Crescent care Center

I was asked to chose a group of people I am involved in, then to describe and dissect the group. I chose the co-workers from my 2-10 shift at Crescent Care Center, in Crescent, Oklahoma. Working in a small town nursing home is difficult,we don’t have many people on our shift. Though the ones that are are extremely close to one another. All together we have about five Certified Nurse Assistants, who include: Victoria, Aundrea, Tiffany, Amber, and me. One Certified Medical Assistant named Karren, and one Licensed Practical Nurse, Lenora, who the aids like to call Mama Lenora, since she takes such good care of us. After working together for a long period of time, we have gotten close and know one another’s personal lives very well.

As CNAs we do a lot of one on one work with the residents who live there. We clean the residents room, bathe, groom, and dress residents. We turn the residents who can’t turn themselves, so they don’t develop bed sores. We take care of, learn from, and grow a relationship with the residents there, and at times prepare soulless bodies for the morgue. Many residents show us their appreciation, though we have a few who hit, spit, and cuss at us. Aundrea has been called a “disgrace to this country” before, and Karren a “murder”. Tiffany was simply standing in a residents room helping me change him, and he turned purposely tried to pee on her, and screamed “Get out of my room!” It can sound a little horrifying to those who aren’t used to those situations, but with a job like ours all we can do is laugh about it later. But there is so much more to that nursing home then our shift caring for the residents. We share personal stories with one another while in some of the residents rooms. I talk constantly to my...

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...ry excited about her new grandchild. Tiffany is stressed, and worried if she’s ready to be a mother, but she is happy with her boyfriend. She seems to be getting more and more excited about being pregnant, and is working more often to have money to support it. Victoria finally got pregnant. It was boy named Henderx. She had little Henderx three months too early, he was having multiple issues with fluids being in the wrong spots, and his lungs not developing. He only lived for 56 minutes, and made eye contact with his mother, and father. We can’t understand what she’s going through, or why she was put in this situation, but we try. We will be attending his memorial service, all we can do now is be there for Victoria as she fights her way through this. Karren is still there. She is working on her 13th year at the place, and yet everyone still thinks her name is Betty.