--- In nursingassistantsonly@yahoogroups.com, MORUPHSR OSUOLALE
<ekomurphy1@...> wrote:
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> hey,
> This is just my opinion concerning what u had aired on the groups
concerning the nurse that as bordering u.
> i will tell u right now that u had made a good decision to repor to
had reported to the DON
> IN WRITING.
> AM telling u that some NURSES,CHARGE NURSE OF WHATEVER ARE PAIN IN
THIS
> CARE GIVING JOB.
> THE RULE IN THIS KIND OF SITIUATION IS THAT- DO NOT LET THEIR
BERHAVIOUR
> NO MATTER WHAT INFLUENCE YOUR OWN CHARACTER TOWARDS YOUR
JOB,BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE CONTROL IN YOUR JOB BECAUSE OF
ONLY ONE BAD EGGS OR TWO IN THE BUILDING.
> I had experienced this two but i taken my time to learn my lessson.
> I am working in a community where there is racial profiling,where
people looked u differently if u dont have their color,i mean the
same kind of skin color with them,they treat u differently,BUT THANK
GOD THERE IS ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW IN UNITED STATES.
> The nurse treat my other colleagues based on their skin colour,but
for me i do not accept that at all i don't take anyshit whatsoever.
> The nurse who is just an LPN, was behind me all the time on the
floor,i had had a lousy argurment with her several times,but that
couldn't put me into any trouble beacuse EVERYBODY IN THE BUILDING
KNOWS THAT AM A GOOD WORKER AND HARD WORKING,EVEN THOUGH MY
SUPERVISOR WAS SCARED TO LOOSE ME ON THE FLOOR.
> AFTERWARDS she continues and on my own part i lost my control and
resigned from my job and EVENTHOUGH the DON,doesn't want to accept
the resignation,but she cant help it because technically she suppose
to and she did with emotional words in her mouth simulataneously.
> After my resignation i saw my other working colleague in the
store,pleading with me to come back,because they had missed me on the
floor.
> I can't because i had lost my control fully.
> Guess what i satyed home for about two months and bills had pilled
up for me because i was out of work for some time before i got
another job.i almost lost my financial control because of one
terrible nurse and AM A FAMILY MAN.
> I had another job now even with more pay.thank GOD.
> so nikki,dont ever lost control whasoever,be affirm in your mind
that u need your job and watch your back.
> thanks.
> from ekomurphy1@...
> your nursing assistant yahoo group member
> my web adress is- www.geocities.com/ekomurphy1
> bye.
> nikkic329@... wrote:
>
> Hi, Something happened a couple weeks ago, and i just wanted to get
others
> opinions, thoughts, or whatever....
>
> I work double shifts on the weekends, and because of that,
the "weekenders"
> always get the hardest teams, pulled to units that noone wants to
go, etc.
> (another words all the crap seems to get put on us). Which I don't
think that is
> fair, just because I don't work 4-5 days a week, I am still putting
4 days
> into 2 days...anyways....
>
> There is a charge nurse, that for some reason doesn't like me. At
first I
> thought it was my imagination, but others have seen it also. They
can't
> understand why, as I do my work, do it well, and sooo nice and
helpful to everyone.
> ok....
> So anyways, we were not short, but working with 5 aides in the am
is rough!
> I had 13, another 13, a new person had 12, and 2 others had 9 each.
The ones
> with 9 each split a hall, and the nurse told the orientee to help
them out. so
> they gave her about 6 people (easy ones), so in reality, they only
had 4-5
> people to get up. Us 3 worked our butts off, trying to get our
people up. Granted
> we MAY have 1-2 people who took very little assistance. Well
anyways, on the
> assignment sheet they list the feeds, well not ALL the feeds were
listed so
> when I went to pick up the trays 2 people on my team STILL wasn't
fed, and we
> were already behind...I said something to the nurse and she got
really smart
> with me, and I asked her if the orientee can feed them. That is
when I noticed
> The other 2 aides had 4-5 each. When I mentioned this to the charge
nurse, she
> just blew me off. Well I managed to take my 1st 15 min. break,
didn't make it
> in time for my lunch. So if I do miss my lunch break, it's not big
deal to me,
> because I'll take it AFTER the res. lunch. Well, let's say it was 2
pm (I
> started at 7am) and still haven't gone to my lunch. Another nurse
told me I better
> go before I pass out. Right after she said that. The C.N. that
hates me, I
> swear she does, said to me that I couldn't go until my beds were
made. (i had 3
> unmade). I got that done, and was getting ready to go, and she says
to me, you
> can't go until you pass your water. I did that, and then it was
something
> else. I was sooooo stressed and pissed and whatever else, I went to
the
> nourishment room to "cool off", it was 3:00 pm. My shift was over!
So I didn't take my
> lunch, or my 2nd break. I didn't have a break until 7PM that night.
Because
> she stayed over til 4:30...and told me I had to take someone out
for a cig (a
> res.) and by the time I was done doing my changes, helping other
aids, and
> taking this person out, I missed my 1st break for 3-11 because the
residents eat
> at 5:00.
> I was fuming mad...so I wrote a long letter to DON, after my shift
that night
> and shoved it under his door. because I am only there on the
weekends now.
> And told him that I do my job well, I have NEVER had a complaint
about me, And
> what she did to me was so unfair, and not right, and felt like I
was treated
> like crap. The things she wanted done, COULD have waited a 1/2 hr
until I got
> back. And they WOULD have been done. I told him I felt like I was
treated like
> crap, and she KNEW I hadn't taken a break, and she prevented me
from taking
> one. I told him that I know I am easily replaced, that If I go,
it's no big
> deal, because Aids come and go and my spot could be filled easily.
But I will not
> be treated like this again, AND if she does it again, I will finish
my 7-3
> shift and 3-11 shift, and Tell the House supervisor I will not be
back again. I
> have been there for 3 years, even the residents have commented
about me always
> being there when they need me, i am always around, and i do my job.
Do you
> think I should have complained like that? Written the letter? I use
to work 3-11
> shift 5 days/week until a year ago. This weekend (tomorrow) I will
be working
> with her again. And I am dreading it. I feel like switching to 3-
11& 11-7
> shift on those weekends, or maybe switching toa different unit in
the AM. I was
> just upset, because I have never been treated like that, and they
ALWAYS stress
> that we need to take our breaks and lunches. if I was going home at
3, I
> wouldn't have been so upset...just upset about how I was treated.
Do you think I
> was over reacting (my feelings) or is this common. This is the
first this has
> happened to me, though. Just want to see how everyone feels about
this or if it
> has happened to you. Sorry for it being so long!!!!
>
> THANK YOU GUYS!!!
>
> Nichole
>
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Hey,

I was a CNA for 17 years and I just got my RN license in December.
Since then I have found out what RN's can really be like. To some
it's just one big fight for power. When I was a CNA I was pretty
happy. I had to deal with jerk nurses like the one you described that
don't like you but I could go to my patients rooms and avoid it. Now
I have to meet it head on. I have found that it really makes nurses
like that feel stupid if you just look at them when they say
something to you and go on. Don't give them the time of day. Don't
give in to the "Big Power Struggle." Just because someone has DON or
Charge Nurse RN behind their name don't make them better than you.
Besides what makes a good DON is a suck up or a "Yes" person. That's
why I will never be one. Administration doesn't want someone with the
guts to speak out against their stupidity so the Charge Nurses do
things they don't want to do even though it's not fair and then they
take it out on their staff. Especially the CNA's. It's one big
viscious cycle. If you stand up for yourself it will put you on the
crap list for a while. But it will pass and they will see your not
going to take it and leave you alone.