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Neglect is neglect. Whether falls are preventable they should be doing everything they can do to prevent them. In my Mom's case they didn't and I have the CMS survey results to back me up. She was a...

Dementia patients are more than a chapter in some nursing book. People here seem to think they are experts just because they went to school. I don't begrudge you for doing so but if you REALLY want...

I've seen people working at the facility where my Mom worked at that had no clue about dementia patients and their behavior. Just because a person is a nurse or a CNA doesn't mean they are they most...

I took care of my Mom for 8 years so don't patronize me. Here is the Nursing Home Resident's Bill of Rights. Some of you who work on the industry need to brush up on it. The right to...

The bottom line is this: if you are violating the residents right by lying and deceiving to deliver care you'd better hope that you don't get caught. And just because your demented residents act like...

You still don't get it and I guess you never will. It's not about the "caring" nurse, it's about the resident who has rights. I'm getting a little sick of the "caring" nurse routine. If my Mother...

If they want to do that it's their right to. It's not about YOU and how YOU feel about it-it's the resident's right to do whatever they chose to regardless if they are unable to make safe, rational...

I know and it makes me angry. Angry because they use lies and deception to get a resident to do what they want them to do so it makes their job easier. Or trying to dictate that one shouldn't smoke...

So you would disallow your grandmother what ever pleasures she has in life just because you don't approve of them? How sad.

Do it's better to lie and bully a patient into complying with your wishes? I hope no one catches on to what you are doing because you'll be out of a job if they do. Residents have rights-who cares...

Thanks for posting this. Lying to the residents is the same as treating them as children IMO. If Mom doesn't want to take a shower that's her RIGHT. I think a lot of nurses and CNA's in their quest...

No offense but it's not a question of what the nurses allow. Residents still retain their rights to make their own decisions whether you or anyone else approve of their choices. And after seeing how...

I don't know my blood type so no worries here, lol.

We used to buy my Mom chocolates and one snotty nurse got on our case because that's all she ate instead of the "yummy" crappy food they served. Luckily my Mom had an advocate in me and that one...

All for profits have a high pass rate and say they help you find a job. A lot of places will not even look at a resume if you went to a for profit school. Also, the teachers at these schools are...

To the OP-I had two herniated discs in 2011 that caused excruciating pain. I had no clue as to what was causing my severe neck pain-at the time the ER diagnosed it as a neck sprain. I do have a PCP...

That's not right. What makes the doctor's families any more special than the nurses? As for the food-they SHOULD provide it for free.

OT-Off Topic. Your dog makes me laugh when I see his different pictures.

OT but I love that dog in your avatar!

Both times when I had foot surgery I never was in stirrups. I woke up and I was just flat on the table.

What I find ironic in this debate is that there are quite a lot of people in the medical field who have weight problems and I find it funny when one starts lecturing me about being 5 or 10 pounds...

Why do nurses and other medical people call their patients "sweetie"? Is it because they have forgotten their names?

My NS refuses to do ACDF's on smokers. Luckily I quit a long time ago. Smokers have an arrogance about them. My neighbor has had problems with the mesh they use for hernia repairs and is now...

What gets me is that this seems to be all about the poor nurse whose feelings were hurt because the big bad MD called her out for a mistake she made in front of others. What about the poor patient...

I believe she was sticking up for the CNAs. If people are so upset with their lazy CNAs why do places insist on a year's experience? I know a lot of people who went to CNA classes and can't find...