caring angel

Hi, Understaffing is really critical in this area. Just never seem to have enough hours to get everything done. Most of the LTC here are skilled-Medicare facilities and really very busy. It is like doing hospital nursing care in a nursing home. Our most critical staffing is not having enough CNA's to care for the patients. For 60 patients in the building, we had 4 CNA's, 2 to a wing. That was hectic!

Thank you for the response. Guess I was wrong! I thought it was important also for the pacemaker check. Was my first offense and I thought also too stiff.

Hello Friends, I was doing a phone pacemaker check when my CNA came to me that a resident had raised her recliner up to high and had slid out onto the floor. Was not bleeding or moaning in pain. Just sitting up, she said. As soon as my pacemaker check was complete, I examined the resident who appeared uninjured. My D.O.N. wrote me up for not stopping the pacemaker check and going to the resident. I was to have hung up the phone and quit immediately! I feel if the resident had been bleeding and moaning that would have been different. I was terminated because she said for the resident's safety, I could not continue there! What do you feel I should have done in handling this situation? caring angel regardless ------------