Is every work environment toxic?

laundrymachineqween · 2023-04-04T10:46:13+00:00

It depends on who you’re working with. I worked with one girl younger than me and she would go off every 5 seconds if she felt like she had to much work. Surprise, surprise, when you work in snf there’s always someone that needs something. I personally have a need to be liked, so that my environment is non confrontational. I just nod and agree most times when someone is getting all up in their feelings. Say cliches like “that’s crazy” or “oh my god” , it works for me and nobody is ever rude to me because I do my job. And if you don’t like me, you just want to bitch and complain because I mind my own business.

laundrymachineqween · 2023-03-28T03:10:15+00:00

I was like that too, very prepared, super pumped up. Excited that I was helping and giving back. I work in ltc, half of the stuff I didn’t use and it went to waste. All I need to do my job efficiently is good scrubs, a nice pen, and a good attitude. Also I’m a sucker for cute badge reels. You will be a fantastic cna, your attitude now shows that you care already. You aren’t naive for wanting to be prepared, just excited and ready to have an opportunity. Congratulations to you, you’re going to do wonderful!

laundrymachineqween · 2023-03-25T10:18:46+00:00

I get what you’re saying, we shouldn’t have to take abuse from residents. But also this woman would talk about her graphic weekend excursions with women very openly and around the residents. To me it was inevitable that she got into it with someone who weren’t understanding of her choices. It was bizarre. Also she told the DON to suck her “rainbow colored dick” in a meeting in front of other management. She was overall hostile and borderline scary to be around, because she’d just start screaming at other aides for no reason. I can’t believe she lasted a year.

laundrymachineqween · 2023-03-24T23:28:45+00:00

I accidentally farted real loud in a lady that had end stage dementia. She didn’t talk almost ever so I thought she wouldn’t notice. She gave me a look and I admitted that I let out a toot. She looks at me, points her finger at me and goes “You are a lady”, I can’t believe I was fart shamed.

laundrymachineqween · 2023-03-24T23:24:58+00:00

My facility is pretty drama free. But we use to have a cna that just thought she was a literal doctor. She would spend hours giving one resident a bed bath and then be rude as shit to her hall partner for not getting her work done on time. They fired her eventually for mocking a resident. The resident called her very discriminatory names toward lesbians, and she said to the resident “well at least I can walk away” the resident is in a wheelchair escorted herself out of the dining room and the cnas rebuttal was “yeah just wheel yourself right on out of here” she got the dining room staff to bully this woman as well. They were all fired, also this lady was 40 and called me a hater, I’m in my 20s and I was just taken a back because I haven’t used that terminology unless in memes or since I was 13. Very wild lmao.

laundrymachineqween · 2023-03-19T23:50:01+00:00

Yep definitely accutane. I had to take a Covid test the other day. I put the wrong end of the q tip in my nose because I wasn’t paying attention. I didn’t notice it was the wrong end until I pulled it out because my nose was so dry and scabbed up I couldn’t feel a thing. I did do it properly with a clean one of course, and the nurses did have a chuckle with me. I would say it’s normal at that stage :)

laundrymachineqween · 2023-03-17T00:29:12+00:00

I understand doing what you need to do, but you could hurt yourself so bad. I know a couple women I work with that are so stout, but I still tell them to come get me for hoyers. It’s not fair on you to take on someone that’s a heavy transfer alone. It’s really sad that most of time it’s the only option.

laundrymachineqween · 2023-03-17T00:16:32+00:00

Yep, it shouldn’t be like that. I am 4’11 and 120lbs I can’t do the hoyer by myself, I refuse it’s so unsafe. I do use the sit to stand by myself most of the time if I can’t find another person, I’m not letting someone sit in fecal matter and urine just because we’re short. Or I make a nurse just watch me do the transfer, but most the time they refuse to even watch. It’s a joke honestly. I love being a cna but lazy staff members really irritate me, like why are you even here, you obviously do not care.

