sWolfie

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1. nurse aides rules

   sWolfie replied to reylem's topic in Geriatric

   I think you should write the CNA's up. As a CNA, we are not being paid for sleeping or yelling at the residents, we are there for the residents. Some CNA's like to give the new charge nurses a hard time to see if they are going to be tough enough to ...

2. Prejudice in healthcare

   sWolfie replied to essarge's topic in General Nursing

   I've seen alot of prejudice against people who don't have insurance. One time I had to run to the ER to pick some papers up and they were talking about this kid who was living on the streets, they more or less just left him sitting saying " he has n...

3. fustrated

   sWolfie replied to goldennurse's topic in General Nursing

   As a CNA, I can honestly say I know where you are coming from. We have many lazy nurses and aides where I work. Yes, even the bad attitudes from both too. We don't have RN's on our floor. There's this one LPN who will be sitting at the desk talking o...

4. CNA links??

   sWolfie replied to OneGirlRevolution's topic in General Nursing

   I have found many sites for CNA's, but none with message boards......as of yet. I am sure there is one out there somewhere. Maybe I will make that my new project and start a site for CNA's. Peace!! "S"

5. Have you ever been hit by a patient?

   sWolfie posted a topic in General Nursing

   As a CNA, I've been hit, pinched, kicked....ran over by the wheel chair...but the major one was getting bit while trying to bath a resident. I too ended up getting stitches and shots. Sad thing is, the family members don't want to hear about their l...

6. Eden Program

   sWolfie replied to sWolfie's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all who replied to this. Well, we already have people who bring animals in and yes, the residents love them. They also make messes and my concern is, what if a resident slips and fall.....sure they can do that on just about anything tho. A...

7. Eden Program

   sWolfie posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am just wondering if any other nursing homes have this Eden Program and what you think about it? We are starting it up here, and most everyone has a negative attitude on it. I have looked at the web site of the couple who started it up. I don't kno...

8. this is for all nurses not just Pittsburgh area nurses!!!!!!

   sWolfie replied to sWolfie's topic in General Nursing

   Nobody is better then anyone else. Just because you went to school/college for a piece of paper. If I could just go around the states with a pin and pop all the NURSES with big heads......WoW, we would be in trouble in the nursing field. Duh! Get the...

9. this is for all nurses not just Pittsburgh area nurses!!!!!!

   sWolfie replied to sWolfie's topic in General Nursing

   WoW!! Looks like something got started here. No, I am not practicing anything. I am going to school for LPN, and I'm not some sort of crackpot either. I was only stating the place where I work at, the N.A's are considered "Nurses". I didn't mean to g...

10. Exhausted night shifter

    sWolfie replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    My day light co workers say that night shift does nothing except sit around. I tell them that there is an open door policy, if they strongly feel this way, they are more then welcome to come in and see for themselves....If they come at the right time...

11. this is for all nurses not just Pittsburgh area nurses!!!!!!

    sWolfie posted a topic in General Nursing

    So Nursing Assistants aren't considered "Nurses". If that's the case, then what are we considered? Certified ass wipers? I am a C.N.A. and am considered a "Nurse". We don't get the Respect we deserve. Just because, as some would say "we aren't Real N...

12. Survey: Do you use humor to help put your patients at ease?

    sWolfie replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I most diffently us humor alot. My latest thing is when it is time to get a resident ready for a shower, I bring extra gloves with me, I then excuse myself for a moment telling them I need to get something like a towel or another rag....I come back i...

13. Survey: With the current nursing shortage, do you feel that patient care is compromis

    sWolfie replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the lowest paid nursing home in our county. We have always been short on help, so it's no drastic change. The nurses get treated like crap and work their butts off. Anyways, I believe the residents aren't getting the proper care they deserv...

14. Nurses Week--What did you get?

    sWolfie replied to Huganurse's topic in General Nursing

    We got a pen, and a choice of a button or a t-shirt. They are having something everyday this week for everyone, including the public. I work third shift, so we more or less got nothing from this. That's ok though, we are use to getting to the short e...

15. Are Pa nurse still being mandated?

    sWolfie replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Overtime is diffently a problem for nurses here in PA, as I am sure in other states as well. We have a major shortage of nurses here. The facility I work for is the lowest paying nursing home in our County....and they can't figure out why we can't ke...