Posted by Hope (209.43.59.187) on September 11, 2000 at 21:37:51:
In Reply to: CNAs' perceptions of nurses posted by Jennifer on September 11, 2000 at 18:24:28:
I have exactly as many wonderful nurses as I have ones who need their eyes clawed out. I have nurses who set up times with me to do bed checks together and I have nurses who won't even take their own vitals, instead leaving that for me to do on top of the other multitudes of tasks they consider to be too menial.
What I find is that there are two kinds of nurses in my building. Those who play a role in the resident's care and those who pass meds as quickly as possible so as to avoid being spoken to by a resident and therefore have to do something for that resident.
I was once trying to assist a resident who was vomiting and when his nurse walked into the room and saw that he was vomiting, the nurse walked out and pretended not to have seen it. His mistake was that as he walked out, he said to another nurse, "Gross, 'John' is puking everywhere!" before he went on down the hall. He left me alone with his resident to clean it up, change the resident's clothes, take his vitals, etc. and acted like he had no idea this happened.
On the other hand, another nurse I work with pairs up with me at the start of our shift to split up showers. She takes half of them every time we work together. No other nurse does this.
To make a long and so far meaningless post even longer but to hopefully attach some meaning, I can't give a perception of nurses in general, only in secific cases. The 'general' perception isn't too flattering.