Carolyn_61

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1. Venting about a new CNA...this is really, really long!

   Carolyn_61 replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

   I wish more medical establishments would have In-Services about how negative attitudes and comments can affect your co-workers, the patients or residents, and the general mood of the place. I read...

2. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

   Carolyn_61 replied to December716's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I agree...besides there's really no way of knowing what anybody is doing or has done unless you had walked in their shoes. I can't even plan my own day. One morning I thought, "Okay, I'll shower...

3. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

   Carolyn_61 replied to December716's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Some of us have taken to bringing some supplies from home. I carry around my own tube of Desitin. And I know a couple of other CNAs who actually bring their own can of air freshener. I agree about...

4. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

   Carolyn_61 replied to December716's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   We each do about 2 or 3 showers a day, which, I think, works out pretty well. Btw, the schedule above for days works for me now. They just switched me to

5. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

   Carolyn_61 replied to December716's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Wow! Thanks! I know it took a bit of your time to write all that out! I'm comparing it in my mind with what I do. I think I'm mainly just slow right now. I've noticed that it takes longer for me...

6. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

   Carolyn_61 replied to December716's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I just had a thought I wanted to share here. I don't think the lazy CNAs who truly hate their jobs and care nothing for the residents or patients would spend much of their free time on a forum like...

7. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

   Carolyn_61 replied to December716's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Hey! I have a good recent example of not knowing enough about a resident! Last week one of the residents, a partially paralyzed resident who I didn't think could stand at all, asked me to turn his...

8. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

   Carolyn_61 replied to December716's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I know this is going to open myself to attack, but hey, here it goes anyway. BTW, I am a new CNA so be gentle please. It's a little impractical, especially if the resident is difficult to lift without...

9. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

   Carolyn_61 replied to December716's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Yeah for MA! Boo for KY. :-( Yeah for squirrels!

10. why are cna's treated like they are stupid and replaceable?

    Carolyn_61 replied to Purple Princess's topic in Geriatric, LTC

11. Has your definition of a nurse changed?

    Carolyn_61 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have to repent in dust and ashes for my early ignorance of the importance of nurses. When I was younger, I had the misconception that nurses just recorded vitals and made sure the patient was...

12. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

    Carolyn_61 replied to December716's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I feel like we kind of got off the subject with all the talk about bedbaths. I think this could be a more useful thread if we keep with your original question which, I think, was on the lines of...

13. You can't go upside down when you menstruate?

    Carolyn_61 replied to jen42's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so glad I wasn't taught hardly any of that stuff! I was taught to only sponge bathe and not take a bath on my period. In a desperate attempt to get clean one time, I discovered on my own that...

14. You can't go upside down when you menstruate?

    Carolyn_61 replied to jen42's topic in General Nursing

    As far as not walking into temples and stuff like that, I wonder if that might be because women used to not wear any underwear. I have 3 daughters and I'd hate to have them walking around bleeding...

15. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

    Carolyn_61 replied to December716's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Whoa! Maybe "wipe them down" sounded bad, though that's exactly how she put it. Everybody gets 2 showers a week at our facility, not just one. The reason it came up was because I couldn't find a...