Posted by Genevieve Gipson RN MEd RNC (web site host) on September 05, 1999 at 15:40:03:
In Reply to: !!!!!SUPPORT...PLEASE!!!!! posted by Cindy in Florida on August 30, 1999 at 09:15:10:
We need you so take care of yourself. I want to put you in touch with other NAs who are working on the NA Position Statements about staffing ratios. At the Leadership Conf we will have opportunity to talk with public officials and they do want to hear the NA perspective on this. We must also have our ducks in a row so people will listen. NAs must be able to speak clearly about the issues of staffing, how the lack of appropriate staffing impacts NAs ability to provide care and what our recommendations are to remedy this. When we all get together to write these statements they do carry a lot of weight. You can find more info about the Leadership Conf on this site and you can email me privately if you want to talk about issues and how to find funds to attend.
Blessings and hang in there - there is hope.
Jeni Gipson
: I am having some real problems at work. I just want to share a few with you, and get some ideas from you.
: This week-end, I worked with a CNA who took an hour and 5 minutes to smoke a cigarette. It was at a time when we should of been doing rounds. I had to start my rounds late because I felt that I needed to watch her residents, who have a tendency to wander out the door...Fast. I told the nurses, they blew the whole situation off. Actually, I told them twice. The nurse went and got the girl from another floor. She was alking with her friends. Then the following night, I got jumped on by the supervisor for not getting her myself. I told her that I didn't feel that it was my place. Then I was told that I should have told the nurses(which I did). Even after explaining the whole story, I was still made to feel that it was my fault. The problem is that the administration doesn't want to hear about anything. They just recently went agency free, and they think they are doing really well...which I see that they have hired "just anyone " to fill the holes! I have left a lot of places because of these same problems, I don't want to leave this one...But I'm not sure how much FIGHT I have in me. I've been told by the nurses to just let it go, that it won't do any good! Do they realize that "Letting things go" is the main problem? Am I the only one at work that is willing to stand up for what I beleive? There are other issues, that cause a risk to the residents, that everyone else seems to overlook. One of my night nurses said that he is just tired of being shot down by everyone. I hope that I don't ever feel like that!