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She went home. The bedpan queen went home. I hope the husband has extra sheets.

I should have told someone but I am afraid of what they might do to me, Yeah look what they did to me. But you think the Board of Nursing knows this goes on and sees it all the time?

Here's a new one for you. An aid went home sick in the middle of our shift. 3am. We had to take her residents and divide them up. You know how that goes. Well I had about 6 of her residents 4 men and 2 women. I went into the men's room to check on these guys after the aid left. I found a urinal inside place inside the man's brief (diaper) and then the diaper was taped shut. It was so tight. When I pulled back the covers all I saw was this tremendous bulge inside the brief. I could not believe it. The aid put it there so she would have to change him all night. This man was not alert and oriented. So he didn't know what was going on. I could have ran out to the nurse and tattled on her. I just shook my head took it out and checked to see if he had any cuts on his private from the sharp plastic edges around the urinal. Luckily there wasn't. See if I did that they would right up there in the nurse's face tattling on me. When I saw the girl the few nights later I said something to her and she told me that they all do that cause he's a heavy wetter. We don't all do that, I don't. Can you beat that one?

I love young people don't get me wrong. I have 5 kids they have very high work standards. They take their jobs seriously, but the ones that start the problems in the nursing homes are the young girls who are butt kissers. They look busy but do no work at all. I had a hall partner in New York that was only 20 years old and she was awesome. This place I work at has some of the worse workers I have ever seen.

The woman in question had a urostomy bag. I emptied the bag and poured the urine in the toilet she said I meaning me spilled urine on her and then poured it in the toilet. I emptied almost 720cc's in the toilet. They said she was soaked from head to toe in urine. No way. I say she spilled her water cup while trying to take a drink. She and her roommate each had 2 cups due to the fact they wanted more around 5:00 am both had water in them. This woman would have screamed yelled if she was wet like that. I never saw the sheets. They are over reacting. She never even put her light on I did my rounds on her at 6:15a and checked her again round 7:00a 20 mins before I left she was sleeping. I am not asking for legal advice either this is not going to court. Look they always believe the resident no matter how demented they are we all know that so I guess I'll pay a fine and move on. I still can work as usual. My license in not suspended like they do in some serious cases. The guy told me no one will even know if I don't tell them. They guy from state couldn't even find my paperwork when I returned his call. I don't even think anything is going to come of it. The woman was not hurt. Social services wasn't even called they never contacted me and it's been since May 24th. As a CNA I am sick and tired of having to justify everything I do. One little complaint and they are on you like white on rice. The past 5 years it has gotten worse and worse. Just the thought I worked my butt off at that place for slave wages and this is the way I got treated. The DON should do the job for a night. She told me she was a CNA for one week and quit. They really should look at what they hire too. They hire them and we have to put up with them while we are working.

The of these young aids have a small child at home, her man left her, no child support, just plain miserable young girls. This was an easy job for them to get into I agree. They have no life experience. They talk of becoming nursing OMG please help. They would make terrible nurses.Now I praise male aids. Most of the male aids I have worked with are awesome, they are professional and don't gossip just do their jobs. I hope there are some young men out there reading this. My son is a CNA and he is awesome. You see the female aids don't bother the male aids. It is a given. Thanks for letting me vent. I still have to worry about the Nursing Board and the wet bed. What honestly could happen to me. Pay a fine? I didn't suspend my license or anything. They are just investigating. They want a statement and I'm afraid to tell them I think I was sabbataged. What do you think>

they are investigating a wet bed and that I spilled urine on the bed and left it for the 7-3 aid to clean it up. How absurd. If anything she spilled her water cup all over herself. But if she did wet the bed to get me in trouble that is abuse. It is funny DCF social services never even contacted me over it. Sounds funny to me. Well I took a nice 2 week break and now off to a real job with agency they gave me 72 hrs of Hospice,

