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I love how you mentioned learning. I love too how I'm learning something new every shift.

No problem:)

clinical assistant..pretty much another name for a cna

Lets all share some positivity! Whats your favorite part about being a nurse? xoxo

First off, congrats on the job!!! that is so exciting and I can't wait until this time next year when I will be a new nurse! I am so scared but SO excited :) Anyway, I think it is 100% bullying. I will say, there are for sure some people at my work who don't get up fast enough when hearing a bed/chair alarm. Luckily and thankfully, 99% of the staff on my floor jump up the second they hear an alarm and full on RUN to the room to check on the patient. Most times it is a tad frustrating to see the same people sit through the sound of an alarm! But I do have some issues with the way she handled the situation. 1) She says she will tell you everything you might make a mistake on in order to make you a better nurse but cannot confront this aid with her concerns and instead talks badly behind her back? That seems contradicting to me, honestly! 2) As an aid myself I can truly say from the bottom of my heart that there is NO better feeling than truly being appreciated by the nurses. I can't speak for this aid, but I can tell when someone is genuine when they say thank you to me at the end of my shift vs when someone is just saying thank you because they feel like they have to. (Side note: in no way shape or form am I ever looking for a thank you for the things I do throughout my shift, I just love being there!!!!!). This aid is probably working her butt off as well as the nurse. But there is no good coming from talking badly about your co workers. I know that if i heard that a nurse was talking badly about me behind my back and chose to not confront me I would be pretty embarrassed and upset. 3) There is absolutely NO reason why she would want to push this aid to prove her point. All thats going to do is potentially injure the aid and potentially cause more issues between them. Long story short, the nurse needs to confront the aid if she feels this strongly about the issue. To me it sounds like she's trying to make herself feel bigger by bullying the aid just because she thinks she can due to her job status. Best of luck in your future work! and again, congratulations:) PS. If anyone takes anything from reading this: be kind to everyone. You never know what they are going through. People get good at painting on a fake smile, trust me.

My hair isn't too long its only about 4-5 inches past my shoulders but I CANT imagine working with it down!!! yuck! talk about 1) my hair shedding everywhere and 2) getting so damn hot. I get hot enough with it up and running around never mind down and running around.

Im a CA but I feel I could answer this because I do typically eat graham crackers from my floor. While I could take snacks from home (and most times I do!) but sometimes I'm running out the door to get to work and don't have time to find a snack I want. Other times, I have a snack where it isn't really suitable to eat while on the floor. Such as peanut butter crackers (allergies) or something kinda messy like a muffin. Sometimes its just easier to take some graham crackers, stick them in your pocket and eat them on the go while still being able to keep up with your work. Comes in handy big time when you're short staffed and have 9-10 patients! :) i will say thought I would rather have a healthy snack!!

I wouldn't eat food off a patients tray or eat the meals in the fridge because we typically only have 2-3 sandwiches in the fridge at a time so i like to save those for the patients. BUT I do not feel guilty about eating the 2 cracker packs of graham crackers. Im not a diabetic but when I do get hungry I get SO shaky and it really does impact my work!

Thank you so much - you are so kind. Great tips I will for sure keep those in mind

I have, I already go to a therapist. Im on medication as well.

Hello all, All my life I would say I have had very low confidence in myself. In a few weeks I begin clinical and I know my lack of confidence will hinder my experience if I do not do something about it. I am either afraid I will mess something up, do something wrong, hurt the patient etc. This is only my first clinical so it is not like I am pushing meds or anything. The most I will do it bp, assessments etc. I know I seem over dramatic but it is just my personality and the outlook I have on my self. With that being said, has anyone had the same problem? Does anyone have any tips? Thank you.

Sadly I am stuck with white only:( but thank you! I agree the shoe is more important than the socks. I just hate when you wear a shoe and your sock slides down you feet, so frustrating! lol

Hello all, I start my semester in about two weeks. This semester I begin med-surg along with my med-surg clinical. Has anyone who has taken med-surg have any tips? My schedule is as follows: - Med-surg (combined with the last half of fundamentals - I took the first half last semester) - pharm - patho Thank you! :)

Thank you!!

Thank you so much!! So helpful!