POLL LTC Nurses... please answer

[Finallydidit]

Hey Guys........ LPN here taking classes for RN...... Have to write a speech about issues in health care..... Can be any issue.. So as a fellow LTC nurse, I would like to take a poll from here and the top 3 answers will be what I cover in my speech. So please respond with your honest opinions & concerns

Thanks so much for your input

[MarggoRita]

How does using cloth diapers save money? Taking into consideration the costs of laundering them, staff hours involved in hoppering folding and restocking, costs associated with the skin breakdown treatment items, medicated creams, bandages....really don't see any savings, not to mention the smell.....ewwww

[brown eyed girl]

Trust me, it smells terrible when you have a group of people wearing cloth diapers who need to be changed after breakfast and lunch sitting in the day room.

[VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN]

CLOTH diapers?! What is this, 1960 or something? If I were you, I'd find someplace else to work, pronto.

[ybanurse]

at my facility the Cna's bring their own body wash to give baths, they give us enough diapers for one round at night and complain about patient skin breakdown, they run out of OTC meds for days, the scheduler will put you down to work on your day off and have you off when your suppose to work (no travel compensation given) , but we're not suppose to speak ill of the facility. They don't want us to go union. We do need nurse patient ratios 60 patients at night with 3 cnas;; too much disaster waiting to happen

[ybanurse]

You better be happy you got diapers, they want us to leave diapers off at night then the cnas have to change the whole bed sometimes we don't have linen Truth be told!

[ComeTogether, LPN]

Is there a deadline for responses to your poll?

High on the list should be better compensation for nursing assistants.

A men!! We make the same as Walmart employees and actually can do permanent damage to our bodies from the lifting bending etc. such an under paid job!!

"No day but today"

[nancysymonsblod]

Actually i hate to date myself but i started in nursing when cloth was the only available product in LTC. Studies have proven that cloth is more effective to prevent skin breakdown. Residents are changed more often and they allow the skin to breath. Disposables are very costly though are "convenient". Im kind of liking the idea that someone is taking the initiative to use cloth. Ive been in both worlds and if I were to own my own facility i definetly would go with cloth

[brown eyed girl]

Actually i hate to date myself but i started in nursing when cloth was the only available product in LTC. Studies have proven that cloth is more effective to prevent skin breakdown. Residents are changed more often and they allow the skin to breath. Disposables are very costly though are "convenient". Im kind of liking the idea that someone is taking the initiative to use cloth. Ive been in both worlds and if I were to own my own facility i definetly would go with cloth

REALLY??????!!!!! It might be a good thing if they actually HAD ENOUGH!