Last night I had two non dementia residents get out of bed, pee on the floor, and hit cnas. One we had to call the sheriffs to 5150. My facility is 48 rooms, two to a room, and 4 cnas. I typically work in the lower locked unit for the dementia residents. I’m going to talk to management tomorrow and need advice on what to say. In both cases the resident didn’t have prn meds and couldn’t get ahold of doctor. We don’t have soft restraints in the facility and had a bunch of baby cnas/lvns on the clock.

I know we did the best we could, there was nothing else but to follow him at a distance and keep residents away. I kept telling the lvn and cnas someone needed to call dr or cops since it was nearing 5 am when multiple confused residents get up and wander around the hallways. This res in the report has serious mental health conditions but no meds besides Tylenol.

I’m going to bring up the mngment that we have no options and not enough resources with res like this. We can’t keep them locked in their room because they have roommates and a bathroom the leads into the next room. Can’t keep them in bed because there’s no restraints. It took 3 male cops to get this guy handcuff, but they want a couple experienced cnas and mostly new ones to handle him?

Please excuse spelling/grammar/ format mistakes. I wrote the report @5 am with adrenaline rushing through me and this post just after waking up.

I have pretty much the same group every time, I love my residents. I joke around with them and talk to them. Yeah I get annoyed and stressed but I like playing around and joking.

It’s weird having joy at work, I used to do shitty retail jobs and hate my life. After seeing so many people die in my life and healthcare , I just want to make their end of the stretch of their life good. Yeah they piss me off sometimes, but I enjoy seeing them tbh.

I know I need to detach more but I like talking to them even though I’m thinking about managing all these patients. They hold a special place in my life and when they die I think about them but I have to keep pressing on and put my joy into someone else.

It’s something about it making a person who can’t do anything by themselves smile and enjoy your presence that makes me happy.

I know it’s just a job, but I love it.

Honestly I got my cna license to support myself and get out of a bad situation but now I just feel so connected to it. I can’t explain it, it brings me pain to see so much suffering, but I enjoy being around these people and helping them.

It’s weird, I was so reserved when I started but now I feel like authentic at work. I see my residents more than I see my family or boyfriend.

I never thought I’d be doing this work, but I’m glad I chose to instead of a person who doesn’t care.

I work at an assisted living community. We have a married couple who live together, but our facility staff only provides care for the husband. The wife has private aides through an outside company. She’s apparently gone through several because she can be difficult, but there’s one aide who seems to be her favorite and is there pretty often.

This aide is seriously starting to get on my nerves.
I’ve read the husband’s care plan and I follow it. I actually tend to do a little extra for him when needed. But every time this private aide is there, she tries to tell us how to care for him even though he isn’t her client.

For example, I’ll bring him back from dining and before I can even do anything, she’ll say, “Make sure you change him because no one ever changes him.” That’s not true. He gets changed after meals and throughout the day as needed.

Another time he refused to go downstairs for dinner. We respected his choice and offered to have food brought to his room. She immediately said, “If you guys order him food, you need to sit in here and feed him because no one ever feeds him. Otherwise he won’t eat, so what’s the point?”

I explained that feeding him isn’t in his care plan because he’s capable of feeding himself and does so downstairs. But we will set it up and sit him at the table to do so as he’s done many times before and he does eat himself. She replied, “Well, I guess he just won’t eat then because I’m not feeding him. I’m not allowed to do stuff for him.”
Exactly… so why are you trying to direct his care?

She even hides the wipes in their room, the wipes their kids buy for them, because she says they’re “the wife’s wipes only.” One day I just went and got wipes elsewhere because I wasn’t about to search the room for wherever she hid them.

And these are just examples. There’s ALWAYS some comment about what we should be doing, what supposedly isn’t being done, or how we should care for him. It’s also the tone—she comes across very rude and condescending, like we’re incompetent.

At first I gave her the benefit of the doubt and thought maybe she was just concerned about him. But she does this with basically every aide who cares for him. Most staff just ignore her, do their job, and leave. People literally don’t want to work that floor partly because they don’t want to deal with her.

The sad thing is that the husband himself is so sweet and easy to care for. When this private aide isn’t there, taking care of him is a breeze.

I’m getting VERY close to finally saying something back, but I don’t want to lose my professionalism or create an issue at work.

For anyone who works in assisted living/LTC: how would you professionally shut this down and establish boundaries with an outside private aide?

I work NOC shift so there is no help. I’m usually the one changing myself. The nurse was giving me a rundown on each patient’s care plan and she tells me there’s a couple of patients who do not want the bed raised. But that would feel uncomfortable for me and some patients are already heavy and too immobile for me to even move them without me straining my back. I clocked out today and got home, slept, and woke up with the biggest lower back pain. I am used to heavy lifting in the gym too and never get back pain after a workout session. I really don’t want to mess up my lower back. What do I do at this point? Basically suck it up because I’m in this profession already?

I would be scared to get hired somewhere and be expected to dive right in since I don't even know what I remember. I want to refamiliarize myself, and maybe intern or shadow a CNA to get comfortable with the routine.

I really never used my certification once after getting it. I only did clinicals.

Has anyone else done this or know what I should do?

I'd be willing to do free work. I really don't want to take the CNA class again. Again, my license is active because I renewed it and wasn't asked to prove my work history...

Thanks!

Title. I have an exam at college on the same day as my cna skills test (in north carolina if that’s relevant), but my skills test is at 8 am and my college exam is at 11:15 am. My college is an hour away from my test site, so I need to test either first or second to make it work. I scheduled my cna exam before I knew of my exam schedule, my teacher won’t let us make up the exam or even take it if we are late.

I just wanted to share some good news I got today since we rarely have anything exciting to say in this group lol. I work NOCs so my manager called me yesterday to do my annual review and I got exceeds expectations for literally every thing except for Relias completion (meets expectations) Im sooo freaking happy especially bc I work NOCs. It feels so nice to be recognized for my hard work despite hardly ever seeing my managers 😊 this is the first and only facility I've ever worked at as a CNA and I've been there for about 4 years now, this is my 1st review as a NOC aide bc I used to work AMs. Anyways just wanted to say how important it is to find the right facility. If you feel unappreciated there is a facility somewhere that will recognize you for your hard work!

Any one else have some happy news to share? Even if its not work related, or just something you're proud of yourself for :)

I work in a SNF and we are a true rehab, we get people in they do therapy for 2-4 weeks and we get them back home. We currently have a resident who is driving me nuts. She is fully capable yet she wants us to do everything for her. When we try telling her “this is rehab you’re here for therapy so you can do this at home by yourself” she gets snappy and asks for her nurse, she tells us that what she’s going through is different and way harder than anything anyone else is going through. Don’t get me wrong what she’s going through is hard, and i have a lot of compassion for it, what i don’t have for it is patience. She’s told us multiple times how she would do this for herself at home. Just because we’re here to assist you think you don’t have to do anything?? I’m so beyond frustrated with her.

As most of you know we have scheduled shower days, for her situation we let her do a rinse off each morning however we only change the sheets on her scheduled shower days. Which is just “completely unacceptable”. She’s been refusing to walk. and just saying she just thinks she should be sent out to the hospital and honestly yeah go. You don’t want to do therapy, please get out of here.

I have residents that have had total hip replacements, heart surgeries or major strokes that do more than she does. I just think it’s crazy how some people almost don’t want to get better, they just want pity.

I recently put in my two weeks for my CNA job on a unit because the conditions have worsened significantly!

For the past couple of months, I’ve been a sitter for a patient. He has dementia and has been declining A LOT. He used to be alright, but now almost every shift there’s:

* Verbal aggression and screaming right in my face
* Physical aggression (smacking, slapping, biting)
* Inappropriate sexual comments

I can’t do it anymore. On top of that, whenever he is calm, I'm expected to carry out normal CNA duties (answering other call bells, providing hygiene care, etc.). I’m overworked and I've had enough.

My last shifts are coming up on a weekend, with the final day offering 1.5x pay (holiday). I’m considering calling out and just not showing up for these last two because of how awful it is.

The only thing holding me back is the 1.5x pay, but idk if that’s worth my sanity. School also starts right after, so I don’t want to be burned out and have it affect my classes or patient care.

**TL;DR:** I put in my two weeks for my awful cna job, but should I just call out for the final two shifts?

Hi 🥰I’m looking for a CNA job actually anywhere in Nairobi I also have experience Being a pharmacist and nurse from working in two private hospitals
I have the experiences and certificates if anyone is hiring I’d appreciate it

A resident of mine is declining, and it hurts to see. I told her I would draw a picture of her late husband months ago, as she misses him a lot. I have already completed half of it, thinking when I resign in a few months to move away I can five it to her then as I wont be her CNA at that point. She has suddenly declined, and I feel its now or never. Thoughts?

My husband said I should finish the portrait and give it to her before anything happens. He said it's only worth sentimental value, not monetary. I don't know my facility's policy on this exact scenario. I would give it to her quietly, and she keeps to herself so it shouldn't be a big thing.

Well technically I’m not certified I’m just a nursing assistant. My workplace offers education assistance. I am seriously considering going for my RN. I love the medical field, and want to go further.
I did not do great in school honestly but I had a very rough and unstable home life. I’m now married with 2 kids and life is just crazy. I don’t expect it to be easy by any means. But realistically how hard is it doing nursing school working 3 12s and having kids? What is the best way to approach this? I am kinda alone in this and honestly don’t know what to do or how to start. I just know I want something more for myself and my family.

I’ve reported her before to the DON directly face to face and nothing happened.

Just yesterday she shouted at my resident who has breathing problems to “be quiet” because she “couldn’t stand to listen to you wheeze anymore” and then he started crying and asking if she hated him. He has dementia. His behaviors only ever get bad when she’s here. He becomes combative and worked up and anxious because she’s always shouting at him that “YOURE FINE. BE QUIET” because he wheezes very loudly.

It’s very upsetting to me. This woman shouldn’t be a nurse, but what else can I do if it’s already been brought to the DON?

Hi all, I was wondering for those of you who drive to those that you are caring for, how do you keep supplies clean and organized in your car?

I’m talking, big bulky packs of incontinence briefs, wipes, gloves, shampoo, lotion, nail kits, basins, work bag, and everything else you must bring out to your patients/clients.

Has anyone used this plastic style soft bag for briefs? Are these considered acceptable to keep the supplies clean on the way? What is your go-to?