Comments on: Spot Light: Filling In The Blanks http://nursingassistants.net/2008/04/20/spot-light-filling-in-the-blanks/ Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Holly http://nursingassistants.net/2008/04/20/spot-light-filling-in-the-blanks/comment-page-1/#comment-39262 Holly Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:40:29 +0000 http://nursingassistants.net/?p=957#comment-39262 I once worked with a CNA who faked all her care! I caught her one day spraying the shower stall down with water and she had the towels on the floor...where they got all damp. So if someone were to go into that bathroom to check for so called signs of a shower it would look good. The resident was in bed and got a qick bed bath and nothing more. The aide went to the trouble of wetting down his hair and even sprayed it with his old spice colone. He sure smelled like he had the shower. But he didn't. Later on when we did rounds and got to him, we could tell he wasn't showered by all the creams and thick coating of powders still on him! His groin SMELLED really bad and so did his feet. I reported this and was blown off. The aide in question was amentor and no one dared to speak up to her behind-the-privacy-curtains ethics. It took years of reports like mine before something was done. And that was little- she was spoekn too. She quit a few months after that little wrist slap. We want to report things but its the higher ups who don't want to do anything. I once worked with a CNA who faked all her care! I caught her one day spraying the shower stall down with water and she had the towels on the floor…where they got all damp. So if someone were to go into that bathroom to check for so called signs of a shower it would look good.
The resident was in bed and got a qick bed bath and nothing more. The aide went to the trouble of wetting down his hair and even sprayed it with his old spice colone. He sure smelled like he had the shower. But he didn’t. Later on when we did rounds and got to him, we could tell he wasn’t showered by all the creams and thick coating of powders still on him! His groin SMELLED really bad and so did his feet.

I reported this and was blown off. The aide in question was amentor and no one dared to speak up to her behind-the-privacy-curtains ethics. It took years of reports like mine before something was done. And that was little- she was spoekn too.

She quit a few months after that little wrist slap.

We want to report things but its the higher ups who don’t want to do anything.

]]> By: Rhoda http://nursingassistants.net/2008/04/20/spot-light-filling-in-the-blanks/comment-page-1/#comment-39256 Rhoda Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:39:40 +0000 http://nursingassistants.net/?p=957#comment-39256 This is not only wrong -- but illegal too. It is falisfying a legal document (the patient's medical record). It can and should mean her losing her job and maybe even her CNA license. You definately need to let the nurse supervisor and DON know of this. I know it is extra work - but - take the actual v/s on those patients after she ahs done so - while she is still in the room. Just think - if that was your family member, would you want them cared for in this manner? When a patient is sick or dying - the v/s are often the first indication. You may be new - but this is a GREAT time to stand up for your self and your patients and say something. Chances are that if you know this- other staff does too and they may be willing to say someting if you do first. If you are afraid to say something - Remember - you are being a patient advocate - the voice for someone who cannot say someting for themselves. This is not only wrong — but illegal too. It is falisfying a legal document (the patient’s medical record). It can and should mean her losing her job and maybe even her CNA license. You definately need to let the nurse supervisor and DON know of this. I know it is extra work – but – take the actual v/s on those patients after she ahs done so – while she is still in the room. Just think – if that was your family member, would you want them cared for in this manner? When a patient is sick or dying – the v/s are often the first indication. You may be new – but this is a GREAT time to stand up for your self and your patients and say something. Chances are that if you know this- other staff does too and they may be willing to say someting if you do first. If you are afraid to say something – Remember – you are being a patient advocate – the voice for someone who cannot say someting for themselves.

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