NURSE
CONNIE
The Nursing Assistant
The Nursing Assistant
---She
is someone I mentioned in my meeting with Administration. She is my
consistent care nurse. I am going to
let
the cat out of the bag and tell you people why this relationship
works so well.
---I
will begin by letting you know that Connie has a significant other in
her life. She nor I have a problem of a sexual nature in our
relationship. Neither of us has our sights on the other. The
relationship is built on mutual respect, understanding and affection.
I only write the above to clear up any misconceptions that may come
up.
---Connie
is well aware of my routine. This has developed overtime that she and
I have been working together. She and I
don't
have a lot of things in common, but she is aware that I do better in
a hassle-free environment. She keeps things as therapeutic as she can. She doesn't overly burden me with the woes from
her own life, but she is well aware of my interest in behaviors...so we
do have some good discussions.
---One
thing in particular that Connie does that makes this relationship
work so well. Connie's work ethic and philosophy.
She
goes by the idea that ''there is no time like the present to follow
requests.'' And...at those times she is occupied, she looks at the
clock and quickly calculates when she will be free to help. Then she
follows though. If she says 6 pm it will be 6 pm. Her follow through
is next to flawless.
---At
first, she said it wasn't like this. She used to move from one to
another to another...very slowly. She was trying way too hard to do
the best job that was possible. She then learned to WORK SMARTER and
NOT HARDER. She found her own pace and worked at what was the thing
that she discovered was at the heart of it all. She realized her
job was mainly this...make and keep the residents/patients happy in a
therapeutic environment. When she concentrated on that, it
all began to fall into place. She found that a happier place tended to
be more therapeutic, anyway.
---Now,
she, basically, works at just respecting the resident. She doesn't worry about getting
respect. She read somewhere that if you give respect, it is naturally
returned. Work is more
fun than it used to be. She found that she does her part and her
higher ups can
easily rely on her to pull her weight. I am very glad that she is my
nursing assistant. Be Well.
This is a draft and may go through some changes.
Names have been disguised to protect the innocent.
Names have been disguised to protect the innocent.
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