wa-rn

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1. Medication Nurse Assistants

   wa-rn replied to K205's topic in General Nursing

   I was a med tech for 4 years before becoming an RN (Oh, yes...I also made as much as an LPN because I was per diem, but no benefits) There were many things I was not aware of (that could have killed someone) regarding medications and food & drug ...

2. Workload split between RNs/CNAs

   wa-rn replied to Alpha13's topic in General Nursing

   Well, that is a myth that nursing students & some RN's still believe in. As a nurse, I still do nurse aide work, from getting VS to changing an incontinent pt. Our job is to make the pt comfortable be it with a pill or repositioning. Sometimes,...

3. Looking like a Nurse

   wa-rn replied to loserboy's topic in Men

   SMILE! When I meet a new patient, nothing says "I am a friendly & caring nurse" like a big smile as soon as I step in the room, that is the first thing that a patient notices about me...even the really sick & miserable patient like to see ...

4. I Passed Nclex Lpn Today

   wa-rn replied to dawnregit's topic in LPN/LVN

   :balloons: Congratulations! And best of luck.

5. How many Pt do you take care of?

   wa-rn replied to Franlpntorn's topic in General Nursing

   In Wasington, I work noc shift in a hospital floor of 15 beds, min of 4 pt's max of 8 or 7. Usually 2 RN's with 1 aide (2 aides if census of 14 or more) not bad unless all 7 pt's want to use BSC all at once

6. A Clueless New Guy

   wa-rn replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in Men

   My first semester is nursing school was basically like CNA training, we had to learn all the things that I learned in CNA training, from VS to bedpans, transfers, and yes cleaning poop...yes there is a right & wrong way to do it (the difference w...

7. More Laffs from Fran's Library of Laughter

   wa-rn replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Humor

   very cute!

8. I made my first med error today

   wa-rn replied to luvdancink's topic in New Nurse

   Hi Kristy, I remember my first one too, it felt awful, I was mortified. But then I calmed down and did what every good nurse should, call the doc. It was a good experience, the doc actually thanked me for having the courage to report the error, I w...

9. Have you ever had CNA's/MA's who dont want to work?

   wa-rn replied to exodusgo's topic in General Nursing

   Being a new nurse on a floor is not the easiest thing to do, nursing school teaches you about delegation, but it is easier said then done. I used to think like you, but that quickly changed. I hope that you get luckier than me and have good aides w...

10. Why so many quit during first year?

    wa-rn replied to LouisianaNurse2006's topic in New Nurse

    In nursing school, it was recommended to do one year in acute care. After that do what you want

11. Have you ever had CNA's/MA's who dont want to work?

    wa-rn replied to exodusgo's topic in General Nursing

    so far I have been so unimpressed with these CNA’s...I used to say of the nurses that wouldn’t help lazy & condescending, but guess what, I didn’t go to nursing school to do other people’s jobs, I have my work to do, and the CNA’s have theirs to ...