peppercat21 replied to LoveToHike's topic in Safety
I've been a CNA for about 1.5 years and I've never dropped anyone. I only know of 2 incidents in that time where others have dropped a resident. I've had 3 residents of mine fall on their own. One was trying to transfer herself, one slipped in the ba...
peppercat21 replied to makes needs known's topic in Geriatric
I don't know if I can post a link to this here but in my facility we do a lounge program for dementia pts. It's a great program and can be found easily with a little googling.
peppercat21 replied to love_being_an_aide's topic in CNA/MA
I had one patient that started to decline very rapidly. She was very combative but never for me for some reason. Toward the end she had a very hard time talking more than a couple of words at a time. I was finishing AM care with her one day and waiti...
peppercat21 replied to Button2006's topic in CNA/MA
The times are a bit different for us, dinner's at 4:30. Between 3 and 4:30 there's usually some activity going on. So we toilet people and get people up that take afternoon naps. Then dinner. In our facility they show a movie after dinner and we sta...
peppercat21 replied to shy_wolf101's topic in CNA/MA
It's much easier to talk to real residents then the manaquin! You can ask about their day, their lunch, their hair... It gets sooo much easier. Don't worry about what your classmates are saying either!