VLOG: Nurse Talk | poor patient care | new skin care & body care | celebrating my friend’s birthday

[@micheleshepherd-tigner4198]

I’m so glad u brought up patient care. I’m a LPN in for my RN. I’m currently working in the hospital under contract and the nurses that give me report do the same with good report and the patient is a mess when I get to the room. I spend the first 2 hours cleaning my patients and straightening the rooms. I can’t nurse a dirty patient and a filthy room. I can, but I’m not. Making sure the patient is clean is a part if their healing process too. At night we have 7 patients and I run all night, but my patients will ALWAYS receive proper care…ALWAYS!

[@KendraRN]

Thank God for nurses like you who value the importance of good patient care. It is hard but I rather work hard and sleep well, knowing that I really took care of them.

[@marytuttiett5293]

I am retiring....in fact I hand in my notice in an hour. 50 years bedside nurse. Now it's more about writing about it rather than actually doing it. I will miss it but I need to be stress free. God take care of you Kendra we need to hang to the ethos patient comes first.. isn't it a shame that those with the quietest voice gets the least care?....but they need it the most. I've some wonderful memories. ❤

[@ingahtom6169]

This is golden advice for all nurses around the world 🌎

[@KendraRN]

Absolutely.

[@stephaniel.3799]

You aren't lying about patients not getting cleaned. My moms friend has been a nurse all her life, but when she was in the icu she had to be asking for a sponge bath but nobody was willing to do it. One kind man on night shift did it but there were so many other issues like this. I love hearing what you have to say about becoming a great nurse as someone who is going into nursing school soon ❤

[@KendraRN]

Bathing in no longer a priority and that upsets me because it is very important to the patient’s recovery.

[@Ms_TRenee]

Kendra I’m sure your patients appreciate your work ethic and treating them like they are a person and not just a number in a bed. You truly represent nursing for what it should be.

[@KendraRN]

Hi, they really do, the ones that are able to speak. I do get fussed out occasionally by the grannies for soaking the bed, lol.

[@lorirebuildingdaily]

I totally agree with you Kendra. I have been in the medical field for 30 years. I have been a cna, a med tech, then a lpn and currently in school to get my bsn and I have always believed that good nursing care is comprised of skill and compassion. The compassion part of us is the part that will make sure our patient has their basic needs to be fed, safe, AND clean met.

[@KendraRN]

Absolutely! Congrats on being back in school also.

[@josiahpuha-s9g]

Hey K. I know you don't know me. But I have been watching you for almost a year. I'm a male and just graduated with my BSN in December. Im Studying to take my boards at the end of this month (Jan 2024) but I totally understand you. I know I haven't been working as a RN yet-- but I've done clinicals and preceptorships and seen how some ppl leave their patients for hours without checking on them and I don't agree!!? I do NOT comment on ppls videos but this one I felt I wanted to. I am a new grad and have been watching ur videos all the way from HAWAII! I love the realness you give. I want to be a nurse with your qualities! Thank you!!

[@Elaina944]

Hi, thank God for nurses like yourself. I work for a hospital, in an administrative capacity and I have so much respect for you. You described some of the obstacles that nurses have to contend with very eloquently. What an asset you are to the nurses’ field.

[@bebephat]

hi! Meg-surg nurse here (2 years in). Currently an RPN (LPN) and in school for my BScN. I understand that nurses, CNAs, and other staff are very busy and we’re often short staffed. But I still try my best, and thankfully the unit I work on the majority of my colleagues try to at least do basic care qshift. I may not do a full bed bath every shift, but I’m going to do a quick face wash, oral swab/care, underarms and peri-care (powder, pits, and peri!!!). And if they’re independent or stand-by assist, I always offer all supplies and encourage them to utilize our shower or set them up for a bed-bath. Quite often I’m behind on documenting for a lot of the shift, but if taking an extra 20 minutes makes a difference, I’m gonna do it! A lot of old school nurses trained me and almost all of them did daily bed baths. So I just followed what they did.

[@KendraRN]

Thank you!!! Even a quick partial is better than nothing at all. I will not feel good about my day if I didn’t try. Thank you you for doing what you can ❤️ I’m always behind too.

