Stacey Tortorice

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1. Team Nursing?

   Stacey Tortorice replied to plumrn's topic in Safety

   That is what nursing is pitching in helping out where and when needed weather it is you regular patient or not.I am a C.N.A and i try to help out when i see that another co-worker needs help.think what really gets me at times is that when the second...

2. CNA, PCA, & PCT's >>> Salary Range ???

   Stacey Tortorice replied to Miamipete001's topic in General Nursing

   :) Pete depends on the experience you have as a C.N.A but then again in some places that dose not even matter.have been doing this type of work for many years and not making what I should be making.Make more money when I work for the agency then I do...

3. Casual Days

   Stacey Tortorice replied to NurseAllen's topic in General Nursing

   :) I work in a nursing home here in texas and I think that we should go to different color scrubs reall think that white is out dated.think that we should be able to whear something that has color for cheer fully.but should have a casual day couple o...

4. Should nurses be held responsible for their mistakes

   Stacey Tortorice replied to MollyJ's topic in General Nursing

   All of us nurses should have a way to protect our selves.I do not think that we should get blam for something that we were told to do by the head people that effected the patient and should be noted in the chart and also belive all nurses should keep...

5. Jay Leno's "joke" about nurses

   Stacey Tortorice replied to -jt's topic in General Nursing

   I did not see leno but I am sure that he had a lot of jokes to say as the others did like david letterman.they just have no ideal what we go thru and really do not care anymore what these people have to say anymore.They have to really see what we do ...

6. Nursing Home Crisis

   Stacey Tortorice posted a topic in General Nursing

   Am a C.N.A and have work in the nursing homes for many years.Their is such a shortage of nurses in the nursing homes.As i was looking thru the other comments on nursing home shortage and some one said that they do not see the people running the place...

7. I have a question for all nursing home nurses.

   Stacey Tortorice replied to chili2641's topic in Geriatric

   :) Yes I do agree with what has been said if the hot shot people were not saving the money for themselves us C.N.A,s would have better pay but what is ever left out of their budget is their money to keep and it should not be that way.I feel that we w...

8. CNA to ATTORNEY

   Stacey Tortorice replied to chili2641's topic in General Nursing

   :) Nursing Assistance would make good attorneys.I think sometimes we have better judgement then the R.N.S or L.V.N at times I can tell my charge nurse that this patient would not do good getting up and she tells me get her up anyway do and the patien...

9. My license on the line, not theirs

   Stacey Tortorice replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

   I would get out of the mess you are in have you suggested to the director that they get monitor techs.seems that would help a lot.If this is something that they are not willing to do then it is time to leave.Their was a time that I had over 16 patien...

10. Talk of the Nation : Nursing Shortage

    Stacey Tortorice replied to PeggyOhio's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing shortage.It is about ready to drive us all crazy here in texas. One of the big major hospital here in houston close one of their units because of the shortage of nurses.nursing homes are getting bad short of all kinds of nurses and the ones...

11. What is assisted living nursing?

    Stacey Tortorice replied to markbeer's topic in Geriatric

    :) Getting to assisted living I work in assisting living or so they call it thatbut in my book their are two types total care assisting and just the plain assist care with reminders.my virson of assisting living is that the residents can do all care ...

12. falls

    Stacey Tortorice replied to RNAC's topic in Geriatric

    :) Lap buddies are good if the patients keep them on or if you do not have a family member that will refuse to let you do that.I did have a patient that did try and stand up in the W/C while that was on they did however understand me when I said plea...

13. Nurse Aides

    Stacey Tortorice replied to Judy T's topic in Geriatric

    I belive that we should be called nurse techs assistance.web page

14. Nursing homes

    Stacey Tortorice posted a topic in Geriatric

    Yes work in a nursing home and have a lot to get off my chest.their is such a shortage of nurses here in texas and a little worse in the nursing home.they just do not want to pay and their is such a lack of respect.try to leave work at work and not b...