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Today was MUCH better! The staff was different, and the awful girl wasn't on at all. That pleased me. I got to see the care done, and help out with her care for the patient I will see tomorrow. I am worried a little, she's very heavy and it was hard to do her care with a CNA this morning.
I've found the smell of urine bothers me moreso than the smell of poop. I think it's because you see the poop, you get rid of it, and it's gone... with the urine, the stench stays in the room longer. It's also that you KNOW it's pee. When the poo smell bugs ya, you just shut your nose off, or pretend it's something else, but with pee, you cant' do taht.
Yesterday I fed a patient her breakfast, and had a hard time getting it down. She's got dysphagia, and dementia so she is a bit spacey with others. It's hard to get her to swallow, so after brekky yesterday, I looked in her careplan, and read how to get her to swallow and eat more. This morning, I tried again, and I was a bit late, but even considering I had 15 mins less with her, I got her to eat all of her rice krispies, her toast, most of her egg, all of her oranges and her juice down pretty smoothly! The trick was to ask her questions that you can't answer yes or no to... For example, when I asked her "Can you swallow for me, please", she'd nod and continue to hold it in her mouth. If I say "How do you spell your daughter's name?" she has to swallow before she can answer me. It's great.
The client I'm looking after tomorrow is depressed, and stays in her room a lot. Today, I wouldn't leave her alone, and she seemed very greatful. I pushed fluids on her, and offered to take her for a walk. We saw the greenhouse today, she hadn't been in there for a long time, she said. She's hard to get fluids into, and I got a glass and a half into her, as well as got her out of her room. I know when I graduate and am employed, I won't have that much time to spend with the clients, but it's nice to spend the time with them versus going around making beds and bumping rooms...
This is totally the job for me, if most days go like today and NOT like my very first day.
P.S. MM is mine! ( ;) for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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I've found the smell of urine bothers me moreso than the smell of poop. I think it's because you see the poop, you get rid of it, and it's gone... with the urine, the stench stays in the room longer. It's also that you KNOW it's pee. When the poo smell bugs ya, you just shut your nose off, or pretend it's something else, but with pee, you cant' do taht.
Yesterday I fed a patient her breakfast, and had a hard time getting it down. She's got dysphagia, and dementia so she is a bit spacey with others. It's hard to get her to swallow, so after brekky yesterday, I looked in her careplan, and read how to get her to swallow and eat more. This morning, I tried again, and I was a bit late, but even considering I had 15 mins less with her, I got her to eat all of her rice krispies, her toast, most of her egg, all of her oranges and her juice down pretty smoothly! The trick was to ask her questions that you can't answer yes or no to... For example, when I asked her "Can you swallow for me, please", she'd nod and continue to hold it in her mouth. If I say "How do you spell your daughter's name?" she has to swallow before she can answer me. It's great.
The client I'm looking after tomorrow is depressed, and stays in her room a lot. Today, I wouldn't leave her alone, and she seemed very greatful. I pushed fluids on her, and offered to take her for a walk. We saw the greenhouse today, she hadn't been in there for a long time, she said. She's hard to get fluids into, and I got a glass and a half into her, as well as got her out of her room. I know when I graduate and am employed, I won't have that much time to spend with the clients, but it's nice to spend the time with them versus going around making beds and bumping rooms...
This is totally the job for me, if most days go like today and NOT like my very first day.
P.S. MM is mine! ( ;) for
hotsauce17
