Duties of nurses aid in nursing homes in east texas?
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helping to groom, bathe,feed patients, following nursing care plans. This depends on how mobile the patients are. If you work on a floor with patients that can do all of the above themselves then you would just assist them in any way needed.The less mobile they are,the more help they will need.And to the other answerer: we don't give sponge baths unless the person can not get out of bed at all. If they are in a wheelchair, there is a special shower room where other nurses aides help them shower as well as mobile patients. Its a giant shower room where they just help them shower. And we don't use sponges. We use wash cloths.
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I don't know where you live, but in the US there are patient rights advocacy groups that can help you.  You can contact your county's Human Servces department for more information on that.  If the nursing home is attatched to a hospital, there are service directors that are available to talk to.  If it's a separate care nursing home, you can talk to the director of that nursing home.  You can also call your state representatives and congressmen's offices.  Often times it's an uphill battle because of liability and bad press, but if you are seriously concerned (like you sound like you are) persevere until you find someone who will listen.
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I don't know about Texas, but where I live in California, some of the convalescent homes offer free certified nursing assistant classes. I don't know if there is a catch to these free classes (like maybe you get the classes for free but you have to agree to work for that particular convalescent home for a certain period of time once you graduate from the classes). Might be worth checking out if you have some convalescent homes in your area.
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you all need to consider hiring a Nurse to come in and help you all...
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I don't live in your area, but often times, you can get a job at a nursing home and they will give you free training.  Also, at least in Ohio, if you pay for your training, and you work for a LTCF for at least a year afterwards, they must, by law, reimburse you for your training (if you request that they pay you).
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www.bne.state.tx.us if you are in texas, or search Board of Nurse Examiners.
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I worked in nursing homes for 10 yrs.It's almost the same as dealing with corpses sometimes.
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=yes there are boards of competency that oversee hospitals, nursing homes etc. unfortunately they are all "papered up" and put on a show for best behavior.  I know this from experience.  If you can possible keep a loved one at home, that is the safest and most loving environmentt they can be in..
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Many of the hospitals in my area have a branch of home visiting nurses.  The patients doctor needs to order this--like a prescription.  The nurses will visit maybe 2-3 times a week.  This branch of nursing care also have bath girls to go out and give the patients bathes.  They receive orders from the patient"s doctor and report the patient condition to the patient's doctor.  This is used mostly by the elderly, but not always.
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The duties of an ER doctor are to assess and diagnose a patients illness or injury, order appropriate scans or tests to aid in diagnosis and treatment, treat if possible, evaluate results and possibly call for a consultation with a specialist or surgeon.  They are also expected (as are nurses) to recognize symptoms and patterns of alcohol and/or drug abuse, child abuse, spousal abuse, rape, and molestation, and report to the police or other authorities if a crime has been committed
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HEALTH & SAFETY FOR SENIORS. The Office of the Attorney General seeks to protect senior Texans and other health-care service consumers from abuse, neglect, and exploitation. The Office of the Attorney General receives referrals from client agencies to pursue civil actions against long-term care facilities and to investigate incidents for criminal prosecution. The AG’s Consumer Protection & Public Health Division takes civil legal action to ensure quality treatment in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and home health agencies. The AG's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit investigates and refers to prosecutors cases involving abuse, neglect or exploitation in Medicaid-funded facilities. \n\nAbuse includes involuntary seclusion, intimidation, humiliation, harassment, threats of punishment, deprivation, hitting, slapping, pinching, kicking, any type of corporal punishment, sexual assault, sexual coercion, sexual harassment, verbal abuse, or any oral, written, or gestured language that includes disparaging or derogatory terms, regardless of the person's ability to hear or comprehend.\n\nNeglect means the failure of a caretaker to provide the goods or services, including medical services, which are necessary to avoid physical or emotional harm or pain. \n\nExploitation includes a caretaker's using the resources of a senior for monetary or personal benefit, profit, or gain. Seniors may need help with their finances, but unless they hand control over to another person, they have the same right as anyone else to receive, spend, invest, save, or give away their money. A family member, "friend," or nursing home may not take control of a senior’s money without that person's permission. Also, a resident of a nursing home or other facility may review all of his or her records. This includes medical, nursing, financial, social, contractual, and legal records. These records may not be released without the individual's permission, except when required by law or when the resident is transferred to another facility.\n\nIf you suspect a problem, discuss the matter with the nursing home, assisted living facility, or home health agency administrator. If you are aware of a specific act of abuse, neglect, or exploitation, you are required by law to report it. If the victim is in a nursing home or assisted living facility, or is in his or her home and using a home health agency, call the Department of Aging and Disability Services at 1-800-458-9858. Otherwise, call The Department of Family and Protective Services at 1-800-252-5400.
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Yes you can. A local hospital in my area hires them. A certified nursing assitant can work almost anywhere that hires them as long as they are under the supervision of a registered nurse. So go for that job! Most likely your duties would include helping patients to the bathroom who stay overnight for pain treatments,bathing non-ambulatory patients,etc. They need CNAs just as much as any other hospital. I don't know what state you live in but here are north carolinas regulations.\n*Employment MUST include ALL FOUR (4) of the following to qualify for listing renewal:\n1) Work is for monetary compensation\n2) Work is as a nurse aide, performing direct patient care\n3) Work is under the supervision of a registered nurse\n4) Total time worked equals eight (8) hours or more
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Here in rural tennessee, I've had to do salary surveys before.  Nursing homes pay new hires that are certified anywhere from minimum wage to about 9.50/hr.  Home health and hospice start around 8 and private duty starts anywhere from 9-12, depending on the case.
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i was a cert. nursing asst for almpst 20 years doing private duty for the elderly in their homes. you can go that route that way they get to have their privacy some of the time but have someone come visit on a daily or weekly basis, than you can still come off and on to visit see how things are going. i live in ohio now so differrent than florida but call home health agencies also they sometimes just have people like you letting them know if anyone needs the same thing ya know. also check paper an/or put an ad in the paper. under roomates. no matter what make sure you check them out background check etc, good luck
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Sorry, cant help you there, but congratulations on becoming a graduate nurse. I am too, an LPN. It is a very rewarding position to hold. I work with geriatric patients in an long term care environment, specializing in Alzheimer's. We need dedicated nursed to help make health care in America the best it can be..signed, Dedicated to the bone.
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How about doing some volunteer work in a hospital or nursing home??? People there  NEED you to help them
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In Oklahoma you can go to the State agencies that use CM such as the Health Department, Mental Health Dept., Department of Human Services (DHS). A lot of your Home Health Agencies hire CM and look for RN Case Managers. In Oklahoma we have a program call "ADVANTAGE" it is ran through the Dept. of Human Services and Long Term Care Authority. Again there are a lot of Comprehensive Health Care  (CHC) (home health agencies) that contract with DHS to provide CM. The Advantage Program is designed to target the elderly and disabled that would other wise be in a nursing facility. Advantage is a Federal Waiver Program, the Feds gave each state a grant and told them to take care of these people outside of the nursing facility environment. Every State has an Advantage Program (other states may call it by a different name. You should be able to go to the Health Dept or Department of Human Services in any state and get info on this program.