Re: Adult Diapers -- which ones do your patient's use? Any problems?
I have not seen any blisters, however, occasionally there are some breakdowns.
The company rep was at my facility, maybe two years ago. Only about 25% percentage of the CNAs were there. The rep did not have any handouts for us.
(I like handouts.)
(A little venting here ...) There is one CNA that has been there longer than any of the rest of us, who does not attend in-service, ("I don't need to attend as I've been here so long I already know how to do my job.") She tells / instructs us CNAs what, when, and how to do our job.
Concerning briefs/diapers, she has told us: As the brief can contain 2-3 liters of urine, the resident need not be changed as often; That the size of the brief doesn't matter, if the resident is a heavy wetter, just put on a larger brief; That washing is not needed as the brief 'wicks' away the urine from the skin; ...
I try to use the correct brief, I wash, rinse and dry the resident before putting on a clean brief. She says that I take too long.
(Ok, so I do things slower than her ... I also don't watch as much TV as her .)
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