wrennightwind

wrennightwind has 1 years experience and specializes in Geriatrics.

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1. Dementia Can Kill You!!

   wrennightwind replied to BSN_after_40's topic in General Nursing

   What an incredibly unsafe situation ! Not only for you, either. The mailman, the paperboy, the little girl selling Girl Scout cookies... Anyone this poor woman perceives as a threat...

2. thinking of moving to vermont ? about bon

   wrennightwind replied to blondnursey's topic in Vermont

   They are very fast ! I took my NCLEX on a Wednesday. By the next morning my license status had changed from pending to active on the state website and I had my actual paper license in the mail on Saturday ! The weather is very similar from North t...

3. Just wondering if anyone else has career related tattoo's

   wrennightwind replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

   I know I'm responding to a really old post here, but when I learned I'd been accepted into my nursing program, I had designed a tattoo to mark the occasion. It's a caduceus with a starfish in front of it. The starfish represents a story that has be...

4. I know a CNA who's name badge says nurse!

   wrennightwind replied to RNFROMTHEHILL's topic in General Nursing

   TO STOP PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF FROM CALLING YOURSELVES NURSES WHEN CLEARLY YOU ARE NOT ONE! ... OK. Let me say this again. Presenting yourself as a nurse when your are not an LPN or RN is illegal. It's also a bad idea. What I also said though was t...

5. Want to quit my job, help please!!

   wrennightwind replied to fan1008's topic in CNA/MA

   I think the most important thing for me was like the old deoderant comercial. "Never let em' see you sweat." Even if you feel angry and out of control if you present a calm face and a calm voice the situation isn't as likely to escelate. It also t...

6. Want to quit my job, help please!!

   wrennightwind replied to fan1008's topic in CNA/MA

   Wow - sounds so familiar ! I've worked as an LNA for 13 years and I've met many patients like this. It can be so hard to go to work each day knowing that you will face that. It's not a reflection on you. If it was, none of the patients would want to ...

7. I know a CNA who's name badge says nurse!

   wrennightwind replied to RNFROMTHEHILL's topic in General Nursing

   I was trying to think of a nice way of saying just that. Can you imagine working on the floor with someone with that attitude? My god - It'd be a war zone !

8. I know a CNA who's name badge says nurse!

   wrennightwind replied to RNFROMTHEHILL's topic in General Nursing

   I worked as an LNA in a the skilled nursing (nursing home) wing of a local hospital. Our badges said LNA and there were very clear guidelines as to what we could and couldn't do for the residents. However, we WERE accepted as part of the "nursing s...