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Blackcat99
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I am a nurse who is taking care of a mildly DD/physical birth defects patient at a group home. I was told by the night shift live-in aide at the group home to stop waking her up at night to help me turn my large paraplegic patient during the night. I want him turned every 2 hours because he has bedsores. What I want to know is: Are group homes required to have "awake staff" on the night shift? Are group home staff required to help me turn the patient at night or am I out of luck?. It is very difficult to turn this man properly by myself. The night aide says she is allowed to sleep at night and that she is not obligated to help me turn the patient at night.