ShimmaShimma0304

ShimmaShimma0304

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ShimmaShimma0304 has 20 years experience.


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  1. Hello! Our social worker is leaving and I'd wanted her to help with a Resident's Rights in-service that we are having this month but she's too busy training her replacement... What I was wanting help with was to give some stories that I could use t...
  2. How to approach this situation from management standpoint?

    Petty or not... I guess it's ok to ignore orders rather than discussing them with the M.D. That's acceptable???? That's not how I was trained. Why would she remove the dressing when it's not soiled? The only answer that comes to mind: THAT'S HOW IT'...
  3. How to approach this situation from management standpoint?

    I'm not sure if she has that idea or not, but still... making an "executive decision" to ignore the orders is still inappropriate. That wound is so close to his butt and you can't TELL when stool is in his wound by looking at the dressing sometimes. ...
  4. How to approach this situation from management standpoint?

    Well, this wound has been on-going on a person who is nearly 100 years old for over a year now... We have tried nearly EVERYTHING to heal it... we even have a specialist wound care team come in once a week to do some minor debriding and stimulation o...
  5. How to approach this situation from management standpoint?

    You are absolutely right. Indeed. Thank you.
  6. How to approach this situation from management standpoint?

    I'm actually not usually there when the dressing is changed by this particular person as it's the opposite rotation that I work. There's another manager that works opposite of me and I can ask her to check as she usually arrives early, early in the ...
  7. It was reported to me, as a manager at a nursing home, that a nurse hasn't been doing her dressing changes on a person who has a stage 4 pressure injury. The dressings are every shift. The issue? The nurse who is reporting it works the following ...
  8. Weighted blanket "to prevent contractures"?!?!?

    OH MY GOSHHHHHHHHH, EXACTLY, EXACTLY, EXACTLY!!!!! I worked in long-term care as a new grad back in 1996 for about a year. I worked night shift and never experienced the state surveyors but this year I did, as my first year returning to it again......
  9. Weighted blanket "to prevent contractures"?!?!?

    Lane, if the hospice professional had discussed it with the staff first (since they are a part of the team), that would have also been conducive to avoiding this horrible experience for all.
  10. Weighted blanket "to prevent contractures"?!?!?

    Understood. I was thinking it was a given that the "weighted blanket" was designed to "weight him down" to prevent the contractures... My bad.
  11. Weighted blanket "to prevent contractures"?!?!?

    Once again... This man *****doesn't***** have anxiety or insomnia. It was meant to be a tool used to prevent contractures. He moves his legs about freely but does bend them up sometimes. He doesn't keep them up. What about foot drop and pressure inju...
  12. Weighted blanket "to prevent contractures"?!?!?

    But... the wife wanted it to be used to restrict his movement. It was the whole IDEA of weighting his leg down so not to allow him to bend. That's mean and unnecessary, albeit misguided and misinformed... but was told to do this by a medical professi...
  13. Weighted blanket "to prevent contractures"?!?!?

    This man is not a pediatric patient nor is he a young adult with autism or anxiety issues. He's a hospice patient in a nursing home and we have regulations and rules. Our people are frail and this 16-lb blanket puts him at risk for skin breakdowns an...
  14. Weighted blanket "to prevent contractures"?!?!?

    I have a weighted blanket too... to help me sleep better... She was told to use it to use it to specifically prevent contractures. Our facility is not a hospital or a home. It's a nursing home and our regulations are MUCH more rigid because we are ta...
  15. Weighted blanket "to prevent contractures"?!?!?

    His cheeks were red yesterday and his nurse asked him if he was hot and he said no. The Admin is not a nurse, no. I'm not sure that the wife wants to use it anymore. She asked to have it removed from him last night. She said she's really stressed ou...