--- In nursingassistantsonly@yahoogroups.com, peaches45208
<no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> Let me say this, those 10 "forever" minutes you spend with that
> one patient could actually mean the world to them. And did you
ever
> think that the reason some patients push their call buttons all the
> time is because they really want some company? Too often patients
> get treated like just that, "patients", a word, a chore, something
to
> make us exasperated. Once you start managing to make time for the
> people you are assisting, you will find that everything else will
> fall into place. I have been care-giving quite some time, and the
> most important thing you can do as a new CNA is to learn that each
> person on your wing, or hall, or floor deserves to be cared for in
> the best possible manner, no matter if it takes 2 minutes or 45.
> Don't categorize these people into hardest and easiest, you are de-
> humanizing them when those thoughts enter your head. I've seen a
> million care-givers come and go and the ones that stick around and
> enjoy what they do are they ones that take the time to know the
> people they are helping. This is meant to be an insightful, but
> blunt reply. I really hope you learn to enjoy the folks you are
> helping and managing time will become a breeze.
>
>
>
> --- In nursingassistantsonly@yahoogroups.com, shell0072000
> <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In nursingassistantsonly@yahoogroups.com, "Amy" <alkpink@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > i am a new cna(2 months in), and would appreciate some tips on
> > managing
> > > my time with the residents. Thank you!!
> >
> >
> > The way I try to manage my time is by getting the hardest
patients
> > done first. Then move on to the easiest, that way if I get tied
up
> > somewhere else the biggest part of the job is done. I always
found
> > that total care patients could be done quicker even though their
> the
> > hardest. The ones who can get up and about by themselves always
> need
> > much more and are constantly ringing out for something. Turning a
> > patient is pretty quick, but when you have to stand for 10
minutes
> and
> > wait for a patient to stand at the sink just to brush their teeth
> it
> > takes forever.
> >
Yeah! I guess your right. I demoralize my patients. I work Med/Surg
and ICU. Actually been a CNA for 17 years and now I'm an RN. I don't
have to classify by easiest and hardest anymore. I classify by
Airway, Breathing, Circulation. (When you classify patient's it's
called "Triage") Now I get to demoralize my patient's to keep them
alive. I guess that's the difference between hospital and nursing
home patient's. I was just trying to help when I told the poster how
to try and make her job easier. It's worked for 17 years. I thought
we all were entitled to an opinion without a rude response. Now I'll
leave and go to the RN group. Thank You Peaches! This was an
educational but blunt response, Hope it helps.
>