[@TheDufteLady]

I am always behind too❤😊

[@bebephat]

@@TheDufteLady no shame! Some days I am on time, but I’m never early 😅 props to you and the work you do 🤍

[@REaikee]

You are the ONLY nurse I have seen so passionate about the hygiene of patients. It seriously sets you apart.

[@KendraRN]

Omg I love ADLs. Helping my patients with their hygiene does something therapeutic for me. I can’t explain it.

[@MISSCOOKIE41]

Good patient care (PRIORITY) for me. so much so i purchase my own suplies for my resident, hair bathing shaving Supplies I bring in to work. 🏥 NURSE: KENDRA I Love working with Real Nurses like you. residential care Needs more Nurses like you. 😊

[@KendraRN]

I love that. When I was a tech, the older CNAs would have their own also.

[@naomi_monique_]

Heyyyy!! I have a question for ya: can you do a sit down video for the new nurses on accepting/refusing crazy patient assignments? How should we go about that?

[@Thatmalenurse21]

Non-pharmacological interventions matter. You are a great nurse.

[@KendraRN]

They’re so important ❤️

[@infinitezest1]

I just started Nursing School on Monday and this video made me tear up. I feel so bad for that patient and their family, as that never should have happened. Thank you for sharing this and I really admire your dedication to being a Nurse - it's a huge inspiration to me!

[@Teegirl1339]

Kudos to you, Kendra!! I can tell that you’re passionate about your profession. We need more clinicians like you. 😇

[@sonialuthra133]

❤

[@Crybaby-cz8et]

You are a good nurse Kendra. Cleanliness is close to Godliness

[@nicoleebagot6241]

OKAY! This one really touched me in a good way in my soul! As a nursing assistant I hear this. But where I am at these Nurses are quick to abuse their assistants because they think they are all that. Nursing has humbled me. I think this approach you have comes from both your home, your heart and upbringing. I tell you, nothing can hold we back, our hearts are greater than gold. Bless you sister, and all others that know this and do it too. Amen.

[@kristinealexander3491]

I can’t agree with you more. This is an excellent lesson for all of us nurses and healthcare providers that the care of the patient is the utmost priority. This is the very reason I will never send my mother or any family member to one of these facilities because the staffing is just abysmal. The family of that woman has every right to seek action for the condition of their beloved mother and her tragic loss of life. No patient or family member should ever have such an experience. On a lighter note, I love Origins products and you will too!!❤

[@ArnitaBranch]

Amen, Amen, Amen. When did facilities stop giving baths? Most patients who are admitted to the hospital have been ill and not able to take a complete bath. They need a bath. The one things that gets missed is oral care. Help the patient brush their teeth. The best way to complete your physical assessment is to give the patient their bath (including peri care), change the sheets on their bed and turn them as often as needed. If necessary, certain shifts can be responsible for a certain number of baths (am/pm care) so that it is not on just one shift but every patient gets a bath and bed change every 24 hours. We must get back to the basics. Congratulations.

[@fishingwithlayaa7786]

I’m in my first semester of nursing school. And I’m in fundamental now..I’m so glad I been a CNA for 10 years. I hope to be as good and educated as you

[@tracyannjohnson5724]

Amen and Amen 🙏🏽❤️ I am the caregiver I would want to have.

[@KendraRN]

Amen Tracy❤️

[@tropicallymixed.]

Good vlog Kendra and something I will take into consideration when giving care. When I worked in the ER in a non-clinical role, I remember seeing pts with dried up blood on their face and never understood how the nurse could let them leave the ER that way.

[@KendraRN]

Thank you. I think a lot of nurses forget about the dignity of a patient. They’re not working from a holistic view.

[@KeechaSkyers]

Hello K, I love listening to your nursing stories. You are an excellent nurse just here how you attend to your patients. May God continue to grant you all that you need to be a bright shining light to those you care for. You are God bless. ❤

[@Cammie921]

You are THE BEST NURSE EVER 💕💕

[@aanuefunnuga7073]

Nice topic,treat others as you would like to be treated but sometimes it is hard because of shortage of nurses on the shift,documentation,following all rights of meditation e.t.c.

