Ok so I have to share a little pet peeve, this weekend I worked the floor as a CNA two nights in a row. I don't mind to do this when needed and sometimes it is a welcome break. (The first night it got me out of doing meds on the whole dang floor so that was a positive. Med nurse is a scary practice to me, but that is a post for another day.) So I took over for a CNA who was then transferred to another floor per our wise and all-knowing house supervisor. I went to her knowing that I would get a rush type report and would clarify anything with my RN's later. However, this girl knew NOTHING about these patients. We have a very detailed report sheet that is used by most of our staff. Lots of information and I will agree that some information is needed for nurses only. When I work as an aid I don't need to know the complete history, only relevant info. She had a sheet filled out for each patient and some only had their name. Other had their names and maybe a few details (diet, freq of vitals, activity), relavent details for sure. But NO DIAGNOSIS!!! It kinda scares me to walk into a room and not know why that patient is here. To me this is just something you should know when taking care of a patient.
Rant over thanks for tolerating me.
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12 years ago
i completely agree! it's bad when you get report from a fellow cna who has had the patient for 8-12 hours and they can't tell you a diagnosis.(especially on surgical pts)
ReplyDeleteI work as a cna. At my hospital, I have some nurses that think that I should not know the Dx, they say it is not relavent to the Pt care. I have never gotten a Dx in a report from another aide; I fear that they just don't care. After four years under grad, and then changing fields (starting nursing school in the spring) this lack of care makes me ill. I know they could do so much better, and the patients would do better for it.
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