I’ve been working in a nursing home for almost a year now, I’m an Aide. There was a resident at the common area that wasn’t on my care, the patient is confused and keeps going up and down on his chair, he is very unstable. There was no one at the nurse station, his alarm kept going off and I was taking care of another resident so I came out of the room and trapped him around with my gait belt so he doesn’t fall. The nurse came, took the gait belt off and is acusing me of restraining a resident. What can I do in that case? What will happen to me?
Is the nurse who finally responded going to report you?
It's very unfair that you were placed in that position and then made to feel at fault for doing your best.
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