Bbo.W

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1. Taking dying patient home with children - what are your thoughts?

   Bbo.W replied to tokebi's topic in Pediatric

   It seems unfair to me to make sweeping statements like "I would never......" (fill in the blank). None of us have a crystal ball, and to judge a family for their choices is unprofessional. Part of the art of nursing is to educate families and patien...

2. CNA/Patient Ratio

   Bbo.W replied to Tahiti's topic in CNA/MA

   I worked at a LTC that had an awful problem w/ call-offs. It was not unusual to have 40 residents each, and it was a dementia unit. Some of the residents were continent but most were not. I found that not every resident was wet at every round, and th...

3. CNA Oriention Dementia Unit

   Bbo.W replied to micheala's topic in CNA/MA

   I had a similar assignment and it was rough. I had 32 residents on a locked ward w/ no nurse. Yeah, lots of falls. One thing that I found that helped was to let your midnight wanderers stay up. Put them all together in one room, try to give them snac...

4. CNA's eating their young too!

   Bbo.W replied to bre22's topic in CNA/MA

   Uggggg, cna bs. I hated that. My only advice is to remember to be professional at all times, and to help out other newbies. Never take shortcuts if it is about safety of your residents. And drink plenty of water!!!!! Those hot rooms dry you out!

5. Want to work in Dementia care - any advice?

   Bbo.W replied to verene's topic in CNA/MA

   Many facilities have dedicated memory care units. Look into that. Also contact your local Alzheimer's organisation and ask about facilities that care for that population. Definitely mention your hospice and family care experience, my family xare expe...

6. Unseen "resident's"

   Bbo.W replied to Missingyou's topic in CNA/MA

   I had a few residents talk about the "little boys under my bed", one lady even insisted I leave food for them. I worked with dementia patients so I always humored them but I thought it was strange because the residents only reported the boys in a cer...

7. Lazy supervisor stories

   Bbo.W replied to Runninonempty's topic in Geriatric

   Okay, there are lazy cna's, lazy nurses and lazy supervisors. ...we all get that. But I think the spirit of this thread was a rant and in fun. With that being said, I once worked under a nurse 7p-7a that would pass her meds then go into a resident's...

8. Violent/combative residents?

   Bbo.W replied to nursehaley91's topic in Geriatric

   Some residents at the facility I worked at had orders for prn ativan or haldol. When our residents had new onset agressive behavior they were also tested for uti....a uti does strange things in an elder's brain! Good luck, it sounds as if you are in ...

9. "Don't bother talking to residents with dementia.....

   Bbo.W replied to Coffee bean's topic in CNA/MA

   Wow, that RN needs to work somewhere other than healthcare!!!! Even when residents have extremely impaired, word-salad communication , they still understand intent when a kind caring tone is used. I worked with a nurse once who had a similar attitude...

10. Patient types on postpartum units

    Bbo.W replied to KKRJJ's topic in Ob/Gyn

    C-Diff and babies.....no!!!!!!

11. Abuse Allegations

    Bbo.W replied to txdon's topic in LTC Directors

    Sooooo.....I reported verbal abuse, swearing by another cna towards a resident that could not report....all it got for me was the evil eye from fellow cna's and management was impatient with me....is it okay for a cna to cuss a resident out? No. Does...

12. Lying to Dementia Patients

    Bbo.W replied to jamd11's topic in LTAC

    Is it lying if they don't remember 5 minutes later? ???? No. So give them a good night, tuck them in, and earnestly promise to send X family member around to see them in the morning. Reorientation is cruel.

13. Was reprimanded for wearing gloves while working with a patient

    Bbo.W replied to amillion3147's topic in Disease

    Ummmmm...yuck, first of all....if cna's aren't toileting residents and c-diff or any other yucky germ is present, wewr gloves. Better yet, if you are in a facility where 2 briefs are normal, call the state. Would you like to sit in pee all day? No? T...

14. How much is too much morphine?

    Bbo.W replied to Neomikeyboy's topic in Hospice

    Truly horrific....that poor soul

15. Too Much Suffering

    Bbo.W replied to GundeRN's topic in Hospice

    DNR's for Alzheimer's patients are immoral. Ditto for feeding tubes and life support. ...what are we feeding and supporting at that point? My grandmother had several strokes, dementia, feeding tubes, the whole 9 yards....you know what happened? She ...