[@KendraRN]

It is very hard. The hardest thing right now is being a nurse at the bedside.

[@NurseJuliaEzeji]

Short staff is one of the main challenge and most facilities do not care. What we were taught at fundamental class is not truly practice at the hospital.

[@jakot5777]

Absolutely !!!well said !!! I get great satisfaction in patient care, for me thats all nursing is all about. I love showering patients when I have the time and the opportunity and I tell the care staff I wash my patients I will just ask for help if I need it. like you said I put my self and my family in my patients shoes we have to do that . what goes around comes around always

[@KendraRN]

It’s so therapeutic for me. It’s just something about the cleansing process that fills my heart. I think I gain more from it than the patients.

[@jessiebell390]

I don't know about the Hospitals Staffing but I do know is when I was a CNA, we worked short handed Most of the Time. I think the facilities are more concerned about documentation than patients care, sometimes. A lot of times a cna will have 10 to 12 patients or more.sometime you have a group that's Total Care Patients.

[@KendraRN]

Yes and that’s insane. SARs and nursing homes are out of control. How can one person care for 10-12 completes. We need to take a stand because in the end it’s morally distressing on the caregivers.

[@peggysue4521]

What are your thoughts on the relationship between the nursing and radiology professions? Thank you for your content, your videos are very refreshing.

[@SincerelyShunP]

Thank you so much for this video n this NEEDS TO BE SHARED N TAUGHT. I live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area where Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson served the community…this story is so sad n the rehab facility n nursing staff is responsible…Thank you so much for ALL YOU DO!!!♥️👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾

[@KendraRN]

Hi, I’m so glad you can speak to the work for Rep. Johnson. It’s awful and I was really upset that her son had to find her sitting in fees and urine. That’s inexcusable.

[@SincerelyShunP]

@@KendraRN She was indeed an wonderful leader in the community and served for many years; her presence will be missed 💔💔😢🥺

[@REaikee]

This vlog is making me feel like I need some new friends 🤨 I want packages in the mail too lol

[@KendraRN]

I wasn’t expecting it at all. Lol

[@d.d.w9799]

Patient care is down the drain . Please do a video on these new nurses on their air pods and phone at the nurses station and let’s not talk about the ones posting their salary. I feel that brings people to the profession who are not in it for the right reason and it is showing . I am a new nurse but I was trained by my OG nurses and we need to get back to the professional patient centered care . We all need money to live but do your job !

[@sagittariusblu5701]

Wow! Well said.

[@nickysunshine8734]

You spoke about “Things coming back to you!” ….maybe it was Karma coming back to her! I don’t know 🤷🏾‍♀️…What I do know is the “Nursing Fundamentals” is something I take pride in, and the “Nursing to patients ratios is TERRIBLE! Management doesn’t care, and I physically can’t do everything. So I’m planning my exit plan out of Nursing! I’m over it! 11 years in…. Love patient care!!!! Hate patient to nurse ratio & management! I’m done! I’m not a Superhero I’m almost 40 …38 years old to be exact. I believe I still have time to get another skill set & be happy ❤. I admire you knowledge, I can tell you are a very bright woman. Also, your voice is very calming.

[@marianaafonso1540]

My favorite part of your videos is when you stop and start speeking for the camera, thinking outlound, those moments really made me review my nursing practices

[@KendraRN]

Hi Maria, thank you for watching!

[@dremmanuelnwogu]

You are a clever lady. I enjoy watching your videos. I agree with you. Unfortunately what we are seeing is a steady decline in societal values, not just in nursing but in all facets of society. The sense of responsibility and accountability is fast declining.

[@brookelynnjessica]

Hey girl hey! Loved the vlog 🤍🤍🤍

[@nurselifewhit]

LOL The way my heart JUMPED when you said “I’m pregnant”😂😂😂 L M B O Also I just love how dope and effortless your vlogs flow! You’re definitely inspiring me to give it a try!

[@KendraRN]

Whit, you’re too talented not to. Your on camera presence is amazing, you are funny and you had me locked in!!! Please do it!

