rheath22

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1. Baby vs no baby... help!

   rheath22 replied to Abby_3191's topic in General Students

   I have two kids (10 & 5) and I am a junior in my BSN program. A baby changes everything. I am going through a divorce also. Big, giant life changes like a baby, divorce make nursing school 100x difficult in my opinion. I feel like I have to wor...

2. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   rheath22 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   Guy comes into the front lobby of the hospital screaming at the top of his lungs he needs a Dr NOW. A surgeon shows him down to ED and he's still screaming "I HAVE NEVER SEEN MY DAUGHTER LIKE THIS BEFORE". He's screaming there's no time for paperwork...

3. Yep. I have no friends in school.

   rheath22 posted a topic in General Students

   I have been in my program for a year and a half, it's a 4 year BSN. I came as a transfer student. I am a little older, I am 28. A huge chunk of my cohorts are under 21, and a bunch are about my age with kids and there is a few who are older (40+). I...

4. File this one under "things I think but won't say"...

   rheath22 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   I love working with elderly, don't get me wrong, but some of them won't do ANYTHING for themselves. Only when the families are around. Then act like we are crazy when cares go up.

5. Begining to feel like I will never be able to return to nursing

   rheath22 replied to Cricket183's topic in Disabilities

   I have crps/rsd on my right arms from a patient falling and it was a choice of her cracking her head open or me attempting to ease her to the ground. This is hell. I am in nursing school? So far able to maintain nursing school, I begged the dr to ...

6. Weirdest/most difficult thing swallowed by a patient

   rheath22 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   Yes. That is why I put it in quotation marks. Thank you

7. should I stay or should I go?

   rheath22 replied to Nurseynurse369's topic in General Nursing

   I am a CNA at a ALF. I have been here for 3 years. I get paid $11.37 a hour. I have 5 years experience. People that walk through the door with less experience make more than me. I have been a good employee. Now I am in nursing school, I am looking f...

8. why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

   rheath22 replied to murseforever's topic in Relations

   I don't understand why some people lie either. There is nothing Shameful about being a CNA.

9. The Patient's "Guests"

   rheath22 replied to rnsheri's topic in Humor

   #6 really grinds my gears sometimes. I dislike this daughter/son/in-law-kids/priest/nosy passerby scenario "She/he looks uncomfortable when did you turn her last, has she had pericare/morphine/atropine/lorazepam/ice chips" as I am walking out of the...

10. Weirdest/most difficult thing swallowed by a patient

    rheath22 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Not really swallowed butttt..... At my ALF one of our resident put a flower from one of the inside plants in her "front bottom". I thought it was a blood clot at first

11. Patient fall without bed alarm

    rheath22 replied to Texasnurse81's topic in General Nursing

    Is it in ALF or skilled? I know in ALF it's in the contract that they are not with staff 24/7 so there is the disclaimer. I'm not sure about skilled or the hospital.

12. Frugality thead:work less, spend less

    rheath22 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I get a lot of clothes at goodwill. They have amazing sales!! I got a brand new pair of nikes for $5.99!! I get my kiddos clothes there too.

13. Progressive care unit interview. Help!

    rheath22 posted a topic in CNA/MA

    Currently I work in Alf. I have worked there for over three years. I am in my second year of nursing school getting my BSN. The school I go to also had a couple hospitals. It's not going to great at the ALF, so I decided it was time to move on. I hav...

14. Did I do the right thing?

    rheath22 replied to Live.Love.Nurse.♡'s topic in General Nursing

    I also work in ALF. One time the nurse thought the resident was having a anxiety attack, he was really having a heart attack. Always send.

15. Funny Things Patients Say

    rheath22 replied to PMFB-RN's topic in Relations

    I am a CNA but I have a few stories. We have a diabetic resident (sugars average 250) and his buddy the dementia resident. Diabetic resident got jello one night and the dementia resident got a piece of pie his wife bought. Diabetic resident was yell...