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"As a CNA, I noticed a resident at the elder care facility where I worked had black bowel movements. I told the nurse I was working under, and he said this was a result of a medication the resident was on. I was concerned but skeptically accepted the nurse's explanation. The next day, the resident seemed confused, and their behavior was odd, but the nurse assigned to my wing wasn't concerned when I reported it. Thankfully, a different nurse happened to walk by his room and pulled me aside to ask about the resident. I told her what I'd noticed and reported that day and the day before. She agreed that something was seriously wrong, so the resident was sent to the hospital. Turns out he had internal bleeding in his intestines and was bleeding out. His stools were black because of blood, which is what I'd initially suspected, and that's why I had reported it to the first nurse. He would have died if that nurse hadn't listened to me."
