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I feel you on this. I've been a tech in CCU for 2 years ( grad from rn schoolin may finally!) and i know there are techs who either downright refuse to do things, or are so surly or slow the nurses just wait for the next tech to come rather be bothered w said lazy/surly tech. This is a bad situation for all, i know when I work after some techs, I have to tx 3 pts at beginning of shift, stock all the carts, clean everybody, hunt down iv pumps etc. b/c the nurses know i'll do it and wont complain. However, some people forget one tech is stretched pretty far w 16 very sick pts and 8 nurses....

[friendlystudent]

Originally Posted by leeae85

I am currently a LPN at a Rehabiltation facility, but before this I worked for a CCU for 2 years, and I absolutely LOVED it. I took my job seriously and I was every nurse's "right hand man" whenever I worked. I helped with bed baths/bed changes, transcribing orders, admissions, transfers, VS, putiing in & D/C foleys, stocking/ordering supplies, drawing blood, running to the lab/blood bank. The nurses and Doc's always let me see all the "cool" procedures. I think if you had a detailed job description of what the Tech should do, and go over it with them, there would be NO way they could say "that's not my job". Good luck!

I feel the same way, I get excellent evals in clinicals and have seen and helped w a lot of cool stuff like bedside chest tube insertions, surgical debridements, codes etc. I thank ccu for all those wonderful experiences and a great education! Some techs are really missing a great opp'ty!