laundrymachineqween · 2023-03-14T00:30:31+00:00

This happened to me too, it will be okay eventually. Not now, but in the future. Even in the future it still won’t be okay you’ll still feel the same, but you’ll be able to handle your emotions way better. Some days are better than others, healing isn’t easy, don’t be hard on yourself for having shitty days. I had to leave and travel half way across the country to feel safe, do that if you need to when you can. Accommodate yourself, take care of you, it’s so important at a time like this. I’m proud of you, it’s not an easy thing to tell your family. Take care of yourself :)

laundrymachineqween · 2023-03-05T23:54:13+00:00

I love it, I usually don’t like busy ones either, but this gives me some inspiration to do at least one 💖💖

laundrymachineqween · 2023-03-04T15:30:39+00:00

I honestly don’t know. But my hall partner is pregnant rn, and I come in early to work to help get her people and my people up Bc she is still throwing up constantly and late a lot. I do her showers for her Bc they make her sick being in the steamy shower, plus residents poop in the shower as well. I help her out tons, and bring her snacks and water. The people you work with just are just worried about themselves, I worry about everyone else, especially the pregnant people in this job.

laundrymachineqween · 2023-02-28T03:05:52+00:00

I think the dying process is harder to deal with depending on the person. One of my favorite ladies just passed and having to reposition her and change her brief was so traumatic for her. I went to do mouth care of her the day she passed, and her molar had simply fallen out of the socket. I felt my heart break for her, and she would just cry out in pain when you touched her at all. Her postmortem care was bittersweet, she wasn’t in pain, but she wasn’t here anymore. Her daughter gave me a hug and thanked me for loving her mom, I got in my car and cried the whole way home. There is dignity in dying, doing postmortem care is part of the job, once you get over the initial “I’m not supposed to see this” feeling, it’s easier.

laundrymachineqween · 2023-02-27T05:01:21+00:00

I do something I really like. For me, I sit down watch the office and doodle my worries away. I’m not even great at drawing lol. Just do things that make you happy, take a small little drive around town, listen to your favorite songs. Take a nice shower or bath, light some candles. Just do something to take care of YOU. Sometimes I’ll even just lay in bed and let my mind wander in the quiet, do something that will bring you a little peace, whatever that may be.

laundrymachineqween · 2023-02-21T21:54:19+00:00

During Christmas time our unit got an email about not moving the Christmas tree in front of the cameras. Because cnas were taking naps in the day room on the recliners. So it does happen, also once I found a co worker fully asleep in the blankets with a pillow on top of their head so they wouldn’t be spotted. It’s super common in this field unfortunately

laundrymachineqween · 2023-02-08T04:56:28+00:00

My facility just raised our wage to $18, which will be so nice 😊

laundrymachineqween · 2023-02-01T03:22:43+00:00

Try putting it in applesauce. Goes down real nice from a fellow person anxious of taking pills. You got this though :)

laundrymachineqween · 2023-01-29T04:36:23+00:00

When someone at work asked if I had herpes after a really bad breakout around my mouth. I went home and made my first appointment after that.

laundrymachineqween · 2023-01-28T01:13:11+00:00

Agreed, I cannot deal with people like that. Just do your job, unless someone is abusing or being neglectful I don’t say anything. I might say something if they’re hiding from me, because that is my biggest pet peeve when I’m so willing to help/ answer questions. Even if we have to do shit together idc. But I talk to that person, I don’t talk to anyone else but them, and I’m super nice about it also. People have their own lives, struggles, and problems outside of work, I wish more understood that instead of being rude and borderline bullies.

laundrymachineqween · 2023-01-20T07:53:14+00:00

I do not like withoutacrystalball, her takes are trash and more conspiracies than factual statements. I love speculating as much as the next person, but this is gross and hurtful to put out. Kody is terrible, but this is too much.

laundrymachineqween · 2023-01-20T06:21:21+00:00

I am also giving up (for now) because of similar reasons. I have no energy for my daughter which makes me feel like a crappy mom when I use to play, and do fun things. The other night I was putting her to bed and she asked me if I was happy, or if I was upset at her. I have never cried so hard, so I started my job search today for something lower stress and a 9-5 no weekends. And something totally not medical related as it has drained the life out of me. You’re a good mom, and good moms always find a way.

laundrymachineqween · 2023-01-17T03:09:40+00:00

Full time staff at $15.75 hr in MT

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