Feb 20 • General discussion
Overworked CNA/STNAs
Hi I worked many years in Nursing, I started out as a CNA for 13 yrs before going to college to get my RN degree. I worked as a Cardiac/Telemetry nurse, Staff nursing in LTC, Director of Nursing LTC and ALF’s. I also worked at Hospice as a Case Manager. I hold Licenses in NY, Florida and Ohio. Unfortunately the quality of care is about the same in all states. I say Unfortunately because the care for our elderly is lacking to say the least. The staffing ratios is entirely too high. A CNA can not care for a patients daily needs when caring for 10-15 patients. Just think about that. They have surgical patients, LTC Demented patients, total care patients with very few that are minimal care. There is just no way for them to provide quality care for 15 patients in 8 hrs. Bathing, dressing and grooming, making beds, toileting, feeding. It is so so much. It is quite sad actually. I have not even touched on the Nursing role but this is my immediate concern about the on hands care for the most vulnerable population. The people that gave life some to many, worked, held families together and now they have to wait for 20 to 40 minutes to even go the bathroom. We need to do better. I remember working as a DON and being asked to go to Washington to help Lobby to keep the staffing ratio high or get them even higher I totally refused to do it. I saw what having one aid for 10 people looks like, i have seen what a nurse overseeing a nightshirt with responsibility for 30-40 patients looks like. So yes we have to do better.
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Overworked CNA/STNAs
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