bg testing mistake

[gail2]

staff normally test my bg at about 8pm come 9pm i was in bed # came to test my bg and said its my first time to which i thought fair eough we all have to start somewhere 1) she couldt get finger pricker needle to work So on the 3rd go it worked and she went to put it on strip only to try putting it on without putting strip in machine think she was going to put test strip into machine with blood on Think i will have a word with #1 on days about it not being funny but if they are going to test my bg i expect them to know how to do it.
2) As you may know i wear a cather at night u have to atach a larger night bag to the daybag so that you dont have to empty it at night # couldt find a night bag so she put another day bag to the first daybag which is not a lot of use really as it will need emptying very quickly and you might as well not bother to be honest
im going to have to say something to #1 on days dont want it to look like im picking on one person but i feel i have to say something

 

[rebrascora]

Why didn't you help the carer if they were unfamiliar with the process. We all have to learn and I know I made many mistakes with my testing kit the first few times I used it, as many other newbies do. Obviously not having the larger catheter bag is something you can't help with but perhaps there simply weren't any or she didn't understand what she was looking for or where to look. You can expect new people to be familiar with everything and at this time of year I imagine there will be a lot of temp staff covering shifts.

 

[gail2]

Why didn't you help the carer if they were unfamiliar with the process. We all have to learn and I know I made many mistakes with my testing kit the first few times I used it, as many other newbies do. Obviously not having the larger catheter bag is something you can't help with but perhaps there simply weren't any or she didn't understand what she was looking for or where to look. You can expect new people to be familiar with everything and at this time of year I imagine there will be a lot of temp staff covering shifts.

i did help her

 

[Inka]

Why didn't you help the carer if they were unfamiliar with the process. We all have to learn and I know I made many mistakes with my testing kit the first few times I used it, as many other newbies do. Obviously not having the larger catheter bag is something you can't help with but perhaps there simply weren't any or she didn't understand what she was looking for or where to look. You can expect new people to be familiar with everything and at this time of year I imagine there will be a lot of temp staff covering shifts.

There are often a lot of temp staff anyway. I used to work in Care. It’s a hard job, with long hours and rubbish money, so it’s not easy to recruit people. That’s why you often see so many younger people.

I’m glad you helped her @gail2 It’s not an easy job and it’s exhausting.

 

[Docb]

Glad you helped her @gail2 and I think it wise to have a word with #1. Better if you can frame it so that it comes over that you are not complaining but letting them know that the carer had been asked to do something they did not know how to do, and had presumably not told anybody. You might suggest that if they have any more care workers who do not know how to take a BG, then send them along to you and you will talk them through it.

 

[CliffH]

Glad you helped her @gail2 and I think it wise to have a word with #1. Better if you can frame it so that it comes over that you are not complaining but letting them know that the carer had been asked to do something they did not know how to do, and had presumably not told anybody. You might suggest that if they have any more care workers who do not know how to take a BG, then send them along to you and you will talk them through it.

This sounds like the fairest and safest way to address the issue: having worked in care myself, I'd want to know if I'd done something wrong - but without being blamed if no-one had taught me how to carry out a procedure properly.

 

[Lucyr]

Think i will have a word with #1 on days about it not being funny but if they are going to test my bg i expect them to know how to do it.

Why don’t you do it yourself, when they come if they want to supervise. Even when an inpatient in hospital unless you’re incapacitated you should be doing it yourself and just telling staff the figures.