I’ve been doing caregiving as a main source of income for 5 years but this 6th years it’s actually became a side source of income since my business is taking off and I’m making 2x as much as I would be doing caregiving but I love the job. Now a situation happened in a rehabilitation center that made me realize the nurses have no respect for what I do and think it’s a waste of time. I make more than the CNAs doing caregiving but they’d constantly try to tell me what to do when working with my clients. Same for the RNs, head nurses, etc.. now I don’t work for them or their facility; I’m a guest from another company who has my own set of duties (each client is different and depending on my pay for the client). I was working a sitter shift & my care plan for the client was to walk her when needed, calm & assure her I’m their time help & that’s it. She constantly tries to get up, screams & cries all night. She also only spoke Russian so communicating with her was hard for everybody. I’m doing my job and I’m doing it confidently and correctly but the nurses want me to do their tasks without asking me what’s in my care plan for the client only assuming based off the typical caregiving plan. I was thrown so many complaints and attitude because I resisted feeding her, taking her to the restroom, changing her, etc because it’s not in her care plan and therefore a liability for me. One of the male nurses was like “well you still need to care for you client” and I said “I am. I’m following her care plan. I apologize if you’re tired of her disturbing other patients but theirs nothing I can do about that but my best in getting her to calm down” Thankfully atleast one CNA chimmed in and said “she’s doing her job. She’s walked her around the building atleast 30 times to calm her. Nothings working” he just walked away. Later I heard him talking in another room about how he doesn’t understand why they even send caregivers out to do nothing. I was highly offended because I’m simply just here to do my job even if it’s the simplest things. It’s honestly made me think about stopping caregiving because it’s not the first time I’ve had to deal with it. Any opinions?