lilgecko

lilgecko

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  1. Frustrated with new job

    Make a chart for each resident and post by their bedroom doors..be specific on times for bed checks, restroom, showers, linen wash, meds administered, etc. Have the CNAs sign in ink when the task is accomplished. Then "pop" in during those times......
  2. school question

    Try this website: http://deptets.fvct.edu/nursing/index.htm. Its free. I wish you the best of luck.
  3. Stressed, brand new CNA. Am I going to make it? :(

    You need to remind yourself... the only stupid question is an unasked question. Things will all start to fall into place soon enough for you! Keep the faith. I have had receptionists at the docs office be in tears, stating they just couldnt keep u...
  4. CAN I GET FIRED???

    I am not sure what dept you work in, but you do need to let them know. Concealing that type of injury not only puts yourself at risk for further complications, but also your patient (transfers.. etc). Most facilities do understand injuries will ha...
  5. Nurse accuses patient of drug addiction!

    If this happened in the doctors office/ hospital floor I worked at the nurse would have been fired on the spot. I am still in awe of the whole situation. I had an operation where I only wanted regular tylenol at first. 2 Aleeve get me looped up. A...
  6. SNOTTY MA claiming to be a nurse!!!!

    WOW!! I have to post again. I was an office manager for several years and YES I did write out scripts, and YES I did call them in for the pts to the pharmacy. That is NOT an uncommon practice. When I worked on the floor at the hospital, I would ca...
  7. Student Nurses over 35 and Second Career????

    Hello... Im 42 and was just layed off from the factory. Even though I worked in the medical field 8 years ago for 13 yrs, found it very hard to get a job without updated experience in a doctors office... so back to school for me!! Im on the wait lis...
  8. SNOTTY MA claiming to be a nurse!!!!

    Unfortunately it is the mentality of some of the MAs~that they indeed are side by side with LPNs. Recently layed off, I am now on the wait list for nursing school, but am taking the MA course while I wait to brush up in med field (havent worked in i...