Comments on: Oh Dear God.

By: MO EMT

MO EMT — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:19:19 +0000

Even completely ignoring the resident’s needs, ignoring and/or mouthing off to your de facto boss never really works well.

I’m assuming that this person hasn’t ever held down a job outside of Mickey D’s.

By: Strong One

Strong One — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:45:58 +0000

Wow.
And to think that person has a desire to ‘care’ for others.
Whew.

By: Sandi McBride

Sandi McBride — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:06:33 +0000

Oh Dear God…does anyone wonder why I fear my sons putting me in a home? I’m bound to have nightmares about this. Again.
Sandi

By: Epijunky

Epijunky — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:32:19 +0000

Braden,
Yeah, I’ve joined the dark side… It’s a step. That’s all I can say. One more thing… WordPress somehow decided that your comment was spam. I didn’t catch it until today. Weird, eh?

NinjaMedic,
GIRL! I see that in my future. I really do, and it’s sad.

By: NinjaMedic

NinjaMedic — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:38:20 +0000

Oh my. I thought that I had just landed myself in a class with particularly …errrm…..uhh…challenged students. There were only 3 of us who had an IQ over 100, and one of those 3 was the teacher.

I once spent 2 hours trying to explain to a bunch of them why, when you count a pulse for 30 seconds, you have to multiply the result by 2 to get the minute rate. I’d go through the whole thing and they’d nod and smile like they were getting it and then say ‘But why I gots to times it by TWO?’

I’d never felt like bashing my own head against a brick wall quite so much before – and haven’t since.
Hang in there, and call me to vent if you need to!

By: Greybeard

Greybeard — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:20:53 +0000

Wait…
A few posts ago weren’t we discussing a similar subject?
We already know damn well what you’ll do!
(And since Karma truly exists, there will be a reward for making that decision sometime later.)
Deep breath…
Exhale.

By: Derek Elwell

Derek Elwell — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:24:22 +0000

My CNA instructor would have thrown them out of the class. Without a refund!

By: Ambulance Driver

Ambulance Driver — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:51:42 +0000

Just use your superior work ethic, submit to the lobotomy, and use the proper Crayolas on your tests, and you’ll be a CNA in no time.

By: tracy barnett

tracy barnett — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:03:42 +0000

Aren’t “child” students wonderful??? :P

By: SteveB

SteveB — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:34:22 +0000

It’s been 25 years since I’ve done that kind of work. I would politely tell the nurse that Mrs. Soandso has been assigned to CNA B and I’d be happy to pass this information on to CNA B. I’d also inform said nurse that she should have known that and ask what her reason was for asking me, knowing Mrs. Soandso wasn’t my patient. If she had a valid reason i’d reverse my position and comply.

In the world of CNAs doing other peoples work just doesn’t happen very often and if you let yourself get bullied into doing other people’s (slackers) work it will never end. That’s why my wife left the nursing home job 10 years ago to do home health care.