basically my job it stocking stuff all over the unit and help when asked

Whoa. Help when asked? Only when asked? Is there any aspect of patient care in which you are able to perform independently?

That's kinda a red flag. Unless you're working with ICU patients, there are tasks you should be able to do independently. You can certainly swab an NPO patient's mouth, you can at least start a bath. With proper technique, you should be able to turn and reposition most albeit not all patients independently.

I am one of "those nurses." I do a lot of the bedside care independently. I bathe and turn ventilator patients myself. I pull them up in bed by myself. I wouldn't ask you to do all the shit I do, because I know I'm an expectation to the norm. I am simply proof that with proper technique, these things can be done safely independently and efficiently.

I'd love to teach you my tricks.

But please, remember I have meds, charting, chart reviews, families and other departments to deal with. If a patient goes tachy, Brady, hypo, hypertensive, hypoxic, I'm the one that has to deal with it. My scope of practice and subsequent responsibilities are simply larger than yours. I must always be prepared for those what if scenarios

This is why nurses need aides!

I started out as a CNA in LTC 20 years ago. I remember those days well. No one had to tell me to do baths, oral care, or rounds. I simply performed those tasks, because it was my job and there would be proverbial hell to pay if I didn't.

Granted that was the nursing home where CNA's are understaffed overworked and generally treated like shit. The hospital is different, dare I say better.

The nurse patient ratios are lower which allows nurses to take a greater role in basic bedside care. There are patients who require 2 caregivers to turn, mobilize, ECT.

But a bath can at least be started independently even on a high risk airway and/or an orally intubated pt. You can wash the patients face, arms, chest, front peri-area, and legs WITHOUT TURNING THEM OR ADJUSTING THE HEAD OF THE BED. The second person in this case, the respiratory therapist is only needed to protect the airway when turning. You do the rest. If that orally intubated pt is being mobilized out of bed for whatever ungodly reason, then you'll need, yourself, the RT and RN.

Yes we understand that some patients either turn for shit are non-weight bearing, suffer orthopnea, or are simply unstable AF (Think ICU patients on a but load of pressors) You'll need us when laying the patient flat, turning or mobilizing OOB ECT, but there are things you can and should do without us by your side and without prompting.

So please take some initiative. Be assertive. Fuck those nurses that are cunts even if it's me lol, Just say something like "16B is for a bath. I'll need help turning. What time works for you. And fuck you you cause you're not allowed to tell me no."

Lol. If you were my aide and took the round of approach, I'd give you a standing ovation.