sherbear609

Hey Bakpakr :) Ok first off good for you :) I would do the same. There is a home where I live that the home is under investigation.! due to a mac. lift injury! 2 ppl were doing a transfer with a mac. lift. the resident fell out of the lift and broke both legs. it's very easy to hate the place you work but, If we all can remember this job is for the resident/patient/client and just take the time to do things properly (that means helping each other out!) I have been doing this for over 5 years and things are not always rosy but if there is team work it makes the day bearable :) keep ur chin up :)

Working in a nursing home is great :) I love my job, and i would not change it for the world. I have been lucky enough to try other things out but a Nursing home is for me :) okay a quick run down of a day 7-3 6:45= Report 7;00= AM care on all residents (of course there is team work) 8:30= transport & begin breakfest 9:00= making beds/ showers/ toileting (also somewhere in the chaos break!) 10:30= fluid cart 11;00= toileting residents (lunch breaks start for staff) 12;30= porting residents to dinning room for lunch 1;00= out of dinning room to bed(certain ppl only, they choose if they want to go to bed!) 1:45= laundry/toileting 215= fluid cart 2:45= Charting ( showers , bm, outputs , food & fluid intake) and through out the day answering call bells, and hope that you never work short! alright afternoons 3-11 2:45= report 3:00= showers/toileting/getting ppl up from bed 5:30= porting residents for dinner 6;00= porting residents back (supper breaks!) 6;30 = HS care starts and toileting and bed time for most residents 7:30 = Fluid Cart not to mention toileting and answering call bells! by 9:30 at night most of the residents are in bed. it may look like there is not alot on afternoons but there are afternoons that just seem like the bells won't stop! 10:30= changes and checks on ALL residents 10:45= charting not to mention if anything happens you are looking for a nurse(falls, unresponsive residents) and don't kid ur self IT HAPPENS!. plus if you have a pallative resident it's a whole different ball game. Where I work we do not do any Vitals, enemas or swabs. that is considered nursing. However it is not like that everywhere. I have to say I am very lucky. The place is only four years old and I have only been there 2.5 years.