wow! the laziness!

I understand your frustrations. Just remember who you are there for and do your best to lead by example (in the end you will feel better for doing the right thing). Don't be afraid to be assertive. Old habits die hard, but will be worth it in the end.

Are you the nurse on duty? If so..it is your job to make sure the work gets done. Time to quit complaining and do something about it.

I have seen and worked with my share of lazy nurses and CNAs, but not for long. I won't put up with it. I have a job to do and so does everyone else. You don't want to do your job..leave and I will find someone else.

Welcome....I complain about our aides all the time, but learning on Allnurses.com def. cool to vent but ultimately we just got to suck it up and keep going.

At the end of the day we are the ones who have to get the job done whether they help or not!

I certainly feel for you! Write them up that's what I do and I will keep doing every day if I had to until someone recognizes it is a problem.

Good luck With the Lazy Ones:kiss

are you the nurse on duty? if so..it is your job to make sure the work gets done. time to quit complaining and do something about it.

i have seen and worked with my share of lazy nurses and cnas, but not for long. i won't put up with it. i have a job to do and so does everyone else. you don't want to do your job..leave and i will find someone else.

precisely.

i have a job to do and so do they.

i'm running around after grown ups with certificates who understand their job description.

this is a vent.

at work i do not have time to complain r/t getting my job done.

I hear you. I worked with a few lazy ones at a hospital. I would find them on the internet or texting. Nothing like laziness to make me angry!

I complained to my boss. I kept complaining. Finally I was listened to and the surfing and texting has stopped.

One day when my boss was gone, I saw a CNA on the computer. I told him to get off. He told me that the boss wasn't there to tell him to stop.

I glared at this guy and told him he was right. The NM wasn't there, but I was as the CN and he better move now or get written up.

Funny, now that the CNA's are back where they belong, (on the floor), they complain of being overworked.

It's better to "ask" them than to "tell" them.

I understand your frustrations. Just remember who you are there for and do your best to lead by example (in the end you will feel better for doing the right thing). Don't be afraid to be assertive. Old habits die hard, but will be worth it in the end.

I attempted this tactic...lead by example, without much success. The CNAs in a LTC facility where I worked would let me example all night long. I led nobody anywhere. Sometimes you have to MAKE people do the right thing.

As I've learned from previous replies on AN.com in regards to lazy or incompetent RN's....." stop complaining and do do your job, you're the nurse so do it yourself. Imma super nurse so I wash all of my patients, pull them ALL up in bed, feed them, complete my charting, and all of this is done by myself"!!! The words of the super nurses on AN.com, not mine. Oh some will also tell you that just because you're a nurse doesn't mean you're above doing patient care. (yeah I know that's not what you said, but that's what they will say)

I understand your pain so all I suggest is that you write them up and while on duty five them tasks to complete, keep them busy. Your dream scenario is that the lazy aides will refuse because that should be a one way ticket out of that facility

Where I work many of the PCA's(patient care associates) which I am sure is the same thing as a CNA are lazy as well. If I am working on the floor and we are short handed with nurses and the PCA's won't help out I have no problem telling their boss(s). Call me a rat if you must but It would be nice for me to stand around, watching TV and eating snacks for free when seven call bells are going off all at the same time. I try to get to each patient as fast as I can, but some patients are very inpatient and when you finally get to them they treat you like you kicked their dog. Having a PCA show up and tell the patient their nurse is coming calms the patient down some.

CNAs who have worked many years in the same facility always get away with not doing much work. The bosses get so paranoid that long term people will leave, they cut them too much slack IMO.

Well, all I can say is, if ur the RN in charge (or if ur a student when u become the charge RN), part of your job is to manage the staff and patients. Get them off their butt and get them working. Most people are not commenting on the way you practice, but you make more work for yourself if you can't control the shift - else it controls you.

Complain about it and initiate some positive action towards the CNAs, or brush up the CV, get another position and leave. I cannot handle lazy people at work, and I WILL tell them to stop texting, using the computer for non-work related stuff, and explain that they are at work to WORK. I don't make extra work for myself running around doing others work for them. If u do that, they will take advantage of you every single time.