Salt Lake CNA Schools: December 2012

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Funny things from today's CNA class

Funny things from today's CNA class
Raised big cats for the zoo
Have a hyperdilated pupil (from stroke)
Seen a classmates brain (was an OR tech when the student with the hyperdilated eye had a stroke)
Was doing a paper route and found someone hanging from a tree (suicide)
A car crashed into my house and landed on my bed (I wasn't in it)
My husband and I ran away from the FLDS church
Felt my c-section
Was tricked into eating poo
Met my husband riding bulls

Friday, December 28, 2012

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PRACTICING BLOOD PRESSURES AT CNA CLASS

HELLO, HELLO CAN YOU HEAR ME. PRACTICING BLOOD PRESSURES AT CNA CLASS

I KNOW YOU HAVE A BLOOD PRESSURE

I WILL FIND THAT BLOOD PRESSURE IF I HAVE TO PUMP THIS CUFF UP TO 300
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At clinical there was a group of female residents sitting around the dining room table. One of our male students approached the group and asked "how are you ladies doing?" One of them responded "we are doing great. We are planning our future with you!"

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It was a little slow at clinical so we did hand massages, nails and one of the students even played the piano. A good time was had by all:)

entertaining the residents at clinical

Showing a little love to the residents at clinical

I think I love you!

Hand massages at CNA clinical

Manicures for everyone

Spreading some Christmas cheer

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My kiddo was sick so he came to CNA class with me. Brought his Christmas toys.

Vita answering phone calls at CNA class

Hmm, not working very hard at CNA class

Doing something with the mannequin while reading their CNA skill sbook

Checking for pressure sores

Getting those straps on right on the hoyer lift

Away she goes

Doing a little mannequin repair at CNA class

How many CNA students does it take to repair a mannequin?

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

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We are at Avalon doing clinical today. It's snowy outside and getting here was an adventure for some of the students, particullarly the ones from Payson and Park City,

I just asked a resident on the Valley Mental Health side if she was going to breakfast, she sneered at me and asked "what are you writing a book?"

Hm, well maybe I will.

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

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In today's get to know each other game here were some of our unique things:

Linguist speak 13 languages
Have over 55 pair of shoes
Paid to have fish eat my feet in Jerusalem
Tested out of High School
Ate 10 pounds of ice cream in 30 minutes
Write in a different font every semester
Rodeo Queen 8 times

Utah nursing homes see fewer serious problems than nation

Inspections • The facilities get among the lowest average fines.

By heather may

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published: December 17, 2012 12:21PM
Updated: December 17, 2012 10:55PM

DDuring an inspection of a nursing home in Ogden last year, state regulators found three residents who were in “immediate jeopardy.”

One resident at Mountain View Health Services who needed a feeding tube was fed while he was lying down. Food had entered his airway in the past but he continued to be fed in that position. He had developed aspiration pneumonias five times and became bed-bound. Inspectors reviewed medical notes and could see no evidence that the facility had tried to prevent the problems, and they personally witnessed improper feedings five times.

Two other residents were found to have fallen dozens of times — one fell 49 times in a year, with a handful resulting in serious injuries including a skull fracture — but the facility hadn’t made changes to prevent further tumbles, according to the inspection report.

Those are two of some of the most serious deficiencies cited at eight of Utah’s 88 nursing homes. At least one, Orem Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, was cited in a death, after staff members failed to use a suction machine to clear a patient’s airway.

The reports are available on the Nursing Home Inspect tool created by the nonprofit news organization ProPublica. The investigative newsroom took publicly available inspection reports and created an app that makes them more user-friendly, with state-specific pages listing nursing homes and their inspection reports. It also linked the reports to federal fines and other sanctions taken against the homes, revealing wide disparities between states.

The app, available to the public at http://projects.propublica.org/nursing-homes, shows Utah nursing homes have some of the fewest serious deficiencies per home. The state also has some of the country’s lowest average fines, at $2,500 compared to the highest in Washington at $90,000, and one of the lowest number of payment suspensions. That is when the federal Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) refuses to pay for new patient admissions.

Utah had two payment suspensions in the past three years, compared to Texas’ 198.

The Utah Department of Health, which inspects the homes for CMS, said it wasn’t keeping fines low. It follows guidelines on civil-penalty amounts issued by the regional CMS office, said Greg Bateman, manager of long-term care surveys.

CMS can overrule what local inspectors suggest, he said. Within the six-state region, Utah is one of two states that levied fines. Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming didn’t, according to the ProPublica data.

Utah’s two payment suspensions took place at Deseret Care Center, Salt Lake City, and Four Corners Regional Care Center, Blanding, both this past summer.

Inspection reports note that Four Corners didn’t notify two patients’ physicians when they were injured, and it didn’t assess a patient who complained of abdominal pain. The patient later insisted on going to the hospital. Another patient wasn’t sent to the hospital after complaining about rib pain.

Deseret Care was faulted for 27 deficiencies this summer, including dirty conditions such as rooms that strongly smelled of urine, not cleaning a resident who had been incontinent, leaving patients in pain or confusion because the facility didn’t have their prescribed medication, and not investigating an incident in which a resident called another resident the “N-word” and hit her with his walker.

