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I love working with the elderly people which is why I chose LTC, just the people Ive met are exceptional, just to sit down and have conversations with them is truely amazing. They've lived 5 times as long as me, so they really do know a lot. One 96 year old man I take care of is trying to constantly give me money, I always refuse it but he insists. Little does he know, I just take it and sneak it back into his room later. I think he has been giving me the same 20 for about 3 months now=)

My boss schedules me 3 to 11 then 7 to 3 all the time. I thought I would be ok doing it because I am young, but Ive been there for a year and its really starting to get to me. Ive never complained, but it seems to me the people who complain always get one they want, so im thinking about doing it lol. Sometimes she'll schedule me a double 7am to 1130 pm then schedule me 7 to 3 the next day! It definately affects how I think, and there comes a time when coffee just doesnt do any justice.

Apparently we are suppose to get every other weekend off, except I have worked every weekend since August of 2010!

I always do it, sometimes I even lay down:clown:

Hi everyone, I need to interview a social worker for a school paper, Im just wondering if there are any on here who would want to be interviewed?? Thanks!

Yeah they paid for a few people to go to nursing school!

I think nurses can loose their license for not properly disposing of used needles...or at least get fired. Thats a big thing at my work! I wouldnt say it was your fault at all.

I was just watching that! I thought that comment was nuts, apparently noone really knows what goes on. it would be nice to have my ceo or president be on that show, then they could see what REALLY goes on, but of course that wont happen because our LTC facility would probably get shut down for the stuff we do when we arent expecting the state inspectors to come in. like prepouring pills to save time, etc ,etc.

Im a PCA, and at my work the CNAs get paid more than we do. I am not a CNA, or certified as one, but as a PCA, we give meds, take vitals, serve meals, do toileting, grooming, showering, housekeeping, and pretty much everything else. my question is why are the CNAs getting paid more than we do??? It seems to me that pouring and passing meds is a BIG responsibility and we should get paid more for it, Im just curious if it is like this at other places too?

:banghead:We have this lady at my work (LTC) who is known to be a drama queen, she is always in some kind of pain, ANYTHING you can think of she has it. Anyways, she has had 3 strokes in her lifetime which is why she is there, (she is fairly young in her 70s) BUT, she is ALWAYS saying she is having a stroke! Everyone else just 'knows' she is a drama queen and just ignore her, but for some reason, I always think "well what if she really is having a stroke and I just ignore her like everyone else" I always take her vitals, and they are normally fine, I even sent her to the hospital once just 'because' she thought she needed to go, she was on the call light every 5 minutes, so i just sent her. So does anyone have any tips of how to deal with the drama queens out there?! She is constantly crying and in so much 'pain', and always wants to go to the hospital, but then she gets sent back the same day! UGH its driving me nuts, because she does have health problems, and there is going to be tha one time noone does anything and there really is something wrong!

Just so everyone knows, I didnt know it was so uncommon for pcas to be giving medications...Anyways, I do pass meds, do cna type work, housekeeping, serve meals and help with all the other bs, in ltc assisted living...(which i can assure you not many of the residents are NOT "ASSISTED" living... ) anyways, I took one 8 hr course and now im allowed to pass medications. ive been doing it for quite a while, and I dont really disagree with it, it is not rocket science to be able to read a MAR and pour pills. and as far as knowing about the side effects, etc, there is a computer with GOOGLE. Im not trying to step on anyones toes here, or offend nurses, Im just trying to justify what I do. We are overseen by a LPN or Charge nurse... so its not like we have to know everything.

Im allowed to pour and pass pills, do some treatments, and blood sugars insulin all that because i am "med trained"

I was in the middle of my 8pm med pass and everything that is anything was going on, call bells ringing, people falling you name it. Just as I was about to go into a patients room to give him his pills, another resident rang their call bell, well I must have had the other resident on my mind and grabbed his pills by mistake! I ended up give patient 1 another patients pills. I immediately knew I did it and freaked out. The thought crossed my mind of just not saying anything...but I could never live with myself if something were to happen to the patient because of my error. I confessed what I did to the charge nurse (im a pca) and she freaked out on me, told me i was irresponsible and not paying attention. Well, she was even more mad because she had to call the doctor at 9pm, I told her I would call him if shed like, but apparently doctors, dont communicate with little pcas. All in all the doctor said it would be OK and the pills I gave the resident wouldnt harm him. i had to fill out an incident report and now EVERYONE knows Im the pca who is the idiot and gave the wrong pills...I know everyone knows because the charge nurse told 2 cnas and of course it will get around. Now, an inservice is ordered for "med errors and how to prevent them" on account of me. I am just very upset, because I know fellow PCAs who have done stuff like this and never reported it. It will probably go 'in my file' and now everyone will look at me like a dumb ass. Part of me wishes I just would have NOT reported it, but I think I am overall happy that I got the drs OK, because I would have been worried for days. I know a lot of my coworkers who miss doses, or have given night pills instead of day pills, etc! Nothing like this happens to them! UGHHHH. Thanks for listening to my vent hah.

Yes I am talking about a resident... pt. its LTC. And yes my coworker talks to the pt about other pts... i jus feel awkward, because it puts a strain on the relationship with me and the pt because she doesnt like me because i dont tell her crap!! she already knows everything because my coworker tells her, and shell say stuff to me like "oh resident1 has diarreah, has it stopped yet?" It is driving me up a wall!!!!

One of my coworkers is very close with one of our residents, theyve just become good friends since my coworker started working there...like they go out to dinner, and talk on the phone ... whatever.. Anyways, this coworker I always overhear her telling this resident about all the other residents!! Like for example: Resident will be like "what was wrong with soandso tonight" And my coworkers will tell her everything right now to the diagnosis!! I feel like Im in a weird position because this resident now expects me to tell her stuff like that too!! And I always say were not allowed, but then she says well "Coworker" tells me! I feel like its not right, but maybe Im wrong.....