fuzzygirl

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1. How many other nurses do you work with?

   fuzzygirl replied to rob4's topic in General Nursing

   In LTC, you may have 25 residents on day/evening shift and 2 CNAs to help you. I've worked in "assisted living" facilities that gave me the entire house on night shift (with CNAs of course). At the hospital where I occasionally work through an agency...

2. Is nursing is not anything but a glorified CNA position?

   fuzzygirl replied to LadyinScrubs's topic in General Nursing

   YES. Yes, you are a caregiver with higher education that can not only feed/change/bathe a patient but can also administer life saving medications and treatments. Everything a CNA does should be included in your care as a nurse.

3. smoking clients

   fuzzygirl replied to fuzzygirl's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all for the advice/support : ) Yesterday was better. Perhaps she misunderstood the asthma issue? I would never tell someone they can NOT go smoke, but I won't smoke with them. The video was the best...hard to stay mad when you are laughing...

4. smoking clients

   fuzzygirl posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello : ) I'm a nurse recently diagnosed with asthma, an ex-smoker. Recently at work, a supervisor wanted me to take a resident outdoors for a cigarette. I explained to her that exposure to smoke is dicey for me at this time and refused. She then dem...