I am a CNA at a home with an RN overseeing care. She does not follow or share the care plan. The patient is an 89 yo Parkinsons/dementia female. Her husband is 90 and physically with it but has mentally checked out of wife's care and handed over to RN. RN removes medications and replaces with tons of supplements 4xs a day. The patient is in continuous pain but RN is reluctant to give prescribed meds. It's awful to watch. RN tries to make patient walk which is definitely not in care plan. She has husband manipulated and makes $30 an hour and schedules herself 200 hours a month. Am I crazy?
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200 hours a month is not unreasonable if she works weekends as overtime 2x/month.
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Not sharing the care plan, tinkering with the px, being lavish with her time (is she actually doing the work?)... if you have concerns about these things, you must report them. You can report them to your employer, to her employer, or in confidence to APS. But there are questions to be answered and you really don't have a choice - tell *somebody*.
Someone with more information should chime in.