su_z1010

su_z1010

CNA in nursing homes- 4 years

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su_z1010 specializes in CNA in nursing homes- 4 years.


I love music, dancing, art, reading, and most of all my kids.

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  1. I am having a slight problem with filling out Gordon's functional health patterns. Perhaps this assignment is institution specific, but I am going to ask anyway... My instructor wants a nursing process plan on Monday, and they give me the functional...
  2. Sexuality Assessment

    OK, I realize that it is important to gather as much important information as you can for your assessment, and that sexual satisfaction is an important part of mental health, but I am having a difficult time assessing this with my patients. I feel th...
  3. Nervous Student Nurse

    I have read a few posts about being very nervous your first time working with patients in a hospital. My experience has been in skilled nursing homes where the majority of the residents were not alert, plus I have been out of the medical field for se...
  4. Communicating with patients

    Jamie, I don't know if this helps you or not, but I too am in my first semester and am oh sooo nervous myself. Our class started out in med-surg, but I have yet to touch a patient. So far I have just been "go-for" for the nurse I was shadowing. If...
  5. Going Against Hospital Policy...

    That was wonderful and insightful. Sounds like you have great judgement. I respect that a lot.
  6. Just Curious, Have any of you RNs ever went against your hospital's policy, possibly risking getting written up, for the benefit of a patient. If so, what was it you did, and would you do it again if the same situation arose? Suzey;)
  7. Breast Implants

    I just wanted to mention, I have a padded swimsuit, yes they make them, and it is the only reason I can go swimming in anything less than a t-shirt.
  8. Breast Implants

    I just wanted to add that I have a little philosophical reason for not getting them also. I would like to be an example to young girls that your body is beautiful NO MATTER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!!! I was teased horribly in grade school, when I was re...
  9. Breast Implants

    In my experience, the implants are not attractive on older people. That's why I am not getting them myself. I am about a AA, and always wear a padded or lined bra. I have heard of a new technique called the Brava Vacuum Bra, it supposedly increas...