Hello my Fellow CNA, how do you deal with difficult resident and difficult nurse? I have this resident suppose to take shower before 9 pm but keep refusing no matter how I try to convinced her. I report it to the nurse and they help me but even them have a hard time of convincing her; but finally the resident agree to take shower at 10 pm which is too late because she supposed to be in bed at that time but I shower her anyway.
The other issue nurse accused me that I did not remove my gloves after done taking care of the resident and use the same dirty gloves to other residents in other room. I always remove my gloves and use a new clean gloves to every resident. while I was walking in the hallway coming towards to other room I wear new clean gloves in advanced; maybe when she saw me she thinks I use the same dirty gloves to other resident;The nurse report me to the supervisor.
I am angry at the nurse I just think I don't deserved any of this thing; the nurse is being unreasonable. Well, I just pray her to the Lord.
By the way I work in agency; perhaps they don't like working with people from agency? I don't understand why.
I never said the nurse is unreasonable by asking me to refrain from wearing gloves in the hallway; I just thought before reporting me to the supervisor she should have spoken to me first about it because I had no idea that wearing clean gloves in the hallway is a big no-no in their facility. It was my first job; and it was my 3rd day at work and I only had 3 hours orientation but I was assigned to different area.
It was the charge nurse who instructed that the resident will take a shower before 9 pm; this resident is so damn persistent in not wanting to take shower. I did not force her; it's unethical to do that anyway. I told the nurse about the resident's refusal and she went to the resident's room and kept insisting that the resident had to take shower. The resident kept refusing and said she wanted to sleep instead. They didn't stop trying to get the resident to take a shower until around 10 pm; finally the resident agreed to take a shower.
I don't work there anymore. I feel better now; not mad at the nurse anymore. It is not the end of the world.
These are such minor things to have quit over. Unless the agency moved you or the facility had you removed, staying probably would have been the best. But it's your decision. I would have spoken to that nurse or the director about the gloves. Nurses do not have to approach you first before speaking to the director, though I think talking before acting on a write up is always best in minor situations like these where someone may not know they've done anything wrong and a write up as a way to inform them of wrongdoing is a bit harsh. I had this nurse at one facility who really did have it out for me (because I got a coworker written up for endangering residents) and I was always going to the director to try to clear my name. When I realized this was never going to stop because of office politics, I did quit. I actually walked out, something I've never done before. If you ever encounter this again, just remember no wearing gloves (clean or dirty or otherwise) while in the hallway. And if that resident is known for refusing a 9pm shower but is okay with 10pm, do it at 10. Better yet, maybe they need to be an AM shower. I'd have left a note asking for her care plan to be revisited on this issue.
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Hey, I think you have a good attitude with your last post. And you learned an important lesson: bag trash and linens in the room and do not wear gloves in the hallway. This is fairly universal so it is good you learned it now.
We all have to learn some things the hard way unfortunately.
I think every place is "no gloves in the hallway" Heck i remeber as a student nurse me and my classmates getting lectures to all the time for walking around the halls with gloves on. Clean or dirty.
You're using two totally different examples. Housekeeping is DOING something while wearing gloves. Cleaning, etc. Tending to a skin tear in the hallway is FAR different than walking between residents rooms with a pair of gloves on.
I've never heard of a no gloves in hallway policy
admittedly, my area is backwoods, but why would you wear gloves unless you're
doing something
why would you walk out of a residents' room with gloves on when the sink is inside
the room
we don't have waste or linen containers in the hallway (that's gross)
i guess i really don't understand the need for such a policy or what issues it
addresses
if the purpose of such a policy is to discourage staff from cross contaminating
admittedly, my area is backwoods, but why would you wear gloves unless you're
doing something
why would you walk out of a residents' room with gloves on when the sink is inside
the room
we don't have waste or linen containers in the hallway (that's gross)
i guess i really don't understand the need for such a policy or what issues it
addresses
if the purpose of such a policy is to discourage staff from cross contaminating
all i can say is, oh my
You can't get much more rural than where I live and work and we have a no glove in the hallway policy. The nursing home where I previously worked had a no glove in the hallway policy, though thy did park the dirty laundry and trash hoppers in the hallway (much to my chagrin). I would think the only time it would be OK would be if someone was actively bleeding or you were cleaning up a bodily fluid.
My instructor told us day one in a residential facility not to wear gloves in the hallway because the assumption was that they were dirty, whether they were actually clean or not. We degloved in the resident's room (balled gloves into an inside out ball) and disposed of them in the hallway garbage. And obviously, washed hands before attending to anything else.
I told the nurse about the resident's refusal and she went to the resident's room and kept insisting that the resident had to take shower. The resident kept refusing and said she wanted to sleep instead. They didn't stop trying to get the resident to take a shower until around 10 pm; finally the resident agreed to take a shower.
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Sounds like someone needs a refresher on residents rights! The right to refuse is well established. It makes me cringe that a staff member would essentially force someone to complete a task, especially when the resident is tired.
If it's a well known issue the schedule should have been adjusted to fit with the persons preferred routine.
Well, I just pray her to the Lord.
BuckyBadgerRN, ASN, RN
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Gotcha!! That makes sense then