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my intuition is still alive and well. I have been taking care of this lady Ruth,for the last 9 months,and for the past week or so she had been declining,but slowly ( end stage cardiac) A while back I had promised her grandaughter that if I saw change...

This is absolutely beautiful. So often we forget that the patient is/was someones wife/mother friend.....One of the nursing homes I worked at years ago,requested that a picture of the resident when they were young be placed by the bedside. To remin...

many years ago,I was a brand new CNA,and I was doing homecare.My patient was a 90 plus yr old dying of rectal ca.On my third day there I knock on the door and the husband answers the door and says to me " I dont think Anna wants a bath today,she has ...

I was working as a CNA in a LTC facility in Phoenix AZ. I was picking up a coworker and got caught in a flash flood.When I called my supervisor I knew she didnt believe me,and wrote me up.Two days later I brought in pictures from the scene and made h...

Are you sure you dont ride along with me? I do homecare for hospice and I have come out of a home and had three cows licking my car. I have had far too many close encounter with,deer,foxes,raccoon you name it. I hit and killed a wild turkey. I have...

I had an ob gyn by the name of Dr Holeman.

Hi there,I have been issued a challenging patientand I am reaching out for some tips and tricks to help this gentleman . I am a hospice home health aide,and I do home care. My newest pt is 93 yrs old , has bladder ca,and Alheimers. He is quite excita...

The only thing I remember for sure was when I was 14,I was supposed to go babysitting,and for some reason I felt my gut instinct telling me to stay home,so I got one of my friends to babysit where I was supposed to.So I am upstairs reading and all o...

My intuition and experience has saved the day many a time,but is not always appreciated. I work for hospice doing home care,and so many times I have called the on call nurse,and told them something wasnt right. My nurses have now come to appreciate w...

I am a hospice home care aide and I love my work. I have many tips and tricks that I have picked up throughout the years. I would love to share what I can,and would love other folks to share theirs.:balloons: Many times a tumor will emit a ra...

Thanks for the replies! If your patient is actively dying and gets what can only be called death breath a drop or two of peppermint oil behind each ear and maybe a drop or two on the front of the hospital gown,will make things nicer for the family. S...

As CNA for 25 years,last 10 with Hospice I have seen and lived through the treatment CNAs are given.If a nurse calls out sick they call an agency for staff relief. If a aide or two call out,you work short.The last unit I worked on was a 60 bed. On t...

:smackingfThis week I celebrate 10 yrs working for ...hospice.:balloons:My job title is home health aide...but we are so much more.The nurses I work with are the absolute best,and always stand behind the aides.I often shoulder more than my share,beca...

I need to share this one...This Saturday i was called to home for a patient in distress. I am a home hospice nurses aide...pt was 89,end stage lymphoma and was suffering from a bad case of terminal anxiety. tried ativan,seemed to make it worse.......

what is failure to thrive? They are using it now in old people.I always thought it was for babies. Now it is a hospice diagnosis. I got a fact sheet with this as a diagnosis....LOL ,92,lives alone,FTT,NIDDM.A/0x3.

Hello out there.My name is Robyn and I have been a C.N.A. for 25 years.I recieved my first CNA training at 16.In my many years I have cross trained in Phlebotomy,EKG monitering,amongst other things.I am the happiest being a CNA ! I have worked hospit...

Sorry to hear about your not so good experience.A lot of people work hospice because its a job.I work hospice because it is my calling.Your mom should have never been gotten up.My rule is the patient sets the rules.Often the family will say why dont ...

Just stopped by to say hi. I am Robyn,I am in my 25 th year as a CNA! I have cross trained as Phlebotomist,Ekg tech,but my true love is patient care.I have worked agencies,nursing homes,hospital,rehab units,DMR. 9 years ago I found my niche in the wo...

I was working in a nursing home and I got pulled to another unit.I go into this pts room to do her VS and I got a real nasty smell coming from her body.Not the usual smell,ie pee or poop. Smelled like something was dead,and had been for a long time.S...

This HHA wears a combination We are only required to wear scrubs if we are going into a facility. I usually start off my day wearing scrubs During the week,since I have a Mon to Fri in an assisted living facility On the weekend,I have all home care ...

I am proud to work in hospice home care,I celebrate my 9 year anniversary next week. For many years I bounced around,nursing homes, hospitals,DMR,agencies. Never really happy.I moved from AZ to CT,and with my licence in transition,I had the address o...

How about a caffeine/nicotine IV to go along with the catheter and leg bag,and I always wanted electronic rollerskates.Camoflage uniforms,and large paddle for Drs,who wait till end of shift to change orders.

jde,while we are on the subject,I was taking care of a lovely old lady who had a colostomy. As luck would have it her son brought home from work a very nasty virus,the diarrea and vomiting type.So this poor old lady was having her bag changed for lik...

I have tons of nasty ones,but the one that sticks out in my mind is I was working a double shift in a hospital,7am till 11pm. I was bone tired and doing my last rounds I found one of my elderly demented old men covered head to toe in feces.No probl...