Seliah

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1. CHF/COPD and Runny Nose?

   Seliah replied to Seliah's topic in Geriatric

   He's got an apptt with the primary tomorrow morning. Thanks.

2. alzheimers res w/ combative behaviors

   Seliah replied to allezelenfer's topic in Geriatric

   Absolutely chart it! Resident could injure themself or others, and if it's not charted, you have no legal doocumentation showing prior agitation and combative behaviors! Charting is your only legal protection against possible fallout from a combative...

3. Can the DON make you stay for OT if the next shift doesn't show or is called off?

   Seliah replied to TonyaM73's topic in Geriatric

   Don't know about other facilities, but where I work? Yes, they can. They call it 'Mandate' or 'Mandation'. If we have a call off and no one can be found to cover, one person from the previous shift gets stuck working. Company policy is they can manda...

4. What to do with CNAs that sleep during the night shift?

   Seliah replied to Plagueis's topic in Geriatric

   Where I work, we only have ONE single CNA on the overnight shifts. (Campus of houses holding 12 residents each rather than a centralized nursing facility.) And uhm.. I'm honestly surprised sleeping's allowed anywhere on the graveyard shift. Where I w...

5. CHF/COPD and Runny Nose?

   Seliah posted a topic in Geriatric

   Hello, I work in an NH as a CNA. In my 'off duty' time, I have something of a private case I take care of. The gentleman who lives upstairs from me - for about a year and a half now I've been taking care of him (he does have a visiting RN but only af...

6. Finding your own coverage

   Seliah replied to heron's topic in Hospice

   I work in a nursing home. I'm a CNA, not an nurse. We have the same issue, however. The particular setup to the way this NH runs is very unconventional. We are broken up into houses on a campus rather than a centralized skilled nursing facility. Th...