Should the word "nurse" be a legally protected title? I am mixed on it. Personally, the word nurse is vague and could mean many different things. It could mean an LPN and it could mean an RN. It does not signify a credential. However, a lot of people assume nurse = RN.
It is kind of like a "doctor" in my opinion. A doctor could be a doctor of anything whereas it is illegal to say you are an MD or DO without being an MD or a DO.
My state does not currently regulate the use of the word nurse. Hence why we have graduate nurse interns or nurse techs (which are PCTs/CNAs).
I have an acquaintance who is taking pre-req's in order to go to vet tech school. A short while back on a FB post, he referred to himself (and vet techs) as nurses, and he's "going to be a veterinary nurse." There is no such title (legally). But I hear more and more vet techs (I have huge respect for their knowledge and expertise) refer to themselves as "nurses."
DVM's do not refer to themselves as physicians, and neither should vet techs cal themselves nurses.
It took everything I had to just let it go. He wouldn't get it anyway.
I don't mind CNA's using the title "nurse." Often patients and their family members ask "the nurse" to change them or toilet them. Sorry, I just give out and watch you take your pills
I have read several other posts by you, and have GREAT difficulty believing you to be a real, licensed nurse. ARE you? Or do you just post on message boards as though you are?
I thought you might be a student, but now I don't think that applies, either.
I have read several other posts by you, and have GREAT difficulty believing you to be a real, licensed nurse. ARE you? Or do you just post on message boards as though you are?
I thought you might be a student, but now I don't think that applies, either.
I get that a lot. I just tell the people that don't believe I am a nurse that no one is forcing them to believe me.
Nurses provide personal hygiene and toileting care, too, last time I checked.
I get that a lot. I just tell the people that don't believe I am a nurse that no one is forcing them to believe me. Depends on the setting you work in.
I decided to look up your posts, too. I know it's none of my business and likely, you don't care, but it bums me out for nursing in general, and the techs/CNAs you work with, that you feel above doing ADLs. Just because you don't want to, or don't have to, you should still be willing. I couldn't imagine telling a patient to sit in fecal matter until the next available tech/CNA comes around. And you are quite proud of this attitude, too. This really isn't an attitude to be proud of.
Anyway, with this line of thinking you've shared, no one is forcing you to agree with me, so carry on. I hope one day you can recognize the compassion involved in ADLs, and the opportunity they create to better care for and know your patients' needs.
Hopefully if you are, you're not actually involved in pt care...or else have really really good liability ins. Otherwise it's just a matter of time before a pt develops a pressure ulcer, a family sues, and you're SOL. Because "I don't do ADLs" won't be an adequate defense. Just sayin'.
Are you a case manager, MDS nurse, researcher? If not I'm racking my brain trying to figure out what nurse doesn't ever do ADLs. Myself I've worked SICU, CVICU, Neuro floor, LTAC, and a stint in a SNF--rehab floor. I don't think I've ever worked a shift where I've done zero ADLs.
I get that a lot. I just tell the people that don't believe I am a nurse that no one is forcing them to believe me.
Hopefully if you are, you're not actually involved in pt care...or else have really really good liability ins. Otherwise it's just a matter of time before a pt develops a pressure ulcer, a family sues, and you're SOL. Because "I don't do ADLs" won't be an adequate defense. Just sayin'.
Are you a case manager, MDS nurse, researcher? If not I'm racking my brain trying to figure out what nurse doesn't ever do ADLs. Myself I've worked SICU, CVICU, Neuro floor, LTAC, and a stint in a SNF--rehab floor. I don't think I've ever worked a shift where I've done zero ADLs.
Looks like you've answered your own question... sort of. The answer is along those lines. Being a nurse, I can choose to only work within facilities with adequate CNA coverage which leaves me the time to perform nursing interventions that will allow me to better myself.
Looks like you've answered your own question... sort of. The answer is along those lines. Being a nurse, I can choose to only work within facilities with adequate CNA coverage which leaves me the time to perform nursing interventions that will allow me to better myself.
Ok, that confirms it for me. You are NOT a nurse, but are playing one on the internet. Carry on.
Looks like you've answered your own question... sort of. The answer is along those lines. Being a nurse, I can choose to only work within facilities with adequate CNA coverage which leaves me the time to perform nursing interventions that will allow me to better myself.
I would have to agree, you're an Internet Nurse. A Nurse would immediately know what's wrong with your statement.
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Unless you crossed out the "RN" and replaced it with LPN then technically, yes.