The other night I was working 11 to 7. It was one of those crazy nights where no one will stay in bed. There were 2 aides and one nurse on the floor. One resident in particular was very restless and kept standing up every two minutes. While trying to do my charting and pass briefs I had to keep moving her in front of the nurses station because she kept trying to get into peoples beds. I started my changes and while was changing one of the residents, I heard an alarm. I lowered his bed and ran in the hallway to find the resident on the floor in thr opening to the dining room. She had opened the door and was sitting down by her wheelchair. I told the nurse who called tye supervisor. We picked her up and she said she was ok. She is very confused and has fallen at least 3 times in the past few months. I filled out an incident report. The aide who had her got mad because she had to fill out a report of when she last toileted her and checked her since she was on 15 min checks. I dont think she toileted her at all and this was 300 am. The supervisor was annoyed and told me I should have just picked her up like nothing happened because now she has to fill out all this paperwork. I would feel so terrible if I did this! What if she hurt herself seriously? I cant believe they were acting like this! Shes blaming me and she wasn't even my resident to be checking and initialing the paper. I always run when I hear alarms. Any nurse will say that about me. The supervisor jokingly told me to not cause any more trouble. I asked how it was my fault and told her I ran as soon as I heard the alarm. She said I should have run faster! Whats wrong with this picture? !
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The other night I was working 11 to 7. It was one of those crazy nights where no one will stay in bed. There were 2 aides and one nurse on the floor. One resident in particular was very restless and kept standing up every two minutes. While trying to do my charting and pass briefs I had to keep moving her in front of the nurses station because she kept trying to get into peoples beds. I started my changes and while was changing one of the residents, I heard an alarm. I lowered his bed and ran in the hallway to find the resident on the floor in thr opening to the dining room. She had opened the door and was sitting down by her wheelchair. I told the nurse who called tye supervisor. We picked her up and she said she was ok. She is very confused and has fallen at least 3 times in the past few months. I filled out an incident report. The aide who had her got mad because she had to fill out a report of when she last toileted her and checked her since she was on 15 min checks. I dont think she toileted her at all and this was 300 am. The supervisor was annoyed and told me I should have just picked her up like nothing happened because now she has to fill out all this paperwork. I would feel so terrible if I did this! What if she hurt herself seriously? I cant believe they were acting like this! Shes blaming me and she wasn't even my resident to be checking and initialing the paper. I always run when I hear alarms. Any nurse will say that about me. The supervisor jokingly told me to not cause any more trouble. I asked how it was my fault and told her I ran as soon as I heard the alarm. She said I should have run faster! Whats wrong with this picture? !
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