Also, if I had to carry something over to the sink, I was always afraid to lose my grip. Answer to question #14a I don't have the strength nor stamina to do any kind of yard work not to mention, my allergies are kicking my butt. I have terrible sinus problems and watery eyes that I am trying to get under control. Laundry, I will start a load and not finish it because too much overload causes me to flare up. As for household chores, I have tried sweeping occasionally but because I have pain in my lower back it causes great discomfort.
This may seem like an easy task, but in reality, is one of the hardest things to do. The sheer number of people packed into the coin laundry contributes to massive chaos. Individuals are conversing with others, people are impatiently waiting for me to insert quarters into their machines and walking through the cramped, humid building is a nightmare. This job lasts for four hours from six in the evening to approximately ten at night when the few remaining individuals egress through the glass screen door with massive bags filled with clean clothes. My legs ache from fours hours of walking around the building, I am drenched because of the high humidity caused by the machines, and I smell like a mixture of salty sweat infused with laundry
Second shift would get lazy when it came to preparing dinner, so at times the residents would still be hungry after a while. The floors would still be dirty underneath and behind furniture or the stove would be covered in cooking oil. These are common things that every shift is responsible for at the end of each shift, but because I have to make sure the facility is thoroughly cleaned by the next shift, it was extra work added on. At times I would have to alternate days with dusting and scrubbing because everything could not be completed within the time
Normal skin has many types of bacteria living on it. When there is a break in the skin, these bacteria can cause a skin infection. Skin in the infected area will become red, hot, irritated, swollen, and painful. (www.nlm.nih.gov, Linda J. Vorvick, MD) Factors leading up to the emergency room visit with this patient in this case, the wound was not properly taken care of, which allowed the infection to spread, causing Richard to go to the emergency room. Patient cleaned cut with peroxide and applied a Band-Aid, when he should have washed it thoroughly with soap and water and applied an antibacterial cream every day.
There living conditions were excruciating. They were no showering not just days but for weeks. Many people slept in holes or just in like dugged up holes it was on sensatory and their clothes back then weren’t warm and they didn’t have shoes, so the water on their barefoot had them get trench foot. Now when you are in the tub and you get a purney and wrinkly from being in the water to long usually you get out and wipe it off to dry your feet. Well what happens if you don’t dry your feet you have moisture for too long and then you end up getting a grows thing called trench foot.
This shows that the poor are not living out the great American dream and how they live to work and work to live. George is treated fairly poorly at work, as Tom demonstrates when he roughly yelled “Let’s have some gas” at him. He is constantly working and refused to go to bed at one point because he would lose a lot of
The surprise and aggravation comes from the people that I work with, mainly the lower enlisted soldiers. It seems that they are never happy. On the days when we have little to do and are basically on standby for last minute duties the soldiers will sit around and complain that there is nothing to do and we should all go home and take the rest of the day off. This idea sounds great but the main problem is that we are being paid to work for the Army and while we can occasionally
The residents then have to be escorted to and from each meal through out the day. Most of the residents need to lay down in between meals so the CNAs are constantly laying them down and getting them back up. In between all the chaos , the CNAs are busy answering call lights, toileting the residents, passing out ice water, taking vitals signs , and the most important thing, charting. All day long it seems like you are racing with the clocks and that the time is running against you. I don’t care what nursing facility you work at, there is never enough staff.
Until about 2 years ago I was easily sucked into whatever needed fixing, running to the rescue. The problem was, no matter what I did to help they would go back to the situation leaving me feeling hurt, drained emotionally, depressed and unavailable to my own children. I now keep myself outside of the situations I listen but do not try to fix, reminding myself that this problem is about them and not me. If I feel unable to distance myself I draw a deep breath, excuse myself and walk away. In my work life at the hospital there always seems to be vicarious trauma happening between staff creating distraction throughout the day.
I hated myself every time I had to tell them mummy was too tired to play in the garden or to tackle the walk to the nearest park. I knew they would grow up to hate this condition as much as I did but I felt helpless to change our situation. In the year that followed the diagnosis, I allowed the endometriosis to take over my life, slowly destroying every aspect. I had previously achieved a successful career in banking. After ten years of hard work and tears, working my way up from the bottom of the career ladder with no real qualifications, juggling nurseries, schools and child minders, missing sports days and Christmas productions, I had finally achieved an incredible position and I was truly proud to be a Branch Manager.