I believe people have no conscience anymore. where i work someone stole the battery out of the laptop at one of the stations so now there is no computer there to use to make papers you need to go to...
maybe i should of worked that a little differently. We are getting paid to take care of them and whether it is out of our taxes or directly out of their wallet they still deserve to be taken care of...
I work 3rd shift in LTC and have given showers to residents that request them before dayshift arrives. I had one resident who wanted his shower at 4:30 am on Thursdays and it was his right so I gave...
thought about going to work in the hospital but enjoy getting to know the residents LTC and also thought about being a traveling aide but haven't for the same
i work 3rd shift and when we are fully staffed 2 of us to a wing of about 35 residents, and we get between 8 and 10 people up in the morning. However now i work in the altzheimers wing and have 8...
i failed my test the first time also. My son gave me a bit of advice that was quite helpful. he told me to pretend i was teaching the instructor instead of thinking the instructor was watching me. it...
when he wants things he wants them right away there is no making him understand he is on a tight budget. he doesn't think things through. there are times he shows me respect and other times he is...
my son is paranoia schizrophrenic and he moved back in with us. He is driving my husband and I both crazy. Does anyone have any suggestions. I feel bad for him but there doesn't seem to be anything I...
Haven"t been here in awhile. I have been quite busy. My son who is schizrophrenic moved in with us and I had to have ankle surgery. I fell on down my steps going to the laundry room and hit my ankle...
On 3rd shift we work together as we only have 2 aides for almost 40 residents. we get 8 people up in the morning and we each take 4. we are responsible for 1 persons shower on a thurs. morning because...
I don't chart the things that the other aides are responsible for. On third shift we are not responsible for any particular resident we work together on all of them. I have worked at this facility...
Does anyone out there feel like they are taking on more responsibility than they should? I work 3rd shift in a LTC facility. Here is an example of what I am talking about. This morning I was going to...
maybe this is the wrong thing to say but sometimes dayshift feels they are the most important shift and the rest of us are there filling in our time. my theory is that every shift is busy and we are...
25(2)+2 replied to Nascar nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC
i am only a cna/med aide but let me tell you about my night last night. I came into work thinking i would be on one station all night when i was told at 3 am i would be working on a different one...