jlynnw

Hey Everyone! I am not a CNA, I still have to take my test, but I have a question. I was just wondering what is a CNA to do when a residents clothing is too small and nobody really cares? During my training I had a female resident with a colostomy in a long term care facility whose pants were so tight they were leaving marks on her stomach! They left visible indentations in her fragile skin! I reported to the charge nurse and still nothing was done. It was treated like no big deal, like oh well, like it wasn't important, like maybe we will deal later. I know it can't be comfortable for her, they were that tight.The resident didn't have family that visits so that was out of the question. I asked the resident if they felt too tight and she said yes. I ended up finishing my clinical in that facility and by the time I was done there nothing was done about it. Now I am thinking should I have bought her pants? Am I allowed to do that? Did this ever happen to anyone else? Did you ever tell the charge nurse about any issue and nothing was done? Are tight clothes not a big deal?? Should I have just kept my mouth closed? Are there certain issues to don't take to the charge nurse, and if so is this one of them?

Thank you everyone for sharing your wisdom and experiences with me! You all gave excellent and encouraging advice! P.S. maureenlynn I haven't set my date yet but I am shooting for the first week of march.

About the CNA exam....I was wondering if anyone could answer a few of my questions to help me shake my pre-exam jitters. 1.) Is it true the people who issue the exam are pretty mean ? I've heard this from enough people to make me a little nervous! 2.) When asked to do, oh I don't know, let's say a bed bath, do you really give a bed bath?? With water and all? And who do I give the bath to?? (oh by the way, you know how you are to test the bath water temp before giving bath, well do they have a thermomater or do I test it by dipping my gloved finger in or what??!) 3.) I will need to perform 5 (yep count 'em!) 5 skills correctly. I was just wondering if anyone wanted to share what skills they had to perform, or any other personal experiences with the exam. Well thats all for now ( I know its alot!!) but I might be back with more Q's!! Thank everyone so much for taking the time to help! I really appreciate you helping me acheive my goal!! P.S. ALLNURSES.COM ROCKS!!