Alright, I just need to vent for a bit about the place that I work. I am just a measily little aide in a 116 bed facility. I am so tired of being over-worked, understaffed, and under-appreciated. Our company "rules" don't seem to apply to anyone but us aides, and even though they stress "team work", the upper-management does not participate with the phrase. I stay on the hall for both breakfast and lunch while my two hall partners go to the dining room to feed residents. My hall is very busy with demanding residents, and I have alot of people that are fall risks down there. Today, I had one of my men who is in extreme pain up on the sit-to-stand lift getting him off the toilet, when I heard an alarm go off. At the top of the hall, there are three offices, with three chairs, with three butts planted on them chairs. I finally got my man on his way back to bed when I heard those damn high heels clunking down the hall. That alarm is still screaming mind you..She(our risk management woman) walked right past the lady who got up out of her chair and pulled her alarm loose, to come and find ME to go shut that alarm up and help that resident. What the.....? She couldn't stand by while the lady used the bathroom? Put her call light on? Called for me? At least make sure she didn't fall?
I don't know, that just really irritated me. I usually always have a positive attitude about work. I know that I try my very best to go above and beyond the the expectations, but my goodness!! I already have 10 people to get up, cleaned, dressed, beds made, etc. in an hour and a half in the morning. And ALL of those people have to use lifts to get up. More than half actually use the toilet, and then our dietary people get all ticked off and snotty at us when we don't have our people down there on time. That is very very time consuming. We are always working short, and I am so tired of it!!!!! Yes, yes, I know, get my rear back to school and quit breaking my back huh!?! It's probably the same way wherever you go too, that's the bad thing about it. These residents pay 1000's of dollars/month to share a room and get told when to eat, toilet, sleep, etc. It seems that they can afford to fully staff a darn place, ya know? Oh well, It'll be better tomorrow, right? aahhh, thank you for this place to vent. I feel like I can get a good nights sleep now:cool:
