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When our census is low, we send home a CNA home early (usually half way through the shift) if we are full staffed and we don't fill a call-in for a CNA if census is low. When someone needs to go...

The best advise I got from my DON, if you're not sure of the answer to a question they ask, don't say "I don't know" say "I'm not sure, but I will go find the answer and let you know" and then go...

When we went to EMAR, we changed our med pass times so we had a longer window to give them. With the exception of meds that absolutely need to be given at a certain time (eg: it's scheduled q 6 hrs,...

The strangest thing I've encountered in this area was a pt with orders to straight cath for post void bladder scan greater than 400 cc that admitted she tried to hold in her urine while she was on...

When I was a student, I passed out at clinicals while observing a circumcision. My clinical instructor noticed what was happening and caught me and sat me in a chair and one of the nurses got me some...

^This.

I just recently switched from evenings to days. I have two little girls, ages 4 years and 13 months. Evenings were nice because I had my mornings free with them to do what we needed to do and I could...

I worked nocs when I went back to work after my first baby. If I had to go back to work again that night, I would sleep at my mom's house and she would watch the baby and wake me up when she needed...

I opened a new bottle of ibuprofen at home yesterday and without even thinking I grabbed a Sharpie and wrote the date opened on it!

When I used to work nocs, the beeping of the garbage truck backing up when I was sleeping during the day always caused me to wake up thinking "What alarm is that!?!"

When I started as a new grad, I trained on all 3 shifts. I trained 5 shifts on each shift (nocs/days/eves) plus worked two shifts with the evening supervisor to learn how to do an admission. Looks...

At night, I slather my hands in Aquaphor and put socks over my hands. My husband makes fun of me, but I don't care. I also love L'Occitane hand cream.

I work day shift. My first priority after getting report is to get blood sugars and insulins done as well as any tx or assessments that are that are best done before people get out of bed for the day...

We used to have a resident in the LTC I work at that would constantly put on her call light to c/o not being able to find her call light.

I work in LTC and pumped for both my kids while working there. I was working evenings, so I would use the social worker's office since she had already gone home for the day when it was time for me to...

Good luck! Just stay calm and do everything the way you were taught to do it. I managed to mostly avoid the surveyors asking me too many questions the last time they were are my facility by trying my...

I keep an extra set of scrubs in a plastic bag. If I would need to change, I would bring the soiled ones home in the plastic bag.

I got a $25 Target gift card. There was also a Christmas party which was a catered lunch and they had a drawing for some other prizes which looked like they were things donated by other local...

We have a set schedule that is a 6 weeks block. I like it because I can figure out my schedule months in advance if I want to plan something. We are required to work every other holiday and if it's...

One day a resident with demtia was c/o her husband not coming home (he had been deceased for many years, but she always forgets). She said "I guess he's not coming home, so I'm going to find a new...

Lots of pens! As soon as I set on down, it tends to disappear. I also bring a Sharpie marker, a yellow highlighter (for "yellowing out" DC'd orders) and my own bandage scissors since there never...

We don't take BP before administering BP meds except for when there is a recent med change or for a few residents who have a h/o their BP bottoming out. People at home don't take their BP before...

I worked as a CNA my entire first pregnancy. I worked right until I went into labor at 39 weeks. It is a myth the heavy lifting can cause a miscarriage. In my last trimester, I did need help...

I work full time evening (3-11:30 pm) and have two kiddos, ages 3.5 and 10 months. Right now, working evenings is great because I have the mornings free to spend with my kids, run errands, clean the...

I work with dementia pts and I have young children at home and in a lot of ways taking care of children and dementia pts is similar (as in they both need lots of cues/assistance with ADLs). So I...