[@nurselifewhit]

@@KendraRN wow, thank you so much, that is literally all the encouragement I need!

[@ByMeMonique]

Loving the thumbnail!!

[@KendraRN]

Oh wow! 🤩 thank you so much.

[@ByMeMonique]

You're welcome! ...and I agree with the points about " taking care" of a patient. Cleanliness can make a huge difference! I worked around RNs during a summer PCT training before starting nursing school last year, and the RNs I worked with were big on baths, lol; they were exceptional nurses like you.@@KendraRN

[@dezzi_g1264]

I feel like I’m being run ragged on a step down unit. I hate charting but it also has to get done. I am still learning to manage my time better. I was previously an OR nurse now I don’t know what to do with my career!

[@KendraRN]

You’re not alone. So many of us feel the same way.

[@Juicingwjade]

“Oh you out here giving report like you a medical student”😂😂😂😂No lies told there

[@thanayi]

💯💯💯

[@lifeofvivi]

I started following you when I first saw your video about the nurse that gave up because they were giving her a hard time. It’s been a minute but Congratulations on your pregnancy

[@KendraRN]

Pregnancy!!! Nooooo!!! I was joking, lol. 😂

[@lifeofvivi]

@@KendraRN oh! Ok lol 😂😂😂

[@Juicingwjade]

I’m a hands on patient care focused nurse too…I’m always behind on my charting because I’m in the rooms taking care of my patients. But in this culture of excessive documentation and chart audits…I see many nurses just sitting and charting, but never doing actual patient care! They will go in to pass a med, but then that’s it! A lot of times the patients don’t even know who their nurse is.

[@KendraRN]

That’s what I’ve noticed. It’s becoming the norm where ADLs aren’t happening at all. Thank you for your comment. We see what is happening.

[@catherinenyoro3953]

Hey, Kendra, can you give a link to the case?

[@missb1982]

Hello. This is off subject, but can you do a video on how you keep your energy up as a nurse, especially a night shifter, and work life balance? Thank you.

[@mariahsisneros7572]

Kendra, I'm a CNA and I have a fellow CNA bully who CONSTANTLY goes to management to out me for ridiculous reasons. She has a bad reputation, is known as a bully and has been written up multiple times. She's been there for about 7 years, me just 1; however, I have a good reputation, never been written up and am well liked by my coworkers, management and patients. How do I deal with this without seen like a tattle tale? There's been multiple issues between this girl and i and management knows, yet nothings ever been done. Advice?

[@MNP208]

Sadly, this always happens in health care. It's the same with nurses. Your management will do nothing. Can you look for a job elsewhere? You are in such high demand as a CNA. Don't undervalue your worth!

[@KendraRN]

Have you spoken to her about it?

[@mariahsisneros7572]

@@KendraRN no, because she doesn't listen. She yells, overtalks and will argue, just to show she's tough and "right." She is like this with everyone. I choose to reserve my energy for what really matters, but now, it's getting to be too much. I guess I'm afraid of retaliation, because she is very close to upper management, the ADON and supervisors, not that they have an issue with me, but she's more buddy buddy with them.

[@mariahsisneros7572]

@@MNP208 it sucks. And the thing is, is she's the only ONE person who is like this with me and many other staff and patients. My other co workers and I have great working relationships. This one isolates herself and refuses to help others, but she will report others for the smallest things, yet she takes 45min lunches, doesn't help pass out or pick up trays and only helps her own patients, refuses to actually work as a team. I don't want her to be the reason I quit. I am actively taking my nursing prerequisites and will have to eventually quit in a year when I get into the program, but until then, I need to know I'm gonna be ok at work and not have management on me due to her.

[@arbrieltucker650]

Patient care is horrendous!! Patients are not getting their basic needs met. This is part of the reason I’m working on an exit plan. It’s truly heartbreaking!!! As a nurse I can’t do it all..‘chart, notes, administer meds, clean,etc.

[@KendraRN]

I know! It’s impossible, something always suffer. For me it’s not the patient care. Rather be late on meds than leave my patients a mess.

