Aides Gone Wild??
Posted by Kim on July 20th, 2007 / Print This Post
Working with certain populations of people, in our line of work, can be very dangerous. We expect it from those patients who are mentally ill. BUT we should not endure threats and abuse from our own PEERS.
Is this a case of Aides Gone Wild??
I don’t want to comment too much on this; but I can say that this is the result of very bad management.
Just go read the article!
July 24th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
:x Same on the attendants. I have talked to Rn’s who had been vandalized by fellow co-workers. Some people do not take well to orders. I say “fire them”. No resident should be abused, nor should abuse continue because someone neglects to report it. They are just as guilty as the abuser. However, I can understand where one would hesitate if their life is threatened.
I think a major problem is that anyone can become a CNA. Just because they do not have a record…does not mean they are not capable of crime. Some places are so desparate for help, they will hire anyone-even if they are having doubts about a person’s character. CNA’s need more training and more money in order to take their job’s seriously. Don’t get me wrong there are many such as myself who take their jobs very seriously. But.. there are a few, who jump nursing home to nursing home. They have become numb to what they are doing and it just becomes a paycheck. It makes it worse when the people in charge do not reprimand those who are not doing their job. I have seen miserable CNA’s who treat their patients horribly and no one says anything because they are scared. That is so sad.
I would also like to add some more feul to the fire. Not at all condoning their criminal behavior, but how were the CNA’s treated? I read that it was a psych ward. So it is safe to say that the CNA’s were most likely abused by the some of the residents and under a great deal of stress from their supervisors. They probably have the most difficult of the combative and non-compliant residents. I know how unkind the nursing staff can be to the CNA’s. Some of them where fed up, but instead of turning to crime, they should have quit, no one needs an abusive caregiver. The point I am trying to make is that there are two sides to the story. No, they should not have retaliated in that way. But how much stess where they under? Studies show how stressed a caregiver can be. They undergo a great deal of mental anguish when caring for people who cannot care for themselves. Give them all a personality test. That is a way many companies ween out the potential “bad apples”.
July 27th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
The culture of most nursing homes invites this sort of workplace violence. I see it and have worked it. Nurses who verbally abuse the aides are just asking for trouble. Aides, untrained in skills with anger management and professionalism, react like this sometimes. I too am not condoning these antics, but I can see where it might stem from.
July 27th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
Haven’t you ever seen it when the aides run the place? They can be really mean and nasty to everyone.
What I got out of this article was a place where this abuse has been going on for a long time- it’s not new and it’s not spedific to one or two nurses. I’d say they have a few problem aides, you know- troublemakers. Get rid of these aides and see what happens.
July 29th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Good points again Holly. The nurse turnover is higher than the aides…and it appears these are the same aides. SO, AIDES GONE WILD is perhaps the case here. They should have their credentials stripped and be barred from working in health care. Same with nurses who berate other staff and bully them…we have no room for these types of problem people.