Exhausted

Hey all, sorry I did not post for a couple of nights but I was really tired. Was it from my job? Of course. On Thursday night, it could have been an okay night but an inexperienced aide made it somewhat agitating....I had just came from a resident's room and assessed the resident, everything okay. Resident had surgery lately and was having post anxiety which was enough to deal with alone. I had probably already been in resident's room 3 or 4 times already....anyway about 10 minutes after I came from resident's room, aide informs me that they are going to send resident out because residenet wants to go to the hospital. I asked why, of course aide could not tell me. I asked was resident in pain, answer was no, so again asked what was the problem? The aide then tells me that resident just wants to go because resident would feel better. I am like okay, it is the resident's right so I ask do you know what to do, and aide replies yes...just then the phone rings, it is emergency paramedics. I then look at aide and ask did you call 911? Aide response was yes, I then say why would you call 911 for this, this is not an emergency. No reply. I spent an hour in the resident's room dealing with this incident. When I did go into the resident's room, resident had personal Dr. on the phone. To cut through the chase, resident never went out to the hospital,(which I had already assessed, they did not need to go). I assumed the aide knew that you call a family member for non emergencies, 911 for emergencies, but they obviously did not. I have to go back to the basics.... NEVER ASSUME ANYTHING. The only person who came out on the bad end of the stick in this situation was ME!!!! Med pass late...residents hollering at me because I have to wake them up...oh and let's not forget the extra paperwork I had to do because 911 was called. I bit my tongue but I really wanted to wring this kid's neck for putting that on me. However in assisted living aides need no formal training which was what the problem was. Enough venting for now, until the next blog......
I apologize for the second and third person language, just trying to remember HIPPA