brrrr83

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1. Dying of starvation

   brrrr83 replied to Missingyou's topic in CNA/MA

   The patient needs an advocate....either a family member to push the issue or someone high up at the facility. I'd talk to a manager.

2. Time to give up?

   brrrr83 replied to wiwhitedog's topic in Career Support

   Psych? As for the gap in employment, I would spin that with discussion of caring for your elderly father-really talk up any remote use of nursing skills. I would stop even trying for inpatient-EVERYONE starts on nights in the hospital. You seem ver...

3. KAPLAN $499 Classroom NCLEX-RN review

   brrrr83 replied to morbidman666's topic in NCLEX

   Worth every penny .... And sometimes Kaplan has coupons for about ~50 dollars off .... Follow them on Facebook. Good luck!

4. Patient complaints

   brrrr83 replied to brrrr83's topic in Relations

   Thanks for the insight. One of these I believe was isolated with regards to a patient who was not mentally well. The other three are a different story. Before I heard about the reports to my manager, I had a bad feeling about two of the nurses who...

5. Patient complaints

   brrrr83 replied to brrrr83's topic in Relations

   Thank you for your input. We often don't have CNAs fully staffed at night or a secretary. The ones we have are generally not "on the ball" as it is with that sort of stuff. Additionally, 3/4 of these patients did not complain to me or during my sh...

6. Patient complaints

   brrrr83 replied to brrrr83's topic in Relations

   Thank you so much for your response. I think you hit the nail on the head. I need another sit down with my manager to go over the issue. So far she has been very approachable and positive in my interactions with her. We will see how it goes.

7. Patient complaints

   brrrr83 posted a topic in Relations

   I have been working on a med/surg floor for about 4 months now. I went the first 3.5 months with no issues, getting along well with other nurses and patients/families. Then, in the span of a week, I had 4 patients complain about me. Here is the ru...