juley0129

Thanks so much! The medical Director is the MD who keeps agreeing with the families. I have sat down with this lady about getting her mom up. She is very adament about leaving her in bed. She came once before when she was up and said something to be and I explained why we get her up and she seemed ok, but yesterday when the MD was there and she was up, she went balistic. I am just glad it's almost over. Thanks again.

Thanks for your input! That is why the daughter was mad (why I called a care plan meeting). I sent her mom to the ER after three nitro's did nothing for this women's chest pain. She says mom has reflux really bad and it hurts like He--. They sent her back from the ER and said nothing was wrong, but I am sorry, if someone is crying out with chest pain and mylanta (which we did try first) and nitro doesn't help, they are taking a trip.

Our Social Service person is brand new and has never worked in a Nursing Home. There is not anything in her papers about emergency care for chest pain, etc. I am at a loss as what to do. Also, I feel the same way you do. Every since I came to work there, everyone in the facility has gotten out of bed. This lady is not terminal. It is very frustrating when the Doc seems to do whatever makes the family happy. State is due this week for a follow up from before I came full-time, and I don't want to be there to explain these things to them that I don't even agree with.

I am resigning from my position at the Long Term Care Facility where I have been working for the last two months. They have had 4 DON's in the last year. I was already disgusted because they have no on call RN's and inadequate CNA staffing and I was having to go in to cover shifts on the weekend. (CNA's and Nurses). The day I put in my resignation was last Tuesday, when at a Care Plan Meeting, I called:the family member didn't want her mother sent to the Hospital anymore for chest pain because she is "old and has a demented mind". This women is ambulatory and eats a regular diet, but she has Alheimers Disease and is very confused. The daughter has Legal Papers saying she has power over medical decisions, but that doesn't include Emergency Care, Does it? The MD agreed with the daughter and said we wouldn't send her out to the Hospital anymore. Today, a family member came in angry because every since I have been at the Nursing Home, her mother has been out of bed everyday. She said her mother is old and dying and she wants her left in bed. This women has no actue disease. She has an old CVA which leaves her in a semi-vegatative state. Once again, the MD agreed that we would never get her out of be again. I don't think I am going to work until my resignation is up on Friday. What are your thoughts?