Safetymouse LPN, LVN

Safetymouse is a LPN, LVN and specializes in Sec/Tech.

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1. Can I shadow you? Location not important

   Safetymouse replied to Crossfit SRNA2b's topic in CRNA

   Try asking the ones at the hospital you work at, just make sure it is at a time when they are not busy. Sometimes after various nurses and advanced practice nurses see a patient on my floor and neither of us are busy I just ask questions. Nearly ev...

2. other job...

   Safetymouse replied to silentRN's topic in General Nursing

   I should think it would be doable. My experience with a second job is different since teachers practically have the whole summer off to work at bagging groceries, tutoring summer school children, being counselors at nature camps, etc. I could see ...

3. CNA license?

   Safetymouse replied to Marissa2619's topic in General Nursing

   Mine was a certification and I knew right after the exam I passed (they handed me print outs to keep/take to employers). I recieved a letter approximately a month later telling me I was officially in the system. For my state I go to the cna portion...

4. Male CNA in NYC

   Safetymouse replied to freeman40's topic in General Nursing

   Another suggestion would be to widen/broaden your job search. Had there been any places you did not apply to such as smaller hospitals, a more out of the way LTC or ALF? Did you try any of the places you have done clinicals at? If not, I might do ...

5. Dealing with CNA's

   Safetymouse replied to miss_c's topic in General Nursing

   For some reason, it does not want me to edite the post to add some clarification...I'm a bit slow after 4 hours of sleep... I'm still on orientation so I'm mainly helping out other techs and we get asked about all sorts of things from discharges to ...

6. Dealing with CNA's

   Safetymouse replied to miss_c's topic in General Nursing

   I try hard not to speak to patients of things I do not know for certain as a tech because I do not want to tell them the wrong thing (but I may be spoiled for being on a small floor and most of the nurses being easily approachable). If I did say som...

7. Nurses with tattoos

   Safetymouse replied to Deargceann's topic in General Nursing

   At the hospital I work at, there is a nurse in the float pool who goes all over the hospital with at least three very visible tattoos on her arms and a small one on the back of her neck that is shown off when her hair is up. As far as I can tell...n...

8. What Stethoscope to purchase?

   Safetymouse replied to Chele415's topic in Uniform/Gear

   If a store nearby or anyone you know will let you try out their stethoscopes you should because everyone is different. I can't remember what type of Adscope a friend has, but I hear out of her stethoscope better than I do my Littman Classic II S.E.

9. Looking for the bright side

   Safetymouse replied to yogamom's topic in General Nursing

   A nurse in hospital orientation with me told me she went to an ABSN program in another state several years ago. When she went to her first job interview, they wanted to hear about her school's program and were very impressed with her grades/success ...

10. STNA practical exam

    Safetymouse replied to Dresdenchick's topic in CNA/MA

    We got a brochure that had EXACTLY what we needed to do spelled out for us for each of the possible test skills. I just looked over that booklet and watched some videos another teacher in my state made and posted online. Though you may feel silly, ...

11. What skills did YOU get at the CNA state exam?

    Safetymouse replied to emily_ganshert's topic in CNA/MA

    Handwashing, Partial Bed Bath, Feed the Patient, Measure Urinary Output, Put on PPE From what I remember my partner had: Handwashing, Count Respirations, Knee and Ankle RoM, Female Peri Care, and I can't remember...maybe ambulation or transfer to ...

12. pct/nurse tech wages

    Safetymouse replied to k_r_ah's topic in Technicians

    With no cna experience prior, I was hired at $11/hour plus shift differentials

13. What to Tell?

    Safetymouse replied to justme01's topic in CNA/MA

    LOL Kohala71! I've done this to my husband by accident back when I was in clinicals at the nursing home, I was just mentioning some interesting highlights of my day.

14. Well, I'm being really dumb about this..

    Safetymouse replied to Fudgsicle's topic in CNA/MA

    I was very nervous and humor definitely helped (I inadvertently had both my tester and patient rolling during the first third of my exam). Another thing to help you focus and to catch yourself if you forgot something BEFORE you make the mistake is t...

15. what do CNA's do in a hospital?

    Safetymouse replied to daisygal's topic in CNA/MA

    I was taught in my NAI course that CNA's could only clean foleys. However hospitals are allowed to give NA's advanced training and competency test them to do other tasks (an example our instructor used is administer enemas). They cannot do it outsi...