🤦🏽‍♀️ Who Are Push-Over Nurses?

These are the nurses who:

✔️ See CNAs drowning in work and just say, “You got this!”
✔️ Let lazy CNAs slide, so all the work falls on YOU.
✔️ Won’t advocate for more staff, because they don’t wanna “rock the boat.”
✔️ Smile in the administrator’s face, even when they KNOW the floor is a disaster.
✔️ Let the DON & charge nurse overwork CNAs, while they “just follow orders.”

Basically, these nurses act like their license is gonna disintegrate if they stand up for their CNAs.

😤 When You Realize You’re On Your Own

The shift starts great—you clock in, tell yourself, “Maybe today won’t be hell,” and grab your patient list. Then BOOM: You’re drowning before 9 AM.

• Your nurse is hiding in the med room.
• One CNA called out, another “disappeared.”
• Call lights going off like fireworks.
• Residents demanding their coffee, NOW.

And where is your nurse? Not helping. Just pacing the hall, looking “stressed,” but somehow avoiding actual work.

And when you finally snap and say, “We need help!”—they hit you with:

💬 “Yeah… this isn’t fair. I wish I could do something.”
💬 “I know you’re working hard! I appreciate you!” (But appreciation don’t turn, change, or feed these residents!)
💬 “Let me talk to management.” (Lies. They won’t.)

At that moment, you realize: It’s every CNA for themselves.

🔥 What Push-Over Nurses DON’T Realize

A good nurse knows that when CNAs are drowning, residents suffer. And when residents suffer, state comes knocking.

What happens when CNAs get no help?

• More falls (because we can’t be everywhere at once).
• More bedsores (because we can’t turn everyone on time).
• More burnout (because we’re running on fumes).

Then, when things go south, who do they blame? THE CNAs. Not staffing. Not lazy co-workers. Not the system. US.

💡 How to Deal With a Push-Over Nurse

Since you can’t shake them and yell “DO YOUR JOB!” (tempting though, right?), try this instead:

✔️ Call them out, nicely. – “I know you’re busy, but we need an extra hand—can you help us push through?”
✔️ Put them on the spot. – “Can you let the supervisor know we’re drowning?”
✔️ Document everything. – Because when things hit the fan, you need proof that YOU spoke up.
✔️ Go to someone who WILL help. – If they won’t stand up for you, find someone who will.

🚨 CNAs Deserve Better! Stand Up for Yourselves!

Push-over nurses ain’t just annoying; they’re dangerous—for CNAs and residents. A real nurse knows CNA struggles are nurse struggles too. If your CNAs are sinking, the whole floor is going down with them.

So next time a nurse hits you with a weak, “I wish I could help…”—look them dead in the eye and say:

“You can. DO IT.”

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