Ploppers

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1. OMG!!! My back.......!!

   Ploppers replied to Misslady113's topic in CNA/MA

   You can try pilates and streatching before work. Its very important to have a strong core to back up the body mechanics. When I first started ibprophen was my best friend!!!

2. Is it hard getting into a hospital being fresh out of CNA school?

   Ploppers replied to jaytori220's topic in CNA/MA

   Here in Oklahoma they have started using AUAs (advanced unlicenced assistants) they are like CNAs on steroids in the skills department. But as far as the hospital I work at, you dont even have to be certified. You can just walk in without having ever...

3. Are you proud to be a CNA?

   Ploppers replied to Serendipity, PCT's topic in CNA/MA

   At my hospital we are called nurse techs but its all the same. I have my CNA and I don't regret every choosing to be one. And to those who try to look down on me for my position... why don't you come try it and see how much you have to say?

4. CNAs who work the overnight shift, i need your help!

   Ploppers replied to hwalls's topic in CNA/MA

   Well.... with the lifting thing... it can be easier but not always. You got the patient who actually only wets the bed at night because they are asleep and don't know to get up, the one with sundowners who all the sudden decides they dont know where ...

5. CNA Commandments

   Ploppers replied to greeniebean's topic in CNA/MA

   Thou shalt not have a patient with a runny stool colostomy bag and chart "BM X1" Thou shalt not encourage renal patients to refuse their daily weights Thou shalt not assume that the 96 year old 70 lb man just gets up to the bathroom (those pesky brow...

6. Tossing Your Cookies...

   Ploppers replied to JasmDasm's topic in General Nursing

   I can't belive no one has mentioned wound drainage!!! That is the one and only thing that kills me. I had one Pt. that had a pressure ulcer on her foot. We went to change the dressing and I got the wonderful job of holding the foot up. Well I made th...

7. Is my NM whack or is it just me?

   Ploppers replied to jomoholono's topic in General Nursing

   That is like saying "Hey wake up that newborn and see if its hungry." Who in thier right mind would do that??? Patients in general are sick. Sick people in general need rest... duh. :lol_hitti (Yes, your NM is totally whack)

8. The Lord Is So Good!

   Ploppers replied to RedhairedNurse's topic in General Nursing

   Look at the amazing Doctors, Nurses, Techs, Volunteers, and other medical staff bettering peoples lives... If you don't think the Lord exists then tell me who the heck did that?! To him we should say :tku:

9. What is your personal nursing mission statement?

   Ploppers replied to loveshospital's topic in General Nursing

   P.S. I'm glad that you posted... That is a question I think we should all ask ourselves.

10. What is your personal nursing mission statement?

    Ploppers replied to loveshospital's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a tech but... My personal statement would go something like: I'm here to try my hardest to make people feel better about their situation. So they can see a kind face in their time of illness in hopes that it is one less uncaring person they have ...

11. Anyone else feeling frustrated with their job?

    Ploppers replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    I know the feeling on that one. I'm out right now because of surgery and the stress of it all took a toll on the way I looked at my job. Before I went out it got pretty negative there and I became really grouchy and intolerant of peoples attitudes ev...

12. Anyone experience muscle pain from work?

    Ploppers replied to SICUteam's topic in General Nursing

    Yes soreness is part of the job but not constant. I pulled my back so bad one time that the doctor said the muscles were roping. I took muscle relaxers and found they were not for me. After that I did stretches, warm baths, and Pilates. I really foun...

13. New To Night Shift

    Ploppers replied to PennyNickelDime_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked nights for about a year and a half now. I love it, but some of my co-workers have a hard time, so I looked up night shift on Webmd.com. You really should check it out! It is a study on how to regulate your sleep and how to help when you...

14. Sucking out the fun....

    Ploppers replied to SweetLemon's topic in General Nursing

    Oh don't be discouraged!!! Okay so you had one bad experience... a really bad one but still.... if it is your calling you can't let some psyco, strong armed doc suck the fun out of it. Have fun with a invisible perimiter around said "doctor destructo...

15. Absolutely FURIOUS!!!!

    Ploppers replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I know your mad at your momma but it seems she raised you right if you have that good a head on your shoulders... I'm just tryin to give ya ONE thing to thank her for. I think every thing happens for a reason and in my opinion ( from your posts ) you...