That's not what I had in mind

[amason2021, CNA]

The facility I work at is under new ownership. But the cattiness of the staff(most are pleasant to begin with) is down right ugggh. And a resident, who is now hospice due to brain cancer, was groping the aide every time she gave care(and management did nothing prior to resident getting the hospice diagnosis, and she told resident it's inappropriate more than once and she had enough yesterday she refused to go in to give care because of it). And one of my trainers and our administrator got into an argument over lack of hoyer slings and not getting a female resident out of bed due to lack of said slings my first day on the floor. Sigh. I thought this was a nice facility and would be a change of pace for me. Is it that bad or is it 50/50?

[Cali]

Hi there!

I see this post is from February, but going forward, please report incidents like this to the department of public health.  The fact that the CNA refused to provide care is neglect.  It's also very concerning another resident had to remain in bed due to a lack of hoyer slings.  This is NOT okay.  You can report these incidents anonymously (if you choose) online or by phone.  Please do your due diligence as a mandated reporter if you see incidents like this again.

[delrionurse]

Cali said:

Hi there!

I see this post is from February, but going forward, please report incidents like this to the department of public health.  The fact that the CNA refused to provide care is neglect.

Why should a woman put up with groping at a facility when they told management they felt uncomfortable and nothing was done. The CNA didn't feel comfortable providing care and let management know. LTC's are understaffed and it's hard to get help (2 people in the room to provide care every time). How is that neglect if the proper people were notified? I can see 'gaging' the situation because the person had a medical condition, but each and every time getting groped, and being required to do your duties under those conditions warrant some action, such as moving the CNA to another unit. 

[heron, ASN, RN]

One of the core responsibilities of hospice nursing is teaching caregivers how to approach the more distressing symptoms common to people who are dying. Behavior changes are common in neurological diseases in general and brain cancer in particular. .Especially disinhibition.

The individual CNA is absulutely correct in refusing to continue being sexually assaulted.

There are ways floor nurses can support her: rotating assugnments, two caregivers when direct physical care is being done, you get the idea ...

If management can't provide the resources needed to care for this dying man properly, they should be reminded that this is a workplace safety issue. There could be legal liability issues from the pt's family, the CNA, or both.