Is language a barrier for nursing?

suzanne4, RN · Mar 25, 2004

Glad that you had such a good day. Doesn't it make you feel better? You should feel quite proud of yourself....................................

:balloons: :balloons:

vivianhuang · Mar 31, 2004

Suzanne: :) how r u? currently i am so busy! everything is getting better now!every week i need to work and study, but i feel quite happy:) i told me classmates that i would continue to study nursing, they were quite happy. anyway thanks you help and encouragement:)

suzanne4, RN · Mar 31, 2004

Vivian,

Nice to hear that everything is working out so well for you. Sometimes we all get overwhelmed by everything going on around us plus the school work, etc. and we go on sensory overload......................then it is time to just chill and take time to smell the flowers and let the cobwebs clear. Questions will usually get answered on their own...............You will have classes and teachers that you love and will always remember, and some that you wish you could forget the day that you started..........You will have the most wonderful patients to care for some days and other days you will have the patient from h***. But your days will be rewarding than not and I am sure that your parents are quite pleased with your decision.................

Please keep up the good work and continue to keep me posted. :balloons:

Tweety, BSN, RN · Mar 31, 2004

You're doing great. Being foreign born is definately not a hinderance here in the USA, as long as you can communicate, and you seem to be doing that. :)

By the way, I smiled when you wrote I "learnt" some..........that's the way we in the Southern USA pronounce "learned". Learnt is not really a word, it's learned. Not a criticism, but you brought a smile to my face. (I make a lot of typos, so I have no room to talk). :)

vivianhuang · Apr 2, 2004

Today is another bad day for me:( my agency told me that the hospital which i worked in yesterday, complained: i didn't know how to lift patients!! actually i did, i knew that. but yesterday they asked me to lift patients who couldn't support themselves at all. i am wondering why they didn't use hoist. even they use belt, but i know if the patients can support themselves partly, they use belt, otherwise they need to use hoist. is that right? my weight is just 45kg, i'm not tall, it's just about 155cm, so i got a quite small size. yesterday they asked me to lift a male patient who was about at least 75kg and nearly 180cm, even i lift him with another caregiver, but his weight was much over than my own weight 35%!!! how can i do that?? is that my problem? how can i deal with this?

suzanne4, RN · Apr 2, 2004

There are some techniques for helping to lift and transfer patients

that are larger than you. You are "Thai" size, as I call it. See if your program offers a class in patient transferring, or if your agency does. Just think of it as another technique to learn. :)

Do you have any friends that are physical therapy students? They have some wonderful techniques that you could also learn to help you with your patients. You can give that a try.

Let me know how it works for you....................... :balloons: