RNurse1234

Thanks for all the input. I'm at a Rehab facility. Now that you mentioned a hover mat, I remember using it in the ICU. I'm going to bring that up at work. And today I had 2 people to help and we put a foley in last night so it was much better than the past 3 days. This patient would probably end up in LTC. I'm going to look at the bed as well. Thanks again.

I've been taking care of this patient for a 3 days and I'm exhausted. The patient is dead weight, can't grab or help at all. The tech, me, and another RN ached after doing all her care today. We used a ceiling lift but it takes a lot of muscles to turn, to lift the legs to clean, to pull and push to roll, etc. Since she is big, we had to push/pull her to a side before each turn and it takes many turns to get the pants and shirts on right. I was lucky to get the third person to help in the afternoon. In the morning it was just me for a while, but I was able to get a tech to help afterwards. We don't have enough man power for this basically and I probably have to care for her again tomorrow. I took some Aleve after I finished with her morning care cos my back started to hurt. Anyone has a tip on how to work with a large new quad patient?