER. Their family doc is cheaper, so they make an appt. Guess who gets first look at the rotting foot? The physician or NP, whoever is in that day. If feces make you vomit, I would hate to see how you deal with rotting flesh.

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We don't clean poop because we LIKE poop. We clean poop because we want our patients to be clean and dignified. We want to avoid skin breakdown. We want to assess our patients' skin and GI function. This is what nurses do. Poop (and vomit, and sputum) is just a part of the job.

I thought everyone liked POOP! Just kidding!

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