My boss isn't happy with me

[SeaCat]

Well my poor boss isn't happy with me right now.

She has quite often in the past informed me that my cleaning of my total care patients takes too long. She keeps informing me that when she was an Aid she bathed a total care patient in five minutes, and expects me to do the same.

Today we had 34 patients on the floor and 2 Aides. My boss decided to help out. (Of my 17 I had 10 Total Care's.) She Asked who was a total care on my assignment and I told her. She chose one of the easier ones. (I asked the R.N. for that patient to watch and time her.) My boss walked in and cleaned this patient. She took 35 minutes with this patient. When I walked in and talked to the patient I found many things my boss had missed, little things like Catheter Care and Blood Sugar Monitoring. Not to mention the turning and repositioning of the patient.

My boss came up to me afterwards and told me she had taken care of the patient. I then pointed out that it had taken her considerably longer than her vaunted and unobtainable 5 minutes as well as what she had missed/ not done. She looked at me with a blank look on her face.

Oh my boss was unhappy with me, she attacked. She told me that she had, in her time done 20 plus patients on a regular basis. I admitted that this was true, then I fired back. I had done my research. I pointed out that when she was an Aide she didn't do half of what I do on a daily basis. She kept up her blank look. Then I hit her with the good news. I informed her that she had forgotten to check the patients Blood Sugar Level, she had forgotten to do the Catheter Care, she had forgotten to do the Wound Care that was needed and she had forgotten to change the patients position.

My boss wasn't happy but she went back to the patient. She then ahd to deal with the patients demands while she did the additional work. It took her another 30 minutes.

In the time she used to take care of this one patient I took care of five, and documented everything. I pointed this out.

Somehow I don't think my boss is going to be telling me I'm too slow anytime soon.

Cat

 

[rgraham666]

Beauty, Cat.

 

[fieryjen]

 

[Guest]

When I saw the title I thought, "What else is new?"

Well done, Cat.

 

[SeaCat]

When I saw the title I thought, "What else is new?"

Well done, Cat.

LOLOLOL

While it is true that she usually isn't happy with me, that is because I don't bow down and kiss m co-workers butts.

This time though it is because I kind of rubbed her face in the fact that she couldn't do what she expected of us.

Cat

 

[TE999]

LOLOLOL

While it is true that she usually isn't happy with me, that is because I don't bow down and kiss m co-workers butts.

This time though it is because I kind of rubbed her face in the fact that she couldn't do what she expected of us.

Cat

Dude, you have some major league stones!

You are my hero!

 

[MagicaPractica]

I wish I had that kind of nerve to stand up to my boss without feeling my stomach twist. Good for you.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I wish I had that kind of nerve to stand up to my boss without feeling my stomach twist. Good for you.

I've told my boss to shut up and leave me alone

But for anything other than him annoying me. He's a good guy, just annoying.

Cat, if anything, your boss shouldn't be happy with herself. But I guess not everyone can see where the problems really are so they project them on others around them.

 

[R. Richard]

Cat:
I hope you will forgive me, but your story seems to have been taken from the manual: "Fighting Fire With Gasoline." In my experience, your boss will find a really nasty way to 'get back.'

JMHO.

 

[Chantilyvamp]

Cat that is so cool! being a former aid I could damn near kiss you for doing that to your boss

Ah what the hell

 

[Elsie Grey]

Good for you!

My boss is away at the moment and the woman who is currently in charge is useless and keeps telling the staff in my room how rubbish we are but when I left her in there for my 45 minute lunch break I found that a child had been bitten (she told me I wasn't watching them well enough when the same thing happened to me last week), she hadn't spelt the report correctly (that really bugs me but she laughed) and she let a child run around with a piece of clingfilm which when I walked in they were in the process of trying to eat. When I pointed all this out she just laughed it off. Isn't it a shame my colleagues and I are keeping written records (and keeping my boss informed informally), she's in trouble when my manager gets back.

Elsie

xxx

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Somehow I don't think my boss is going to be telling me I'm too slow anytime soon.

Your wife is a very, very lucky woman.

 

[CharleyH]

Well my poor boss isn't happy with me right now.

She has quite often in the past informed me that my cleaning of my total care patients takes too long. She keeps informing me that when she was an Aid she bathed a total care patient in five minutes, and expects me to do the same.

