AnonymousDeleted replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing
@pixierose I have coworkers who treat me like this. I feel your pain. I figure it's different coming from a doctor and can't help you in interpreting that case. When it comes from my peers/equals, I figure it means they just don't like me because I d...
Hey there! I'm a CNA with about 8 years experience who also happens to be in her last semester of school for Practical Nursing. I've pretty much always been the one who got stuck doing the brunt work, dirty jobs, or tasks nobody else accepted and hav...
AnonymousDeleted replied to AnonymousDeleted's topic in Geriatric
She has a psychiatrist who comes to see her for 'anxiety'. He also rounds in our facility on other patients, but not very often and his visits are usually short. Typically, he only speaks to the nurse and will rarely ask me questions... probably beca...
AnonymousDeleted replied to AnonymousDeleted's topic in Geriatric
Surely it has occured to me to just be nice to her. However, she is really some sort of psychic energy vampire... the more you give her, the more she demands. Maybe she's just a bored control freak. Either way, as I said, I have 14 other patients dai...
I am a CNA working in a long term care facility, or nursing home, and have one patient in particular who has really been irking the hell out of me lately. I've been working with her for about a year and have determined for myself that she is a poster...
So, I have been a certified nursing assistant since 2009 and it is honestly the only career I've ever had. I have a love/hate relationship with my profession, as do most of my peers. However, I am strongly interested in further study despite the fact...