Posted by Genevieve Gipson RN MEd RNC on June 13, 1999 at 09:49:08:
In Reply to: Very Stressed out! posted by Sheila on June 09, 1999 at 00:27:43:
Sheila,
I commend you for remaining in postion when things are tough and I hope you will continue to stay. First and foremost, It is important that you take care of yourself and that you also distance your self from the words of those who do not understand.
It is also important that you join with other NAs to address this as an issue and that you help us package this info in a way that people in HCFA and other public policy agencies can recognize and relate to. I think it is important for you to connect you with others who are working on position statements and projects in these areas- and so we would like to send you a complementary copy of the Network News and a complementary one-year membership in the National Network of Career Nursing Assistants. For this I will need your postal mailing address - privately is ok. send to: [email protected]
You and others can also help us develop NA Postion Papers by sending your good ideas about the following topics. There are no right or wrong answers. These are just "Tips by Nursing Assistants for Nursing Assistants" and are used to help "tell the NA story" and help legislators, people from HCFA and others to understand you better.
Here are the questions. Be sure to send your address when you answer these.
1. What is it you do that makes you a specialist in the care you provide?
2. How do you provide individualized care.
3. What is your best tip for getting food into a person who is a reluctant eater?
4. How can we assure that everyone will be toileted in a timely manner when there is not enough NAs to do this?
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Thanks. I look forward to working more with you.
Genevieve Gipson Director, CNAP/NNCNA
: Hello my name is Sheila and I have been a cna for 10 yrs and I switched jobs a year ago and this nursing home I am at now is alot more stressful than the nursing home I came from! The nursing home LPN's at this nursing home is terriable! They think they own us they think they are our masters and we jump when they say jump and the dont most of them will not lend a helping hand if someone needs to be covered up they call us from another patients room to cover them up and what is wrong with them doing it? Why dont nurses help us they think their poop dont stink and I am so sick of it I hate the way they do and a nurse there doesnt even pass out all her meds. Help me please I am feeling I am about to have a nervous breakdown. There is alot more about the place I work and I dont know how to get hold of a office offical in the state of Arkansas that is for the nursing assistants! If you please can help please email me back!
: thanks for you time,
: Sheila