Tech in an ICU is a back breaking job, like being a tech in general. I did it for a while when I was a tech. The RNs would have like one patient they had to turn, clean etc. A tech would have 12. These are 12 heavy pts, most on vents that need to be ...
funtimes replied to OliveOyl91's topic in Technicians
When i worked as an ED tech i would occassionally encounter this. The thing most likely to cause it was helping a doc or PA suture a wound. Im not sure why this exactly would cause it. I guess it was the combination of blood, gore, needles piercing s...
funtimes replied to OliverElio87's topic in Technicians
I floated for a while during my PCT days and this was my experience. Floating full time as a PCT is a very different experience from working on one unit, or occasionally floating to another unit, so I wouldn't base nursing or health care on that exp...
funtimes replied to WCSU1987's topic in Technicians
Well if they're leaving soon, it shouldn't matter if they have a vendetta against you since they'll be gone shortly anyway. Maybe the complaint will expedite their departure. Always amazes me the pettiness of some people. Who gets upsets and raises t...
funtimes replied to nifty_n's topic in Technicians
Sounds pricey to me. The thing is, hospitals are all over the map when it comes to what they prefer when they hire "assistive" personnel. Some require they all be CNAs, some require they be CNAs AND have additional training, some prefer nursing stude...
funtimes replied to MissMelissa14's topic in CNA/MA
CNA school is easy, working as a CNA is hard. I know icu nurses that admit they didn't last a month as a CNA in a nursing home. I still consider it the hardest job in Healthcare I've done, and I work as a Respiratory Therapist now. I think it should ...
Here's the problem with this, it probably WONT be quicker, because the CNA/PCT/PCA might have 15 other patients(and their families), all of whom are going to be hitting call lights for anything and everything, and nurses asking them to do this or tha...
funtimes replied to RBancroft's topic in Technicians
If you already have experience in home health care you probably have more practical experience than the majority of the nursing students you'll be working with. From what I've seen Nursing school clinicals just gives people a tiny exposure to a techs...
funtimes replied to Infofreak411's topic in Relations
There are many things in medicine that were once done that were later found to be bad practice. I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for a return to the bad old days.
RT's still find themselves frequently having to correct mistakes or undo damage...
funtimes replied to Infofreak411's topic in Relations
Maybe the OP was content to sit back and watch the RNs responding prove his/her point.
He/She obviously isn't going to get a very sympathetic response on this forum, which is why they probably just did this to stir the pot, but there are a lot o...
funtimes replied to Infofreak411's topic in Relations
I've noticed this mindset in Nursing as well. It just seems like modern nurses see themselves as the center of the universe. It's what drove me away from Nursing school and into Respiratory therapy. I hate to say this, but from working as a tech and ...
Good for your school. I think all students should be required to be CNAs before starting nursing school. Nursing school barely covers some of the things CNA school emphasizes, the logic being RNs will simply learn this stuff on the job. One thing th...
funtimes replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Technicians
The ER is generally a lot easier than the floors with a couple exceptions. If the ER techs start IVs and draw blood, you HAVE to be good at that. Most people can become proficient with practice, but occasionally its something people struggle with, bo...
funtimes replied to brekaybrax's topic in Technicians
How heavy a work load depends on the shift. For night shift this is a typical load for a tech, maybe even a little light. For days it's a heavy load because you have to add baths into the mix. its impossible to say how heavy because every hospital is...
funtimes replied to WCSU1987's topic in Technicians
I'm going to guess that English might not be your first language and you probably aren't American, but in case you are thinking about becoming a Paramedic in the US I'll comment. In the US becoming a Paramedic just isn't worth the trouble. The pay an...