Vtachy1

Vtachy1

BNAT instructor, ICU, Hospice,triage

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About Vtachy1

Vtachy1 has 25 years experience and specializes in BNAT instructor, ICU, Hospice,triage.


Mom to 2 kids and wife to Mr. Wonderful

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  1. What steps does your facility use and what type of place do you work?
  2. I have a friend that has worked in a factory for 10 years after quitting as an RN.
  3. service dogs

    At your workplace, have you had healthcare workers that use service dogs?
  4. Any Mormon/LDS nurses here? I need help?

    Well, that was a disgusting read!!! I am appalled at all of the horrifying evil responses on this thread. I have been a nurse for 31 years, worked every single scheduled weekend. never once called in or tried to get out of it! So quit attacking u...
  5. The focus should be on palliative, palliative, palliative. There are too many invasive, expensive, medical treatments. Living longer is not always the best. Also, I have a friend, whose husband is on medicaid for healthcare. He visits the ER ever...
  6. Sleep-night shift

    See that is what I also did. Until it completely caught up with me and Got myself in a horrible place. I would LOVE to get 3-4hours of sleep. I would give my right arm for that! I usually only get 1 hour at most. Maybe been there, done that is ...
  7. Sleep-night shift

    I worked 18 years on the night shift. For the last 8 years, I have worked day shift. So at noon today I have an interview for a night shift position. My question is this: Is there a sleeping pill strong enough to help me sleep, if I do take this...
  8. New instructor need help!

    A lot depends on where you teach. Do you have a statewide CNA educators conference? I learned a lot from that and from my Train the Trainer class. Are there other instructors or is there a CNA coordinator that can help you along? I have been tea...
  9. Long Term Care Nursing is Lame

    I was an ICU nurse for 12 years, med-surg nurse for 7 years, hospice nurse for 5 years. I believe that the ideology and concepts of ICU are futile and unnecessary treatments that hurt people. There are worse things than death. I do not believe in ...
  10. Why are nurses so mean to each other?!

    Its been that way EVERYWHERE I have worked. Even at the schools when I was a school nurse, the teachers all hate each other too. I have learned that all women hate each other. Hopefully we will get more men in nursing. Because everywhere I have ev...
  11. How does it look when you are PRN?

    Thank you so much for your responses! I loved PRN so much. I wonder why other businesses are so scared of working us 40 hours per week? Why can't I sign a paper or something if I don't want their dumb benefits. I do not want their health insuranc...
  12. I was PRN in the year 2000 - 2009. It was really 40 hours per week, but I LOVED PRN because I was more in control, if my small kids had a doctor appointment, if they had a preschool event, I was able to get off work for it. But I wanted to help the...
  13. CNA scope of practice

    The answer is: You check with the policy at your job. But you can tell them what their blood pressure reading is, and then if it is high or too low, you reassure them that you will tell the nurse right away, and try not to alarm them.
  14. Any CNA Teachers here?

    Same here. I was in hospice and I was leaving the house at 4AM and getting home after my family was in bed. I wanted to be home more. My high school CNA class meets from 7:30 AM to 9:15 Monday thru Friday. I love the fact that I am home before no...
  15. Any CNA Teachers here?

    I asked one of the other high school teachers "how do you motivate high schoolers?" She said "you figure that out, you let me know!!" LOL I've had some difficult groups to teach, they are very busy! Some of them work until 11 at night and they are...