Some mean Nurses.......

Nursing Students CNA/MA

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hi everyone! i don't get to come to the site as often as i would like because of work and school, but since i have a tiny break from both right now i have some questions for you all, and i love reading about people who are in the same situations i am and learning too.

i started my cna (pca) job at a hospital on the med./peds. floor about two months ago. i love it! i am learning so much and my experiences have reinforced my desire to become a nurse. i only have one problem.:o

some of the nurses on my floor are just plain mean. i notice that it isn't that they are mean toward everyone, just the aides. now, i am older, (37) and a lot of the girls who are r.n.'s are younger than me, which may be part of the attitude, but the older ones are just as bad. it stinks because their harshness is uncalled for. is this just some initiation deal? am i being tested?

i know everyone is different, but i was hoping for a kind of "sisterhood" at this job, where i could make new friends and find a mentor or two. anyone else find a similar situation happening to them?

Specializes in Med/Surg.

It happens, I know it sucks. Sometimes you have to pay your dues and tell yourself "I'll be a better nurse than that!!!" :lol2:

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Now, I am only 20. but there are girls that i work with only 2 or 3 years my senior ans they think that they own the plantet, they make me sick. Those are the ones in it only for the paycheck. Don't let it get to you and do not let them think you are a push over, put them in their place......professionally of course.:icon_roll

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i have been a cna for 5 years, and it is very very hard dealing with most of the nurses ive worked with. i have had a couple amazing ones who i actually became friends with. but most are just plain mean. even our don is so awful, she has made me cry several days a week, and made several aides quit. i just often get treated badly. but i know that a nurse who acts that way is choosing to...since i have worked with some amazing nurses. it just depends. but in general, my experience has been very rough when dealing with the respect other nurses have for nurse aides. its a very hard, and often unrewarding job..being a cna.

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Specializes in Pysch, SN, Med-Surg.

Hi there!!! I know from my expierences as a CNA, that you have to realize the nursing world is dominately women...so thats a brew for disaster right there (LOL). But on a more serious note, don't let that get you down...just remember the reason why you are in nursing in the first place... i've come across so many nurses like that. Just know that God has blessed you with the gift of being able to help others. I have been certified for 2 years...i just completed my vocational nursing program...and i just feel so blessed to be able to be on the career path i'm on. It could be that those nurses either don't have the compassion for the field as much you do or they have lost it some where along the way. What ever their reasons, please don't let it discourage you!!! Keep doing God's will girlfriend!!!:w00t:

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Specializes in Pysch, SN, Med-Surg.
I was a PCA for 4 months after failing the NCLEX. During that time, I learned that RN's as a rule treat the techs like dirt, but DON'T KNOW IT!!!! Like you, the RN's on my floor are quite a bit younger than I am (I'm 33). Now that I'm a RN, my time as a PCA taught me "how the other half lives" and showed me how I do not want to treat any tech who helps me take care of my patients. I know that I could not do my job without them, and I do my best to tell them and show them my appreciation.

This almost brought a tear to my eye!!! Goodness i know what you mean on so many levels, i vowed the same thing. I had a nursing instructor who had been previously my co worker. When we worked together she had always been very mean and rude to me. When i started nursing school she starting being nice to me...as if i were now up to her standards. But i remember one day i was having a bit of a time with one of the CNA's at our clinical site. And my instuctor told me not to worry about her, because she was just the **** on CNA...and i was the LVN now. And i just thought to myself like what the heck?!?!?! I'm so glad i started as a CNA because you really do see both sides of the spectrum...CNA's are the eyes and ears for us.:up: I really wish that people would see its not the title behind the name...its about real leadership.

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Specializes in Ortho, Neuro, Detox, Tele.

tip for the above 2 posters....just always check the date before posting...as sometimes most of us have moved on from said thread....before you 2, nobody's commented on this thread in 2 weeks.....nothing bad, just a FYI....

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
tip for the above 2 posters....just always check the date before posting...as sometimes most of us have moved on from said thread....before you 2, nobody's commented on this thread in 2 weeks.....nothing bad, just a FYI....
Well, at least they haven't reopened a 5-year-old thread by mistake! ;)
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hi everyone! thanks for all of the advice, stories, and general words of wisdom! i will inform you of my personal choices regarding this matter...

first, i have found that most (not all of course!) of the nurses on my floor can be helpful and kind if i ask for help or advice, which i often do because i respect their knowledge and know-how.

second, i suppose it does take a little time for some of the nurses to warm up, i have already seen a few cna's leave in my short time there (3 months) so i understand they see them come & go all of the time!

last, i do have a few, especially one nurse who i deeply respect and one who i consider a mentor. the mentor started the same day as me, is a new graduate and is a little older than me!!:up: she is wonderful and i love to work with her!

thank you all so much!

there's still the few who i would like to plumet some nights, but i won't!!:rolleyes:

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Specializes in ER/SICU/Med-Surg/Ortho/Trauma/Flight.

Yes I was a tech first to, then an LPN, adn, and now a BSN, and Im a male nurse, so what some of them are a pain and let me tell you I agree with dutch, now that im a supervisor I get brown nosed by what I thought where my friends when I was a regular staff nurse, he** I have ADN's that just want to pick an arguement with me because Im a BSN, but I dont fall for it either. Keep your dream and keep on working torwards it and youll make it, dont let anyone take it away from you. And if you cant find a good mentor know you have good nursing buddies on here that will help you every step of the way. good luck.

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Specializes in Nursing Assistant.

I know this thread was started awhile ago, but I find it relevant now because I have had a CNA comrade ask me this question. He has just started off in healthcare, and is ready to quit because he says that the staff he works on is so negative. My answer to his dilemma was this: In the field of healthcare, the stress levels run high. People are going to act angry and agitated because they are so stressful. It's part of this job. On my floor, i've seen CNA's talk about nurses, and nurses talk about CNA's. It goes both ways. Ironically, I was able to offer this advice to him. We had a GN fail her boards, and in the hospital I work in, if you fail, you have to work as an aide until you can pass the test again. She passed after a couple of months, and when I asked her about her experience as an aide, she said she had a whole new respect for us because she had never really known what our jobs were like. I told him to just do his job, and ignore the gossip that goes on. That's all you can do. It's not high school anymore. You're dealing with real people. I hope your situation improves, and just remember, you are needed and appreciated by someone: THE PATIENT.

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Yeah, I know how that feels. I'm not a CNA, but I volunteer some hours at the hospital, and I swear! These people who go into a field of HELPING people! A superviser told me to go get a nurse on the phone because the doctor of the patient was on the phone. She told me to get her even though she was on break. So I went to the break room and she was eating with the respiratory tech guy. I felt really bad about it, so when I told her, I said, I can get leave a message if you want. She stared me down like she was going to kill me, and the respiratory tech guy, without even looking at me (like as though I don't exist) says to her, "Aren't they supposed to not bother you while you're on break??" She completely ignored my suggestion and walked passed. And to think, we're on the ICU unit for God's sake. Hello? INTENSIVE CARE unit? If a doctor is calling about a patient, it's probably pretty important you know? Considering ... maybe... that the patient is nearly UNCONCIOUS!!!

Hey, I understand she's totally entitled to her break time, but why take it out on the mesenger? That's between her and her supervisers... I'm just a volunteer--I don't make these decisions.

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Hello there I am still a cna and now Im a graduate nurse and you are correct when you say that.The nurse sometimes dont want to be bothered on their lunch break but thats not your problem.We are there to take care of the residents,this is our job,I run in to this all the time,dont take it personal, we are the caretakers(the nurses know this as well)Break or no break patient comes first!!Quality care always

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