wannabe2008

wannabe2008

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  1. When did nursing caps go extinct in the wild?

    I live in California and have never seen anyone wear a cap. Not even students. All the students I have seen wear white uniforms but no caps or dresses.
  2. What's in your bag?

    Yikes! If those supplies are not already available in the cart and at the nurses station, it probably is not the facility to be working at. They spend the money on that, not you. Just make sure you know where they are even if it means making a lis...
  3. How do you "leave it at work?"

    Also age helps alot. At this point in my life, there is very little that stressess me out either at work or home. The big change comes when you realize those problems are not problems no matter how bad they seem. They are just situations. Easy to say...
  4. How do you "leave it at work?"

    I found clinicals to be a different kind of stress than actually working on the floor. You have to stress over different things. I used to take it home in school (which I believe can be a good thing if you are a student) but in the field, I close ...
  5. Working in LTC

    In LTC, it is normal to stay late to catch up on documentation but it is illegal for them to make you do it without pay. I would stay long enough to gather what you need to prove your case, find another job and on your way out the door call the stat...
  6. Giving alcohol to a resident

    Alcohol in LTC/SNF facilities is very common. Unlike acute hospitals, the facility is the resident's home. There is alot more freedom as to what they can do. Just ask the MD for an order for x amount of x-kind of alcohol and how often. Put it in the ...
  7. Tracheostomy Suctioning Sterile?

    I know this is a really old thread but I still want to say "You can not do a sterile procedure in a non-sterile environment". What you can do is varying imitations of it though. The room, your clothers, the bed and sheets, his clothes, his roommates....
  8. What is the nurse-patient ratio where you work?

    I forgot to add one point that is subjective in my opinion. The state lists the above ratios as minimums but then also says facilities have to have enough staff to provide quality care. They suggest that if a larger ratio of direct care staff is ne...
  9. What is the nurse-patient ratio where you work?

    In California, there isn't a ratio of nurses to patients in long term care. Instead there is a ratio of "direct care staff to patient". AM is 5 to 1, pm is 8 to 1 and noc is 13 to one. The ratio includes nurses+c.n.a. to patient. One nurse with th...
  10. "No nurses of color....."

    huh? someone asks you for a nurse with another color of skin and they are endangering your staff? are you serious? yikes! i must say people do get pretty crazy when the subject of race comes up.
  11. "No nurses of color....."

    Uhm... That is not what I was asking for but thanks anyway. Those patients were being abusive not just verbalizing their desire for another color of nurse. By the way, just describing a situation involving a patient without identifying their name ...
  12. "No nurses of color....."

    The state, federal nondiscrimination laws do not have anything to do with a patient having a preference for a certain color nurse.
  13. "No nurses of color....."

    I would love to know what hospital is refusing care just because someone is expressing their personal beliefs. That in it's self is illegal as heck. As long as the patient doesn't act on those beliefs in an illegal way, it is their right to say wh...
  14. "No nurses of color....."

    I think those situations are a good time to politely explain that the nurse of their preference is not available and give them who you have. Tell them that if someone becomes available, they will be assigned to them. Treat them like you would any ...
  15. "No nurses of color....."

    Oh puleeease! I have had black patients request only black nurses, females reject me for being a male, white and black patients reject filipina nurses. I have seen patients reject nurses just because they didn't like them on a personal level. Wh...