The website allows users to find facilities with the highest and lowest number of deficiencies and fines.

Mountain View Health had Utah’s highest number of total deficiencies, at 101, and highest number of serious ones — in which residents are in immediate jeopardy — at four. It has also been fined the most amount, nearly $28,000.

“It caught us all completely off guard,” Mountain View administrator Reece Nelson said of the poor inspection. “It wasn’t really an accurate picture of what this facility is all about.”

He said the facility improved its system for preventing falls and trained employees on feeding patients who use a gastrostomy tube.

“Our focus,” he said, “certainly is the safety and the care of our residents.”

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Citations in Utah

These Utah nursing homes were cited for serious deficiencies, according to three years of data compiled by ProPublica.

Patient death

Orem Rehabilitation and Nursing Center was cited Sept. 12, 2011, in connection with a patient death, for not providing necessary care.

The patient, who struggled to breathe and couldn’t swallow, was fed a drink and solid food. When her breathing worsened, no CPR was performed because she had a Do Not Resuscitate order, and she died.

However, staff were supposed to use suction for her medical condition, which was not disclosed. Staff later said they didn’t know where the facilities’ emergency equipment was located or if it included a suction machine. The director of nursing later said she had not done any emergency-preparedness training with the staff in the past year she was there.

Patient injuries and risks

Aspen Ridge Transitional Rehab, Murray, cited Sept. 22, 2010,for not preventing avoidable accidents. Hand-sink temperatures were as high as 146.5 F.

Canyon Rim Care Center, Salt Lake City, cited June 21 for not preventing avoidable accidents. Windows in two rooms on the third floor opened the full length but should only open six inches.

Deseret Care Center, Salt Lake City, cited July 15, 2010, for not preventing avoidable accidents. Hand-sink temperatures were as high as 140 degrees.

Provo Rehabilitation and Nursing, cited Feb. 2for not keeping residents safe from serious medication errors. Patients were given more insulin than ordered by their physicians.

Rocky Mountain Care, Murray, cited Aug. 19, 2009, for not protecting residents from abuse. Staff members used physical force to bring a resident into the building, place him in bed and take his wheelchair against his will.

Thatcher Brook Rehabilitation and Care, Clearfield, cited July 6, 2010, for not preventing avoidable accidents. Hand-sink temperatures were as high as 125. A patient had complained, but no action was taken.

Source: ProPublica

on students make 1,000 cranes for kids at Primary Children’s

Layton students make 1,000 cranes for kids at Primary Children’s

Parent involvement • Tomoko Hauck donated origami paper and taught classes how to fold the birds.

By Carol Lindsay

Special to The Tribune

Published: December 17, 2012 01:25PM
Updated: December 17, 2012 01:25PM

Carol Lindsay | Special to The Tribune Students at Layton's Ellison Park Elementary make origami cranes to give to patients at Primary Children's Medical Center over the holidays.

Layton • Children are talking, fingers are fumbling and paper is folding as second graders struggle to create origami cranes in April Moss’ second grade class.

Students are learning about the Japanese legend of a thousand origami cranes. The legend says if a person makes 1,000 origami paper cranes and strings them together, the creator will be granted a wish. Because of this legend, origami cranes are a popular gift in Japan.

Tomoko Hauck, a mother of students at Ellison Park Elementary in Layton, is sharing her origami skills with the students. Hauck offered to teach participating classes how to make origami cranes. Hauck’s goal is to make 1,000 cranes and present them to children at Primary Children’s Medical Center during the holiday season.

“I’m from Japan, and the culture in Japan is we make cranes for the sick to get better. The person who makes the cranes is granted a promise and we want to do this for the children in Salt Lake City,” Hauck said.

Hauck has made cranes for children in her community before but she had never included the school.

Vice Principal Eve Bean was thrilled with the undertaking.

“Any time we have a service learning experience in the classroom it strengthens the learning. The children can apply the skill while at the same time doing something good,” she said. “Mrs. Hauck is a very giving person. Not only has she given her time and talent, but she has also donated all the paper for the cranes.”

The project was open to all the school’s teachers, who decided whether the activity was appropriate for their students and whether they wanted to integrate it into their schedule. About 320 children at the school are participating in the project.

Ellison Park elementary has had several students treated at Primary Children’s hospital, so the experience is a personal one for students. When second grade teacher April Moss asked her students what they would wish for the children in the hospital one student replied “that they get their hair back.” Another student responded, “No one cares if they are bald; we just want them to be healthy.”

A patient instructor, Hauck taught a class of 25 seven-year-olds to fold the cranes one step at a time as they clamored around her. Some of the boys became distracted when the incomplete crane took on the form of a space ship and a few cranes took flight. Another child put her head on the desk, declaring “It’s too hard!”

The students, though, continue to work on their creations.

“If your crane breaks you have to start over,” said Hailey Gardula.

And they are keeping their goal in mind despite the occasional frustration. Before Christmas, Hauck along with teachers from the school and the student council will go to Primary Children’s Hospital and present their gift.

“It’s fun to make cranes,” said second grader Mason Padilla. “I like to make things and fold things and it is going to make the children in the hospital happy.”

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