swayman2202

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1. Sport Medicine????

   swayman2202 posted a topic in General Nursing

   OK, so this is a quick and hopefully easy question to answer!!! So a friend of mine raised a question in my mind, she believes that CNA's can work in sport medicine! Is this true? Because if that is the case thats where i NEED to be!!! Can someone p...

2. What would you make of this?

   swayman2202 replied to bluemorningglory's topic in General Nursing

   Well i know in MY CNA course we were taught not to use these words when speaking to a patient it was described as disrespectful, I cannot remember exactly the reason for this but it did have alot to do with bring them down to a childs level, as we ty...

3. Night shift my only choice as a new hire?

   swayman2202 replied to swayman2202's topic in General Nursing

   I really like ten hour shifts, i tried to swing that at my first job ever as a CNA but they were not having it. But my second job let me for a few months then they got short handed and asked if id got back to 12's not sure why though i basically work...

4. Night shift my only choice as a new hire?

   swayman2202 replied to swayman2202's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for all the input, i recently left a job (due to problems with pregnacny) where i was working over night and it was a scattered shift where id work for 3 days get one off then work for 4 get one off then work 2 and FINALLY get 2 days off. I re...

5. First nightshift down

   swayman2202 replied to gtoko's topic in General Nursing

   I know I personally get a huge sugar rush from caffeine to only crash soon after. Just a thought though.

6. CNA or Med Tech better experience?

   swayman2202 replied to PepeSilvia's topic in CNA/MA

   PERSONALLY i think a med tech gets better expirence, because they get to work side by side the nurses (at least where i use to work) they get to do quite a few of the things that nurses get to do (there again may just be where i work i dont know) whi...

7. Would manager or HR be impressed?

   swayman2202 replied to shuubie's topic in General Nursing

   If by orientation you mean interview, NOT a good idea, whether that place is your top choice, or not, it looks and sounds tachy and disrespectful and give the idea that if another "top choice" comes along in a few months you will quit at the drop of ...

8. Can a doctor ask a nurse to write the order when she is standing right there??

   swayman2202 replied to Parul's topic in General Nursing

   I am a CNA, but currently due to problems with my pregnancy, i work in medical records at a home health agency. We have a form for doctors, an RN has to fill out the order that they want approved and we fax it to the Dr. who signs it and returns it....

9. Night shift my only choice as a new hire?

   swayman2202 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Is it possible to be hired on into a daytime shift or is that nearly impossible?? I am NOT a good night person!!!! I get burned out very easily on nights but its not from work, it is from not seeing my daughter and husband and spending quality time ...

10. LVNs=no job?

    swayman2202 replied to kikisan's topic in LPN/LVN

    WOW!!! 14.00 an hr for CNA job. Id love that!!!! Starting pay in okla for cna is usually 10 dollars the most i made starting was 12.50 what 2.50 was differential for working weekends and nights. TAKE IT! any expirence is better than none! Fortunatley...

11. The attire debate - what should nurses wear?

    swayman2202 replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a VA center, and we are absolutly forbidden to wear, all black (depressive color) any red due to it reminds pt of the war (blood i assume??), and no camo no matter what color there again reference to war.

12. Sharing Personal Information at Work

    swayman2202 replied to Urban_Durga's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the previous posts, but there is a point that private life becomes annoying. A co worker of mine alwasy talks about how she sleeps with this guy behind her husbands bakc and all this other stuff about her screwed up life and i personally...

13. is it just me?

    swayman2202 replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    This is irrelevant to the complaint but made me think of this situation i was in one time, me and my co-worker were putting patients to bed (we r cnas) on a high functioning alzhiemer unit, but this one pt is always wanting to get in and out of bed h...

14. Report or not?

    swayman2202 replied to dscott76's topic in General Nursing

    I would report, I know my job you have to give at LEAST 2 hrs notice if not coming in or its a write up. ANd just because you showed up or even if you called in NO supervisor is allowed to treat you with such disrespect. It is not appropriate.

15. Is the medical field right for me?

    swayman2202 replied to swayman2202's topic in General Nursing

    I love helping people, but I really think I like the exciting stuff and the adrenaline rush i can get, which at the VA happened only twice the entire time i worked there, once we had a patient choke that was really exciting, the second while I was gi...