achot chavi

achot chavi

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  1. Is it like this in your facility?

    achot chavi replied to lexibear99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    NEVER SIGN SOMETHING YOU DIDN"T DO!!!!! I cant repeat that enough. If you didn't manage to finish your treatments ( a no-no in my books but I assume you have a good reason) You must pass it on to the...

  2. Is it like this in your facility?

    achot chavi replied to lexibear99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You didn't collect unemployment? Wouldn't go back to that miserable place if you paid me and I pity the patients

  3. Mds Nurse And Actng Don

    achot chavi replied to gonenutz's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Take a deep breath and remember your calm exterior is more important than anything- any problems can really be blamed on your predecessor and you will work on improving them. Projecting the image...

  4. Getting care plan info to your staff

    achot chavi replied to ejpip1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We also have unit meetings every week which we keep minutes of and each week we highlight and discuss the careplan of every new patient and if there arent new patients that week we pick problematic...

  5. Please help me come up with a name for a New LTC facility!!

    achot chavi replied to Singlemom40's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Please tell your uncle that the name is the least important aspect of the place- he should be racking his brains out on the more important aspects of the place- hiring warm, competent staff, creating...

  6. Accuracy with new admissions!!

    achot chavi replied to greencatgreencat's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Nothing takes the place of good old fashioned experience and learning from your

  7. Venting about a CNA calling in sick...GRRR!

    achot chavi replied to flashpoint's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Similar thing happened to me- the CNA had a whole bunch of excuses- I started to give her the worst shifts till she just stopped showing up and THEN I fired her for multipe unexcused absences. Today...

  8. slow with papper work...I might be to slow for new job

    achot chavi replied to bcollins61's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    THere is no magic way to quicken the paper work load- just grin and bear it- It helps me to suck on a mint candy etc. Quicker is not always better. Eventually the words will come easier and faster....

  9. Incentive for aides

    achot chavi replied to qajen's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Someone should approach a magazine like Readers Digest to hold a caregiver or CNA of the year recognition certificate like they do for

  10. Laundry Woes

    achot chavi posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    We have a huge problem with laundry not being returned to the unit. We are a 200 bed facility with 5 units and one large laundry room. Every patients clothing is marked with their names on a colored...

  11. Incentive for aides

    achot chavi replied to qajen's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Pictures paint a thousand words and keep their attention so I rent or buy professional videos on a variety of pertinent topics for the CNA:s and it does my job for me. We always have an interesting...

  12. Patient Care or Man Handling???

    achot chavi replied to hippylady7211's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think that you have to look at the problem from a different angle. I have some experience with what you're describing as homeless men (filthy with everything you can imagine- lice, feces, nails...

  13. Do I have what it takes?

    achot chavi replied to Ilovelucy2's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    You can and will succeed !!.. 3 years ago I was brought in from the outside( having been a PCC/Charge Nurse for some years already) to be ADON of our 200 bed SNF, our DON wanted someone who she could...

  14. Incentive for aides

    achot chavi replied to qajen's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    i try to use employee evaluations to correct the behaviors that are unproductive and motivate the outstanding employees into becoming teachers and role models for the others. i often tell my best cna...

  15. Accuracy with new admissions!!

    achot chavi replied to greencatgreencat's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I use professional videos to help my staff develop the skills they need to do a proper admission- including making the patient feel welcomed, help him adjust, etc. I use personal example to show how...

  16. New Aide with No Common Sense!

    achot chavi replied to jacesmom2's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I think 2 months is enough time to catch on to the work and learn to get along with others. If she were just slow-paced- I would say give her more time, but with these problems already under her belt...

  17. ulcer dressing won't stick

    achot chavi replied to mickeymouse123's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have an adhesive spray that is intended for stoma bags that could work, you didn't describe the wound so I dont know what stage it is etc, but what works well with wounds in this area is 1....

  18. Venting about a CNA calling in sick...GRRR!

    achot chavi replied to flashpoint's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    inexcusable- what if ur cellphone wasn't with you - being repaired or whatever- an SMS is not an accepted form for this. She knows she wouldn't like to come to work and find out that she is working...

  19. Incentive for aides

    achot chavi replied to qajen's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I write letters to thank CNA's who go above and beyond and it gets put in their files. Thank you's are still important, but twice a year we send 3 employees (with their date) to a fancy restaurant,...

  20. Another Misleading Story

    achot chavi replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Any normal thinking individual watches the news programs and knows that there are good stories for every bad- for example not long ago there was a terrible story about ER care and a patient died in...

  21. Another Misleading Story

    achot chavi replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow! I hope ABC reads this thread. Yes we are understaffed, but we do the best we can with what we've got- with all the cutbacks lately- its only going to get harder. As we like to say- work with...

  22. new grad ADON

    achot chavi replied to texasbsn's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Work your way up- its much better than risking coming crashing down- depending on the facility and support and instruction you get- and your own talents and abilities- you can be fast tracked, but as...

  23. ADON week end shifts

    achot chavi replied to springlover's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Doesn't matter what we all do - do you have a contract that spells out your hours? (I do ) if you don't , and if the facility needs you- I think you have to show some flexibility. If its a problem,...

  24. Microphones and Web Cams

    achot chavi replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Educating the family is an important aspect of pt care when the patient is going home and the family will care fr the pt at home, we all agree. re:previous meds, I too have found situations where meds...

  25. DONS working the floor in LTC?

    achot chavi replied to sparkles_2221's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It only happens when we cant fill a call-in but when it happens- she finds the warts and pimples and gets things fixed as only she can. We can complain for half a year about a problem and nothing...