Will I get fired?

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i am licensed my mother suggested i do that so i did well inschool for it and i just got this job amonth ago. i work at john perter smith hosp. doc gave me some orders because the other nurse was on break i couldnt understand him that well but i was really tired. i told him i could get it done which was to clean patient up and give his blood pressure medicaton. i had been working many hours and was tired so i fell asleep in the break area and was paged on the intercom. and it was mentioned to me that someone noticed i took extra break. they told on me and i worried i might lose job. should i worry.

Specializes in Trauma ICU, Surgical ICU, Medical ICU.
i quit today really because i didnt show up for work. just had enough. i have cna cert. the work is hard and i get kinda tired of cleaning patients up and i get stuck with older like patients all the time. why is it that when you work with some other nurses suposedly as team you usualy get stuck with all the work and they spend all time talking and moving slow. i the only guy with a couple women nurses and i did all the work. i new i was going to be in trouble for sleeping on the job because i was told on but i had already worked a 12 hour shift!!!!!

please give advice. even though i hated that job this one nurse told on me for going to sleep and i heard a rumor she was messing around with one of the married doctors. can i use that to call human resources on her. i was going to quit anyway but i hate when someone snitches like that. just my 2 cents.

First of all, quitting by being a no call, no show is extremely unprofessional. If you did not like your job you could have always searched for a new one and/or resigned appropriately. I also do not think it is professional to go to sleep at work, and as an RN, I could get fired for doing so. It is also extremely immature to call HR on the RN who told on you, and she is not breaking any laws or rules and I highly doubt they would pursue any action against her even if the accusations were true. If you were sleeping this is your mistake, not hers. It sounds as if CNA work is not for you. There are many other types of industries you can be a part of outside of healthcare that you can pursue.

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I personally wouldn't say anything to human resources about her. If it's true, it will be found out. What I would do is concentrate on my own issues and find a position that I like. No job is perfect and it is best to leave any position on a good note if possible.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Perhaps you should seek another profession as what you have been stating in your postings is that you don't like much about CNA work.

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Specializes in Trauma ICU, Surgical ICU, Medical ICU.

Also read another one of you posts where you seemed to try to pass yourself off as having a license to give medications (post about sleeping on the job and MD giving your orders to give BP meds and didnt do it) please do not try to pass yourelf off as qualified to pass meds if you are not. It is illegal to pass yourself off as an RN if you are not, just to let you know.

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So, you are a CNA, but you give medications?

You are lucky to not be prosecuted.

You took orders from a physician for which you are unlicensed. There is at least the implication that you give medications, yet you are a CNA. You were making private phone calls at work when you had work to do, and you fell asleep on the job, again leaving work undone and without asking anyone to cover your shift. Then you no call/no show, and now you are wanting to report a nurse "who told on you" to human resources, because you heard she might be having an affair with a married doctor (but you don't like snitches). You are unbelievable.

Clean up your act. Take responsibility for your own actions. You took orders when you aren't supposed to. You fell asleep on the job. You didn't do your job. You quit by simply not showing up to work, leaving your unit understaffed. All these things you admit. How can you be upset at anyone but yourself? You are so unprofessional, it is shameful.

Please, don't apply to my hospital, or at any other health care facility for that matter. And do some serious introspection before you take on another job that involves any sort of responsibility. You obviously don't understand much about your job responsibilities, basic employment responsibilities, and life in general.

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Specializes in Med/Surge, Psych, LTC, Home Health.

Grow up.

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i quit today really because i didnt show up for work.

Unprofessional

the work is hard and i get kinda tired of cleaning patients up and i get stuck with older like patients all the time.

Umm this is the CNA's job.

i new i was going to be in trouble for sleeping on the job because i was told on but i had already worked a 12 hour shift!!!!! please give advice.

Don't sleep on the job maybe?

i was going to quit anyway but i hate when someone snitches like that. just my 2 cents.

Grow up. You messed up, not the nurse. Deal with it.

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First of all, quitting by being a no call, no show is extremely unprofessional. If you did not like your job you could have always searched for a new one and/or resigned appropriately. I also do not think it is professional to go to sleep at work, and as an RN, I could get fired for doing so. It is also extremely immature to call HR on the RN who told on you, and she is not breaking any laws or rules and I highly doubt they would pursue any action against her even if the accusations were true. If you were sleeping this is your mistake, not hers. It sounds as if CNA work is not for you. There are many other types of industries you can be a part of outside of healthcare that you can pursue.

sleeping with boss is company vilation. why wouldnt she get in trouble.

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sleeping with boss is company vilation. why wouldnt she get in trouble.

and that will resolve all of your problems. :uhoh3:

And you complain of getting 'stuck with older like patients all the time'.

Guess what, the elderly population is likely to get sick and need care. I'm glad you're not caring for them any longer.

You asked for advice:

This type of work is not for you.

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from my last post i just want to ask you all how you felt about this. a woman nurse i worked with is supposed to be sleeping with a married doctor. she told that i was sleeping on the job like i said in my last post but everyone is mad at me for saying i might tell on her to hr for sleeping with doctor. would this be ethics to you. she answers to doctor and not supposed to be sleeping with doctor. how come it is bad for me to let hr know this is going on? if you knew your doctor or boss that you work under was sleeping with someone in your team would you tell. the reason i say this is because doesnt it affect how he makes decisions and delegate work. i mean if he sleeps with this person doesnt that mean he will do favors for them. would you tell. please give advice on what best to do. i did notice some cases wheres he did do some favors for her like i think he may have bought lunch for her a couple of times. whistleblowing.

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Specializes in Telemetry/Med Surg.

More advice? Stay out of it!

You think he may have bought her lunch a couple of times? Oh the horrors of it all.

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Specializes in Trauma ICU, Surgical ICU, Medical ICU.

Well either way, theyre not going to pull out a full investigation for some gossip you heard and that may or may not be true. I know many RNs who carry relationships with MDs at my hospital. I doubt this matters whether they are married or single. I would also not consider an MD as my boss, my managers are my bosses....

Still dont know why I even bothered writing that. Oh well. :uhoh3:

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