Everyone keeps saying the Activities Director is supposed to go (along with her assistant) but she isn't certified. So all of the CNAs are getting pulled off the floor leaving the rest of us shorthanded. It's becoming a big issue. It's hard enough to get everyone to come in; we don't just have spare people running around with nothing to do. It isn't just doctor's appointments, there are several residents that go to dialysis on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
I need to come up with some suggestions and was wondering how this is handled at other facilities. The DON is trying to get the Activites Director put through a CNA class, but that hasn't happened yet.
At my facility, it's always the CNA. Even in emergency when a resident needs to go to the hospital a CNA assigned to him/her needs to go with the ambulance. I know that some residents have behavioral problems (hitting, running away, etc.) then a CNA and a nurse need to go.
CNA's at my facility hate that. No one likes going to the hospital since they end up doing nothing. It's pointless. And for appointments, CNA's sign up for those. You sign up, you go.
At my facility, every transport requires 2 people to go. There are a few aides who are CDL licensed to drive the vans, and they drive...other aides sign up to assist them.
AJ_427
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At my facility, it's always the CNA. Even in emergency when a resident needs to go to the hospital a CNA assigned to him/her needs to go with the ambulance. I know that some residents have behavioral problems (hitting, running away, etc.) then a CNA and a nurse need to go.
CNA's at my facility hate that. No one likes going to the hospital since they end up doing nothing. It's pointless. And for appointments, CNA's sign up for those. You sign up, you go.