Carolyn_61

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1. Venting about a new CNA...this is really, really long!

   Carolyn_61 replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

   I wish more medical establishments would have In-Services about how negative attitudes and comments can affect your co-workers, the patients or residents, and the general mood of the place. I read somewhere that most people know that everybody is a...

2. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

   Carolyn_61 replied to December716's topic in Geriatric

   I agree...besides there's really no way of knowing what anybody is doing or has done unless you had walked in their shoes. I can't even plan my own day. One morning I thought, "Okay, I'll shower so-and-so, then so-and so, and then it'll be time to ...

3. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

   Carolyn_61 replied to December716's topic in Geriatric

   Some of us have taken to bringing some supplies from home. I carry around my own tube of Desitin. And I know a couple of other CNAs who actually bring their own can of air freshener. I agree about the lack of communication. We've had a real proble...

4. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

   Carolyn_61 replied to December716's topic in Geriatric

   We each do about 2 or 3 showers a day, which, I think, works out pretty well. Btw, the schedule above for days works for me now. They just switched me to days.

5. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

   Carolyn_61 replied to December716's topic in Geriatric

   Wow! Thanks! I know it took a bit of your time to write all that out! I'm comparing it in my mind with what I do. I think I'm mainly just slow right now. I've noticed that it takes longer for me make an occupied bed or dress someone than the more...

6. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

   Carolyn_61 replied to December716's topic in Geriatric

   I just had a thought I wanted to share here. I don't think the lazy CNAs who truly hate their jobs and care nothing for the residents or patients would spend much of their free time on a forum like Allnurses. It seems like all the CNAs I've "met" he...

7. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

   Carolyn_61 replied to December716's topic in Geriatric

   Hey! I have a good recent example of not knowing enough about a resident! Last week one of the residents, a partially paralyzed resident who I didn't think could stand at all, asked me to turn his bed around. I thought it was an odd request but set...

8. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

   Carolyn_61 replied to December716's topic in Geriatric

   I know this is going to open myself to attack, but hey, here it goes anyway. BTW, I am a new CNA so be gentle please. It's a little impractical, especially if the resident is difficult to lift without help, to go from the bed to the wheelchair, to th...

9. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

   Carolyn_61 replied to December716's topic in Geriatric

   Yeah for MA! Boo for KY. :-( Yeah for squirrels! :-)

10. why are cna's treated like they are stupid and replaceable?

    Carolyn_61 replied to Purple Princess's topic in Geriatric

11. Has your definition of a nurse changed?

    Carolyn_61 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have to repent in dust and ashes for my early ignorance of the importance of nurses. When I was younger, I had the misconception that nurses just recorded vitals and made sure the patient was comfortable. I thought the doctors did all the thinkin...

12. What's with the RN reputation??

    Carolyn_61 replied to DanaS's topic in General Students

    There's a CNA that I work with who, I hear, tries to discourage all the new CNAs from staying there. When I told her that I love my nurse aid job, she looked genuinely disappointed. I can't figure her out for the life of me! Yeah, I'm sure those...

13. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

    Carolyn_61 replied to December716's topic in Geriatric

    I feel like we kind of got off the subject with all the talk about bedbaths. I think this could be a more useful thread if we keep with your original question which, I think, was on the lines of "How can I give all my residents the best care and st...

14. You can't go upside down when you menstruate?

    Carolyn_61 replied to jen42's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so glad I wasn't taught hardly any of that stuff! I was taught to only sponge bathe and not take a bath on my period. In a desperate attempt to get clean one time, I discovered on my own that baths don't hurt you, and the bathtub does NOT get f...

15. You can't go upside down when you menstruate?

    Carolyn_61 replied to jen42's topic in General Nursing

    As far as not walking into temples and stuff like that, I wonder if that might be because women used to not wear any underwear. I have 3 daughters and I'd hate to have them walking around bleeding all over my carpet and furniture. Still, wouldn't j...