NeonKitty
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Couple of points here: It is important to confront the individual directly before going to mgmt. Primarily because, at least in my experience, they very much get the point that you are not going to put up with their $hit if you take them aside and call them on their crap. The trick is keeping it professional. But any time I have had an issue with a staff member trying to push me around (primarily when I first started nursing) when I confront them on it, suddenly they leave me alone and are treating me with respect.
Secondly, I'm really surprised to hear that patients weren't being changed all day. That is really inconceivable to me because even on a busy ward all patients are checked and cleaned up as needed, turned and tucked in q2-3h. Usually more often than that, a patient that is noticeably soiled in any manner is attended to promptly and will have a complete change of linens. The aides do their rounds of the ward in an organized fashion, and nurses check on their patients every hour, minimum. Generally speaking, especially on nights, the charge nurse will check the patients periodically too.
Originally Posted by Casadalinnis
I've always stood up for myself when the situation got bad like reported the RN to the DON because she kept giving me a rough time to run her meds or when people had falls in our assisted living. I can't do stuff like that because I'm lucky I even achieved something this far because it wasn't an option before. She told the staff I was a snitch and proceeded to make my life hell with other superiors....turned out she was an RN for only 6 months. I'm not stating that's why she was passing her work load more like she might not have known she was doing wrong or just knew I was replaceable. They wrote her up but it was too tense of a work environment to stay and I was making only $10.00 when my job before that paid $13.00 an hour. I've always been the type to make sure someone was dry, clean, eating if they weren't on G-tubes and such, made beds, had a tidy room and were given time by me if they had problems and I always did this through my shifts. I mean people would come to me about how their family was putting them away and not visiting because of POA's and I'd let them vent. I learned peoples' life stories from the places I've worked and always was closer with the residents/patients because the staff was at best a disaster to work with. Some of the aides would leave their people soiled throughout the shift and do a quick clean up job come an hour before the end of their shift. I was the type to feel bad they had that aide and sneak them to their room and get them cleaned and changed....it's humane. I always knew I would be responsible if something happened to the person but I've never had an incident where I've had a fall or injury thankfully. We just have girls/guys here who would rather text throughout their shift than actually work and it makes others do more and you eventually get to the point you want the next step up because you're disappointed being compared to those girls. |
Couple of points here: It is important to confront the individual directly before going to mgmt. Primarily because, at least in my experience, they very much get the point that you are not going to put up with their $hit if you take them aside and call them on their crap. The trick is keeping it professional. But any time I have had an issue with a staff member trying to push me around (primarily when I first started nursing) when I confront them on it, suddenly they leave me alone and are treating me with respect.
Secondly, I'm really surprised to hear that patients weren't being changed all day. That is really inconceivable to me because even on a busy ward all patients are checked and cleaned up as needed, turned and tucked in q2-3h. Usually more often than that, a patient that is noticeably soiled in any manner is attended to promptly and will have a complete change of linens. The aides do their rounds of the ward in an organized fashion, and nurses check on their patients every hour, minimum. Generally speaking, especially on nights, the charge nurse will check the patients periodically too.
That's my advice for you... take days ahead of you exam to study your material..
