Do night shift pcts perform adl's?

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I was just offered a straight nights pct position on a neuro medicine floor:yeah: ....in my interview w/ the nurse manager i was warned that all the patients were total care and they were very short

staffed on the night shift:uhoh3:....so I'm wondering have i bypassed giving 8 total bed baths etc since ill be working the night shift......anyone w/ experience on this floor please share ur thoughts on this subject;) thanx:redpinkhe

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You will still be doing ADLs -- that's what a CNA job IS. If there were no ADLs to perform during the night, there would be no need for CNAs to work night shift.

The amount of ADLs you will be doing will not be as much as day or evening shift, though. Mainly you will be doing brief changes and peri care. You may still have to do showers, depending on if day shift has a shower aide or not. If there is no shower aide, you may have to do a few bed baths and showers each shift.

PS If the nurse manager tells you they are short-staffed up front like that, please head for the nearest exit.

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Ahhh Neuro....I was a PCT on nights on a Neuro unit for about a year. You WILL be doing bed baths, linen changes, turning patients every 2 hours, feeding, blood draws, etc. And if they are short-staffed on nights, more than likely it will be for a lot more than 8 patients. I was always extremely busy on nights. Traumatic brain injuries make people do interesting things...

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You may still have to do showers, depending on if day shift has a shower aide or not. If there is no shower aide, you may have to do a few bed baths and showers each shift.

Disregard this -- I missed the the fact that this was on a neuro floor, not a LTC facility. You will definitely be doing showers. As far as I know there are no shower aides in hospitals (RATS!! Right?).

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You might also have to get a few patients cleaned up in the morning (or up, if any are getting up). You probably won't have as many baths, etc. as you would have on dayshift, but when I worked at the hospital, I'd always be doing some baths, regardless of shift.

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wow......i will b adjusting to the 7pm-7am and expected to work like a hebrew slave:o ....i guess it might take some getting used to:rolleyes:......but i won't start my prerequs until next fall so i guess itll b alright:confused:........and i have the option of transferring after 6mths(i think i might be doing that)...also i will have to do 4hrs in an observation room on some shifts monitering patients for seizures on video.....i told the manager that, that seemed interesting and she said,"pcts don't enjoy that part"(i thought it'd b a break from the nonstop direct patient care)?

oh yeah thx for all the info keep it coming:D

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