[@chrisharris2367]

Hi Do you have any videos about returning to bedside nursing after a Hiatus

[@KendraRN]

I don’t but how long have you been away?

[@MNP208]

I'm guessing your groceries are more expensive out east. What you unpacked wouldn't be that expensive in the Midwest. I buy all of my bedding from TJ Maxx, Marshall's or Home Goods too! OMG... you with that butcher knife! Can you place your own sutures? 🤣🤣

[@KendraRN]

Grocery prices are astronomical. My weekly bill increased by $40. I’m going to implement some plant based meals to save on cost. I do need to invest in a letter opener.

[@mistermilkman]

Side note. Y r we doing spinal surgery on 88 yr olds? I'm really getting tired of these surgeries being done on elderly people? These lawsuits get swept under the rug after payment is received. No1 stands up & demands that conditions r changed, esp patients & their families. They complain & threaten 2 sue, but much of it is selfish...not saying they r wrong. I stay late 2 document everyday just 2 ensure quality care. I'm seeing nurses complete full assessments n the computer b4 laying eyes on their patients. This is y many hospitals r pushing bedside report. I check on & introduce myself 2 the patients & families b4 I even get report. That way I can anticipate & inquire about their needs. I'm finding some nurses r above bathing a patient. I've seen nurses call an aide 2 tell them a pt needs 2 b cleaned. I'm not saying an aide shouldn't b called, but it's okay 4 a nurse 2 do it, esp when u know u only have 1 aide on the floor. The problem with cases like this is, they will find a way 2 blame nurses & not pay or give deserving raises. Sadly, we r going 2 continue 2 c a decline n the field. There will b a yr or 5 when the boomers will b retiring @ the same time. It's going 2 a freak show.

[@fuzzyspirals]

…. Because I’m pregnant 🤰🏽girl I’m using that from now on 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@KendraRN]

Lol, that’s my running joke. Happy New Year!!!

[@ladynottingham89]

God has whooped my behind too often for me to be reckless with these patients. I don't play with the Lord.

[@KendraRN]

Not one bit ❤️

[@susiq1121]

I stated it once, I'll state it again, it's nursing's fault. Same as teachers. Think about it before sending an impulse reply.

[@KendraRN]

When did you state it? And what exactly is nursing’s fault?

[@susiq1121]

​@KendraRN Nurses have allowed the industry to walk all over them. Women allow this. If this was a male dominated profession, it wouldn't be this abusive. Rather than coming together in solidarity, women have pit themselves against one another. More are realizing something must change and are changing, but the majority are not.

[@jam6web84]

What are the best products you tried in 2023?

[@feeq6001]

Yes don’t become a nurse if you are lazy 🤷🏽‍♀️ that’s why I don’t just rely on PCT because they always pick on the RN regardless.

[@KendraRN]

Same. It’s not an easy job!

[@Juicingwjade]

Patient care is out the window! It didn’t used to be this way. The nurse assistants are hired specifically to give hygiene care, take vitals, obtain glucose, feed patients if needed, assist the patient with mobility, answer call lights. BUT what I see happening now is: the CNA will get vitals, do glucose check and then disappear off floor, or be at nurses station on their phone or be on the rolling computer searching the internet. (And management, charge nurse, team leads see it and say nothing) THIS HAS BECOME THE CULTURE OF SICK CARE! They will throw a hygiene kit in the room, but will never use a single supply on the patient! They will speak rude and nasty to a patient without reprimand. They don’t even introduce themselves to the patient. They just come in room grabbing arms for BP or fingers for glucose checks! But mark my word: All that karma is coming back around!

[@KendraRN]

I have to agree with you on everything you stated. EVERYTHING.

[@chantelwade99]

You look good, how are you losing weight?

[@KendraRN]

Actually I’m struggling. I got on the scale last week and almost passed out. I’m trying to establish a workout routine and reduce my portions. Stress is a huge factor why I’m not getting results.

[@lindaakulartey754]

Hi Kendra my name is Linda and I really need to speak to you privately if that’s okay. Don’t know any better way to reach you.

[@KendraRN]

Hi, Instagram is good. My handle there is @kn_dra