When you advise some people to leave bad LTCF's!! I'm SO glad right now that I just left the place that I did!
I just talked to the day RN there, and the place has been turned into state for resident abuse. It's a situation that went from bad to worse - an arrogant CNA did not follow orders to use a pivot board with this one LOL, and afterwards she complained of pain.
The lady has dementia, and she ALWAYS complains of leg pain. The nurse checked her out as well as she could - lady isn't real cooperative - then had to go on to other residents. She reported it to evenings, who were supposed to report it to nites. She also reported it to the DON, who was supposed to go look at it. At 5:30 the next morning the nite nurse discovered that the leg was red and swollen clear down to her ankle!! They sent her to the ER, where it was discovered she had a spiral fracture, and the ER doc turned them in to DHS.
I KNOW the day RN there is an excellent and caring nurse, but she also is so overloaded with work - and as I told her, hindsite is better than foresite!! She said her charting over the whole thing was not the best, but there's nothing she can do about it now.
The CNA who caused the injury was fired - should have been fired long ago, she's had so many write-ups.
The nurse feels badly, but she's also worried what will happen to her. She said that the DON is already trying to lay the blame on her!!
My thought is - I can't believe this leg just 'suddenly' became red and swollen at 5:30 the next morning! I wonder if the next two shifts even looked at it?
I told my friend to sit down and document everything that she remembered about the whole thing while it was fresh in her mind - and to get the HECK outa there!!