Today we had 34 patients on the floor and 2 Aides. My boss decided to help out. (Of my 17 I had 10 Total Care's.) She Asked who was a total care on my assignment and I told her. She chose one of the easier ones. (I asked the R.N. for that patient to watch and time her.) My boss walked in and cleaned this patient. She took 35 minutes with this patient. When I walked in and talked to the patient I found many things my boss had missed, little things like Catheter Care and Blood Sugar Monitoring. Not to mention the turning and repositioning of the patient.

My boss came up to me afterwards and told me she had taken care of the patient. I then pointed out that it had taken her considerably longer than her vaunted and unobtainable 5 minutes as well as what she had missed/ not done. She looked at me with a blank look on her face.

Oh my boss was unhappy with me, she attacked. She told me that she had, in her time done 20 plus patients on a regular basis. I admitted that this was true, then I fired back. I had done my research. I pointed out that when she was an Aide she didn't do half of what I do on a daily basis. She kept up her blank look. Then I hit her with the good news. I informed her that she had forgotten to check the patients Blood Sugar Level, she had forgotten to do the Catheter Care, she had forgotten to do the Wound Care that was needed and she had forgotten to change the patients position.

My boss wasn't happy but she went back to the patient. She then ahd to deal with the patients demands while she did the additional work. It took her another 30 minutes.

In the time she used to take care of this one patient I took care of five, and documented everything. I pointed this out.

Somehow I don't think my boss is going to be telling me I'm too slow anytime soon.

Cat

No offence Cat, but are you a nurse or an army freak? Confused.

 

[TheEarl]

I'll happily admit that I am very non-confrontational inthat kind of situation, but I have to admit that my first thought on this was that I rarely find proving your boss wrong to be helpful. Bosses, by definition, are in a position to be a pain in the arse and bluntly proving that they've been talking out of their arses isn't going to endear you to them.

But, like I said, I tend to dodge confrontation and smooth over ruffles, if I can.

The Earl

 

[SeaCat]

No offence Cat, but are you a nurse or an army freak? Confused.

Charley,

I am what is called a Nurses Aide, (or Nursing Assistant depending on what state you are in.)

As for the Army Freak, I do have to ask what you mean by this?

Cat

 

[SeaCat]

I'll happily admit that I am very non-confrontational inthat kind of situation, but I have to admit that my first thought on this was that I rarely find proving your boss wrong to be helpful. Bosses, by definition, are in a position to be a pain in the arse and bluntly proving that they've been talking out of their arses isn't going to endear you to them.

But, like I said, I tend to dodge confrontation and smooth over ruffles, if I can.

The Earl

I normally try to avoid confrontation with my boss, but this was one of those situations that I just couldn't help saying something.

You see my boss had been an Aide about 30 years ago. She constantly comments to us that when she was an Aid she normally handled 20 patients in a day and was able to do so in a timely manner while completely disregarding the facts that we do so much more than she did as an Aide. She also comments that she and her co-workers did the bed baths for a total care patient in five minutes. Again she completely disregards the fact that medicine has changed and that our duties have changed as well. (If you tried a five minute bed bath on a total care patient today you would quickly be up on charges of abuse and neglect.)

This was one of thse times where I just couldn't keep quiet. The patient, while she was classified as a Total Care Patient was not a particularly heavy patient. She did not require postitioning or Range of Motion Care. She did not require Blood Sugar Monitoring or Oxygen Monitoing. She was able to help herself for the most part. The patient and her family members also did not need emotional care.

Cat

 

[kiten69]

Somehow I don't think my boss is going to be telling me I'm too slow anytime soon.

Cat

Good for you Cat

 

[wishfulthinking]

I'm glad you had your moment of glory - will it be worth it in the end?

It really says to me that there is a lack of communication, respect and understanding of each other's roles here. I hope it all works out!

 

[SeaCat]

I'm glad you had your moment of glory - will it be worth it in the end?

It really says to me that there is a lack of communication, respect and understanding of each other's roles here. I hope it all works out!

Communication?

*Snicker*

Depends on what you consider communications.

Cat

 

[glynndah]

Communication?

*Snicker*

Depends on what you consider communications.

Cat

Ummm...Those hand signals count, I'm sure.

 

[SlickTony]

Good work, Cat...hope it doesn't rise up to bite you in the end.