Is management breaking the law

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Is my facility in the wrong for changing the locks on the supply closets because of misuse of briefs? Only i have the code and I cannot give them and on the other floor the CNAs have to be accompanied by the nurse to see what is being taken out. There is no way we have such time and if there is an emergency... this cant be right

I’m trying to understand what law you think they are breaking? Do you think our legislators took time to make a law about briefs in a nursing home? I’m also wondering what kind of brief emergencies there are?

I get this could be an ethical issue. Like if you couldn’t change a patient and put them in a clean brief due to limits and they acquired skin breakdown.

What is the reasoning for locking them up? What are the conditions for changing? I think more info is needed.

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Person to contact anonymously is facility ombudsman who can investigate and file report inability CNA's to obtain needed patient care supplies as locked up.

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Wait- when you say briefs you mean diapers? Are you saying the residents are only "allowed" to be incontinent 1-2 times a shift?

I don't know if it is against the law, but it sure is unethical.

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On 2/27/2019 at 9:24 AM, Kromeus said:

Is my facility in the wrong for changing the locks on the supply closets because of misuse of briefs? Only i have the code and I cannot give them and on the other floor the CNAs have to be accompanied by the nurse to see what is being taken out. There is no way we have such time and if there is an emergency... this cant be right

Well, there is no such thing as an "emergency"...if they have already had an accident, five minutes isn't going to make any difference.

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The poster didn't say they were locked out of the brief closet for misusing briefs; they said the supply closet.

I'm pretty sure the poster wasn't referring to a "code brown" urgency/emergency and it isn't briefs they're worried about accessing in an urgent/emergent situation.

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