kmokay

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1. Patients making me feel dumb

   kmokay replied to kmokay's topic in General Nursing

   well no, we're not licensed, but we are patient care providers. My job is to assist in procedures, there are only a handful of nurses in the entire clinic that sees 700-800 patients daily. Without us, I don't see how the docs would be able to get ve...

2. Patients making me feel dumb

   kmokay posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work at a outpatient clinic as an ambulatory care assistant, I basically assist the doc in procedures, vitaling and putting patients in rooms, and paperwork. Well, I give one of the patients a list of medications we recieved for her to update. She...

3. Please help me fill out my w-4 :)

   kmokay posted a topic in General Nursing

   i don't know how much to withhold. i tried the irs calculator and here's what it says. based on your responses, your anticipated income tax for 2006 is $211. if you do not change your current withholding arrangement, you will have $0 withheld for 200...

4. sprained my ankle at work can I still go back?

   kmokay replied to kmokay's topic in General Nursing

   well, when she saw me, my ankle was not swelling. it also was not hurting and as swollen as it is now. It wasn't until they sent me home that my foot started swelling and hurting more, all of which was not evident when the nurse assessed it. The rea...

5. sprained my ankle at work can I still go back?

   kmokay replied to kmokay's topic in General Nursing

   yes i have seen employee's health and the nurse told me to just to ice it and rest. But the only thing I want to know is if most hospitals allow their workers to come to work with cast boots on. Thanks for all your answers.

6. sprained my ankle at work can I still go back?

   kmokay replied to kmokay's topic in General Nursing

   Yes i filled out a report and everyone knows about it. they sent me home early yesterday and i called in sick today. I suspect its a moderate sprain. I would like to work if they would allow me to using a cast boot. Do your hospitals allow you to ...

7. sprained my ankle at work can I still go back?

   kmokay posted a topic in General Nursing

   I sprained my ankle at work yesterday, its hurts fairly bad. However, I want to continue to work. I would like to use a cast boot, do most hospitals allow an employee to work this way? I just got this job and its my first working in a hospital. I wou...

8. Do we HAVE to address docs by "Dr.--"

   kmokay posted a topic in General Nursing

   we're all co-workers afterall. just like the guy that mops the floors doesn't call me "ms.--" or "nurse --" nor does the lady that cleans the toilets on our unit. we're coworkers, on the same level. so why must we address docs as "dr.---". Even if...

9. what can docs do to us?

   kmokay posted a topic in General Nursing

   for every nurse i've seen stand up for ourselves, i've seen ten that don't. i've tried to ask this quesiton during nursing school and all i get from profs are "well thats the problem, nurses should stand up for themselves". well that doesn't answer ...