tryin4newlife

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1. CNA Resident ratio

   tryin4newlife replied to emmasma's topic in General Nursing

   I understand your concerns and feel your pain. I am a CNA and I am finishing nursing school as well. It seems as if it is the same story every place you go....give everyone the maximum patient load. The longer you do your job however the better yo...

2. Dealing with Unlicensed Assistive Personnell (i.e. techs, cnas, etc.)

   tryin4newlife replied to luvbug9956's topic in General Nursing

   I feel for your situation. This behavior is bad for morale. I have worked with people who sound just like this woman, and you begin to get really tired of dragging yourself into work and doing the best for your patients when others just seem to ski...

3. Introduced as "The Nurse"

   tryin4newlife replied to NurseLatteDNP's topic in General Nursing

   so funny - I am just finishing school, and I have the same situations. In addition I get calls from family members all the time giving me a bunch of symptoms and trying to get a diagnosis. I always tell them that "medical diagnosis" is not (or rath...

4. C-Diff

   tryin4newlife replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

   We have cases of cdiff from time to time. seems like it goes in spells. I always glove and gown when I go into a cdiff room. We always have designated equipement in the room on contact precautions (own thermometer etc). In addition, you must wash...

5. Does anyone remember when aides didn't have to be certified?

   tryin4newlife replied to gettingupthere's topic in General Nursing

   I am currently an aide that is not certified. I have one year of clinical nursing school under my belt and that is the minimum requirement at my facility. Those starting wages are crazy to read about...my starting wage sounds much better now a days...

6. Illnesses and calling in sick

   tryin4newlife replied to Susan9608's topic in General Nursing

   That truely is a bad situation - where I work our calendar goes from July to July. You can call off three times from July to July with no problem. Once you call off the fourth time, you get a written warning.....after that I think you get another w...

7. Damn near had a heart attack (re: MgSO4)

   tryin4newlife replied to KellNY's topic in Ob/Gyn

   omg - talk about a hair raising moment.....Have you recovered yet???

8. Nursing Student HATES Nursing Assistant Job

   tryin4newlife replied to PeachyERNurse's topic in General Students

   I think that it is important to delagate, but there is a line that can be crossed at times. As an aide, I've had nurses search for me down a different hall (my unit has four different halls) just to tell me that a patient needs put on a bed pan. Now ...

9. Nursing Student HATES Nursing Assistant Job

   tryin4newlife replied to PeachyERNurse's topic in General Students

   Sorry to hear so many bad experiences. I am an aide on an oncology floor and I have to tell you that for the most part it is a wonderful experience. The nurses are great and I love my job. As a matter of fact, there are portions of my job that I w...

10. Do you think this is true?............

    tryin4newlife replied to cappuccino's topic in General Nursing

    I think that is not true. Sounds like a statistic or study that someone would make up to prove a point. If there was a study, who conducted it? Generally speaking, when I read a "study" I usually ask myself that question, and if anyone has anythin...

11. excelsior cpne

    tryin4newlife posted a topic in Online Learning

    Just finishing up the last excelsior nursing concept exam. Just wondering how others are finding the cpne...Is is really difficult. One nurse I work with states that if you know your clinical elements and practice the lab portion until it's second ...