Hello, it's me again........with another "how do you do this in your facility" question!!!
We're having problems in our facility with residents going out for outside appointments: cardiologist, their own eye doctor, f/u after surgery, etc. We do have some clinics in our facility, but not enough. Our policy is that if a capable/willing family member (i.e., strong enough to transfer from w/c to exam table or from w/c to toilet) is not with the resident, one of our staff members muct accompany the resident. Of course, this usually means a CNA. This, in turn, puts our CNA:resident ratio off while the CNA and resident are out of the building.
Just as a point of reference, my facility has approximately 350 beds and my unit has 46 beds.
We've brainstormed our little hearts out and can't seem to come up with an answer. Of course, we've talked about having more clinics right in our facility, but that takes time. This is a real problem RIGHT NOW!!
