Walking out

wow that is tough, and I have seen posts from you before, and I can tell you take your job seriously, and are very caring and hard working. I can not believe that no shows would not get into trouble especially making someone work 16 hrs because of them. Do you at least get overtime pay for those 4hrs? If the administration does not have better rules and regulations about no shows Id definetly start to look for a new job. That is abusing you as an employee for sure! I know it is tough out there to finding jobs, but maybe there is something out there that would not abuse your hard work, and let lazy cnas take jobs away from someone that would be more realistic and know how important their job truely is.

keep us informed and good luck

well the ADON told the charge nurse and my nurse that it was up to them whether I get terminated or not so I was told any attitude any lip any anything I was gone. but the other CNAs that night decided to be mad and stuff even after I apologised and left me by myself didnt help me didnt nothing so the nurse and the trainee nurse that night had to stop playing nurse and play aide and get the trashes and I&Os collected while I did last rounds on all the bed checks so day shift wouldnt be mad the nurse after that went down to the other halls mad at them because they wouldnt help me and told them that this wasnt going to happen again she told the charge nurse that she had senority and that what she says goes from now on and she wasnt going to play this crap anymore and that who ever is on the schedual fro this hall is who is schedualed on this hall an no one is getting moved from here and there that its not fair to the residents when my hall is always the bussiests at night (and I think the ADON will agree with her because the ADON has it schedualed this way for a reason because it takes more that one aide to do the hall I work).

at the begining of my shift my nurse told me to be the best aide I could be and to picture every resident as her and I joked and said Ok well you can set in your poop while I go smoke my first cigarett. I knew things were ok after she laughed and said to picture them as my grandparetns and I said ok whitch ones and shes like ok then as my grandparents and I said d@mn you got me there. she looked at the RT and said jokeingly isnt it like pulling teeth with him?

crazy place you work for. you were there for your 12 hours and if I remember right you said there was enough people to cover the halls even with the two no shows. so I am not sure why you got in that much trouble for? Did the no shows get there talking to as well? I think the head nurse is completely correct in that whatever hall people are asigned to is the hall they work that hall. People have to think of the residents and what is right and safe for them. Not who they do and do not like to work with. This is a an important job, not a high school popularity click with who you like to hang out with and dont hang out with. Well good luck with it hopefully things will start to smooth out

FYI: Please use paragraphs. It makes it much easier for us to read :)

That said, careful about "walking out". Some places, if they want to be jerks could get you for patient abandonment if you do it during a shift. If you completed your scheduled shift, you are golden if they try to "force" you into another shift.

Also, they CAN work you 16 but not 24.

A lot of times, you do get this borderline abusive behavior from staffing DONS in high turnover, low morale facilities. Take it with stride and look for something else.