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I oriented on a case I am not accepting. The Mom doesn't want nurses to sit on her furniture. We sit on the floor or stand. The patient plays on a blanket on the floor, once her diaper leaked and Mom had the agency pay for her carpet to be professionally cleaned. Mom has had the agency repaint her wall because a nurse smudged it. Nurses are not to give patient any med and Mom has had nurses rewrite notes in the past.

Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

I bet OSHA would be interested in this....

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Specializes in Neuro ICU and Med Surg.

I couldn't imagine having a caregiver for my family member sitting on the floor only. So rude. I would be making sure they had a comfortable place to work. I know it is their home and all, but come on.

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Specializes in retired LTC.
I bet OSHA would be interested in this....
Maybe Dept of Labor???
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Specializes in Peds, developmental disability.

A nurse should have decent working conditions, especially those pertaining to health and safety. I personally have certain things I require, like soap for hand washing, a seat, a place to write, etc. As HH-RN13 said, most families are reasonable and nice. But I have noticed that the stress and anxiety of having their child chronically ill makes a few parents loose perspective. We reason with them, but they seem stuck on something that we occasionally can't accept. I support your decision to decline.

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Specializes in retired LTC.

To OP - are you allowed to use the bathroom?

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Are you trying to say that PD Nurses are human beings that have bodily functions? I wouldn't want to use her bathroom, what if I ripped the TP wrong? >:)

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Specializes in retired LTC.
Are you trying to say that PD Nurses are human beings that have bodily functions? I wouldn't want to use her bathroom, what if I ripped the TP wrong? >:)
Silly me! :sarcastic:
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Specializes in Home Health, PDN, LTC, subacute.

It's in our company contract that the nurse must have a chair or a place to sit. Sad that they had to put that in there!

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Specializes in Pediatrics.

I had a case where the baby was kept on blankets on the floor. Mom said Baby had spent most of their life in NICU in a crib and she wanted Baby to have a sense of unrestricted movement and freedom. Baby is immobile and has very few purposeful movements. She did expect the nurses to sit on the floor with baby (interacting, therapies, tube feeding, etc) but as soon as it was brought to her attention that there was no place for charting, eating or the occasional lumbar supporting position she purchased a table/chair set for the room. Her intentions were good for her baby, she just didn't really think through the logistics for her nursing help.

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I am allowed to sit at the kitchen table in a wooden chair all NOC unless needed, or for scheduled needs at my case. Not comfortable at times, but I see I can be worse. We also have PDN and agency nurses at my home for a family member, and have never told the nurses they have to sit somewhere specific. We do have one nurse that will take over the couch in the living room and a good part of the floor that we need to talk to. I would find another case if I were placed in that position. Seeing both sides, a comfy nurse is a happy one.

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Specializes in LTC, Memory loss, PDN.

would love to see the 485s on cases like this

just saying - NOT asking for protected info

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This was just Mom's house rules. It's not written down anywhere. Some people think they are better than others.

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