Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

Well written and very true. I often look at things I posted in the past and wonder what I was thinking. Some of my vents seem like a huge deal at the time, but a few days (or weeks or months) later, I realize that I do some of the same things I vent about...

great post jadelpn!

Very well written indeed. It is frustrating as a nurse to hear CNA's in the hallways talking about how lazy nurses are because they didn't help them all shift. If I hear a CNA say the former I will often ask them, "if a nurse is doing what you can do, who is doing what only the nurse can do?" That usually puts things into perspective for them. If I hear a nurse complain about a CNA, I will point out that the CNA is responsible for double sometimes triple the patients that she is responsible for and therefore nurses need to be patient or do it themselves. When I was on the general medical floor, I seen a nurse walk all the way down to where the CNA was (about 10 rooms away) and tell her that the patient on the other end needed to go to the bathroom. I thought that the amount of time it took that nurse to walk that far to tell the CNA she could have just done it herself. On the other side of the coin though, I have seen CNAs sitting at the nurses station on the internet looking up recipes while call lights are going off look up and down the hall and ignore the call light while everyone else was super busy. Sometimes the term "lazy" fits both sides, sometimes not.

Jade, I really enjoy your writing! Keep up the good work

Teamwork is key. So is showing one another that you respect each others roles. I myself have never worked as a tech/aide/cna but I have eyes and a back and I appreciate how hard the job is to do. I work with some fantastic aides who always have my back. I work with some not so great aides who do the absolute least amount possible. I can tell the difference at the end of my shift in terms of body aches.I always make sure the aides who work hard and show true concern for the patients know how much I value them by telling them! I also send written notes of acknowledgement to management.

I really enjoyed reading it.

Jade, you described the nurse's job exactly as it really is. Thank you so much. You are a wonderful descriptive writer. And yes, the CNA is a godsend for sure.