well i work with an agency and i am a cna. sometimes i get hired as a "sitter" and am payed a few dollars less an hour to do this. last night another cna that had been hired as a sitter was upset because the regular cna's at the hospital were not checking on her patient and she had to do everything including changing and showering the patient. i also was told by the regular cna's that they had sooo many people that the nurse said that I had to change and do for the TWO patients that i was supposed to be sitting with. i have no problem with this, but i said i will be paid the cna rate. i am very confused because when i talked to my supervisor she said when you are hired as a sitter you are a sitter nothing more, but the regular cna's think because we are certified that they can neglect the patient. they told me that the other cna wasn't doing anything, i told them that there is a differnece, if we get hired as a sitter that's all we should do, if we get hired as a cna then we do the cna stuff. idk, i never had a problem with it because i ALWAYS did everything regaurdless, but seeing the way the regular cna's think, then that ****** me off. the other cna was only being paid to sit not to cna, yet they expect her to do everything, i would have only been paid to sit if i hadnt said anything, but i made it clear that i would be paid for cna since i did everything, short of leaving for a long time, for the 2 patients. idk, does anyone understand how i feel about this? and what do you think?
I always tried to stop the Pt. from getting out of bed except for one time. I weigh about 110 saoking wet and I broke my L1, L2 and L3 in a bad car accident about 2 years ago. I am not on lifting restrictions but The patient was 320 pounds. I was too afraid that she would hurt me and I would have to go back to wearing a brace again. But every other time I have either prevented the Pt. getting up or slid the Pt. down to the floor to be assessed. And I told my boss that I wasn't going to do the ADL's unless I got paid like a CNA. There were others that I worked with who would do anything for the nurses and some of the nurses didn't like me becaue I wouldn't do it but it wasn't my job! Stick to your guns girlie.
totally understandable about some sitters falling asleep, and that is thier problem. i on the otherhand NEVER have fallen asleep seeing as i am more of a night person and cant fall asleep regaurdless if i am working or not. of course if a sitter sees the pt taking out the cath or hurting themselves or is soaked, i think they need to call for help right away.
As mentioned before, a sitter could be a friend or neighbor or anybody without any training whatsoever. Some sitters are there for safety while others may be there for emotional comfort and to alleviate fear. It is the particular situation that dictates the duties of the sitter rather than the "title" sitter, however, sitters do not perform any duties that would require a license or certificate such as CNA. While some sitters, holding current CNA certificates, graciously offer to perform CNA duties for their patient, I do discourage this for the sake of consistency. If the patient has a personal CNA, said CNA is expected to perform or participate in (2 person transfer, etc.) all care for this patient that would usually be provided by the floor CNA. Also, sitters as well as personal CNAs need to be provided the proper relieve for taking breaks so I really appreciate the sitters or CNAs who come to me at the beginning of the shift with a quick introduction and the scope of their assignment.
coastiewifejenna
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I always tried to stop the Pt. from getting out of bed except for one time. I weigh about 110 saoking wet and I broke my L1, L2 and L3 in a bad car accident about 2 years ago. I am not on lifting restrictions but The patient was 320 pounds. I was too afraid that she would hurt me and I would have to go back to wearing a brace again. But every other time I have either prevented the Pt. getting up or slid the Pt. down to the floor to be assessed. And I told my boss that I wasn't going to do the ADL's unless I got paid like a CNA. There were others that I worked with who would do anything for the nurses and some of the nurses didn't like me becaue I wouldn't do it but it wasn't my job! Stick to your guns girlie.