They have a few CNA's there that are down right horrible. The night shift has to get up 4 people each in the morning. but if they don't want to get up no means no and the nurse tells us to leave them in bed OMG we get these poor people up at 5 in the morning. I wouldn't want to get up that early if I was 90 yrs old would you?If I don't have them up that aid she goes off the wall and goes and tells the nurse. Like a little baby. The nurse tells her they didn't want to get up. She has fits. I think she wet that woman's bed on purpose. That woman is one of her 7am get ups when she comes in. If she comes in. She calls off so much its a wonder she didn't get fired.

already told you she puts herself on the bedpan and turns on her light when she needs it empty. I didn't even know she was on the bedpan. Look bottom line the CNA doesn't want to do any work she comes to work angry and upset she just wants to have social gathering with the othe aids and I am done

they are trying to fill the beds so they mix LTC and rehab together. The trend is changing. Rehab used to be filled on the other side of the building.Now its full of dementia patients, fall risks, alarms going off all the time. Maybe the nursing homes are screwing over Medicare I don't know. The LTC ones are staying on that side for a lot longer than Medicare allows. Don't really know and some of the rehabers want to go home and the nursing home and Pt won't let them. They keep telling them they need more theraphy.

no actually this resident puts herself on the bedpan and you just have to empty it. Yes all of us were being written up for not clocking out on time. No overtime at all ever they don't even pay for a 40 hr week. All this day aid had to do was empty it. It was already past my time to go. by 15 mins. Nursing is a 24 hr operation. WE have changing of the shifts. The gal just doesn't get it. I wasn't going on a break it was the END of my night shift. I would never go on my break and leave anyone on a bedpan or toilet she was taking over...when does the the job end????????? I loathe nursing homes and I am done. Its like a sweat shop. The residents suffer dearly.years ago the nursing homes were not like this. The aids got respect. We are over worked and grossly underpaid. I got a job with an agency paying almost double yes double than what I was making in the nursing home. they say in July the Aid to resident ratio is going to up again now we are going to have more residents to take care of. I had 25 working nights. When does it end? They are not getting the proper care anymore. they have LTC mixed in with rehab who are a/o x 3 who are demanding and are on the lights all night. That takes away from the LTC to give them the care they need. It nuts!

I never get respect. I hate to say it but the younger CNA's take over the place. The management like them around it looks good for business. The day shift is like a Romper Room shift. I am on the working shift. I really think the CNA that took over at 7am did something to sabatage me. I had a resident on a bedpan and it was time for me to clock out and she said you can't leave until you take her off the bedpan I said "I have to go my shift is over". She got very angry at me. I've seen her angry before. So I was wondering if she made that resident wet because that woman was totally dry, warm and sleeping when I left. If she wasn't she would have been yelling. The woman also is not totally with it in the head.

That is like 43 residents apiece that has to be illegal. These nursing homes fool around with the hours and get away with it. The residents are not getting the proper care. I work in Florida and it's the same thing here. they are working us to the bone. Plus the pay stinks.

I have a resident that uses the bedpan every hour on the hour during the night. She uses the big big bed pan. It holds a quart, I measured it. She overflows this bed pan 8 times every night. I can't believe all the urine that comes out of her. She says she going home. I don't think her husband will be able to handle her at night...she'll be back.

I am a Certified Nursing assistant I have been one for almost 40 years. I've been there and done it. I've seen it all. Our work load is getting harder and harder everyday. I decided to take the night shift thinking it was easier but it isn't. I have been finding it hard to get out on time in the morning and the supervisor talked to me about it. Well to the problem. To me it's a big problem. I got fired May 23. The 7-3 gal found one of my residents laying soaking wet in bed. I didn't see it but they said she was wet from head to toe. The problem is is that she has a urostomy. The resident told them that I spilled urine all over her and left it for the 7-3 gal to clean it up. I emptied her urostomy in the graduate about 700cc's drained out and I poured it down the toilet. I never spilled a thing on the resident. I was already home when I got the call that I was fired. I asked if they checked her water cup and they said no. Well I got fired anyway and now they reported me to the board of nursing and I am being investigated. I just found another job this time I am going to agency to work. I'm done in nursing homes.