In The Facilities

So last Mon was our first night in the facilities.

Due to HIPAA laws and regulations I really cannot tell you any of my humorous stories...

However I am allowed to tell you that it was a lot better than I thought and I had a lot of fun.  Being in the nursing home is at first overwhelming but in time you get used to it.  I'm really excited to get to know the residents there.  Some of them are just hilarious.  I'm scared for next week, but I'm excited too.  I didn't really do a whole lot this week, I just kind of followed my CNA around and watched her do everything, but it was a good learning experience nonetheless and I enjoyed it thouroughly.. . (I don't know how to spell that word.. it looks odd but anyways you get what I mean).

I learned that working in health care is pretty much like any other job when it comes to your coworkers and the what not.  You have the people who do their job like a maniac, and everyone else's too, and you have those people who don't do their job, and they don't help anyone else either.  It doesn't seem fair to have that kind of a person in health care when lives are on the line but I saw a lot of that going down in the facility.  My student partner and I had a CNA who was pretty much doing everyone else's job, and hers on top of it.  You have those people who go out for a cigarette break and those people who text and all that.   It's frustrating but I don't care where you work that kind of stuff is going to happen.