Clinicals start at 0600 and I live a little over an hour away from the site. Getting up at 0330 is AMAZING. 😂
Coffee has officially become an addiction.
Our site is a memory care lock down unit.
We have each been assigned one resident to complete our patho packet on.
99% of my cohort have been working several years as CNAs or LPNs, myself included.
We are not allowed to transfer, bathe, toilet, or complete vital signs on our patients.
All of us kind of felt like:
The facility we’re at is understaffed, and we can all 100% empathize with that. (We have all gone through our LTC days)
So we all feel incredibly guilty for asking the CNAs and LPNs questions when we know they’re busy.
We all thought our patient would be our one patient to care for for the entire day (bath, dress, vitals, take to meals and activities).
I couldn’t even meet my patient today, because they were on lockdown for potential flu.
Things will be better once our instructor is sure on WTF we’re supposed to be doing.
For now we’ll go through their charts and work on our patho packet, while occasionally mingling.
