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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    SaraO'Hara replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    That happens to me at least once every evening with the door from the house into the garage! I'll look over and see, for all I can tell, blurry legs walking right
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    The Impostor Phenomenon, you might have this like I do...

    SaraO'Hara replied to ails's topic in General Nursing

    That's exactly it. I feel like a kid on Halloween every morning I walk into work. It feels very odd to me because I'm young, but have a "responsible" job... and I wear a white dress Sometimes it...
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    Make up...?

    SaraO'Hara replied to ails's topic in General Nursing

    As far as appearance goes, CNAs where I work are expected to have their hair short or styled above the collar - in either case, off the face. My hair comes nearly to my waist, so I pull it back in a...
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    How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    SaraO'Hara replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    That could get a bit strange if her psoriasis is
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    Reminiscing

    SaraO'Hara replied to knockandhello's topic in General Nursing

    California still wants CNAs to learn manual BPs and glass thermometres for the state boards - ergo, I use manual sphygmomanometre. We've been taught that the pillowcase must open away from the...
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    I am taking a CNA class right now. Questions?

    SaraO'Hara replied to lissie82's topic in General Nursing

    There are online uniform places out the wazoo; just search for "nurse uniforms scrubs" or something similar. A lot of uniform sites also sell accessories like stethoscopes and sphygmomanometres. -...
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    Perineal care approach

    SaraO'Hara posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I and my CNA class will start to give partial bed baths on Monday - this is apparently everything above the hips, plus perineal area. How does one approach a resident for this sort of thing? The...
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    Perineal care approach

    SaraO'Hara replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    After 3 days of being out on the floor - I just do it now. It doesn't bug me at all. Thanks,
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    Alternative meds? You'll never believe this one!!

    SaraO'Hara replied to darla80's topic in Nursing Humor

    Probably not so much brave as quite tired of having a painful swelling on my ankle, and not having health
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    Alternative meds? You'll never believe this one!!

    SaraO'Hara replied to darla80's topic in Nursing Humor

    Something potentially very silly I did when I was 14 or 15: I developed a swelling over my left achilles tendon. I looked up a few things in the library's Merck Manual, concluded that it was...
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    How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    SaraO'Hara replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    From my family... Clorox bathroom cleaner makes a really good wound disinfectant. Duct tape can be used in place of
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    meal intake

    SaraO'Hara replied to nrsbetrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Where I work, we have a chart with three pie-graph things on it. Each part of a normal meal is assigned a certain percentage, based on calories (eg milk is 20 per cent, meat/entree 30 per cent). We...
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    Nurses and Nursing Students: what was/is your biggest pet peeve in nursing school?

    SaraO'Hara replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't it great? :trout: We end up with, for ex., the book telling us that we should always, always respect the patient's beliefs and values, under all circumstances - but the test asks: "If a...
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    Nurses and Nursing Students: what was/is your biggest pet peeve in nursing school?

    SaraO'Hara replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks so much for that, Mave :balloons: Another peeve: The book will give one answer to a certain question, but the answer key for the test gives quite another. It muddles everybody
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    Mechanical lift question

    SaraO'Hara posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm training to be a CNA in LTC. Today, we were taught how to use a sling lift (Hoyer?), and a "sit-to-stand" lift, which involved a different sort of sling - it went under the arms, had a belt...
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    Nursing Assistant state exam questions

    SaraO'Hara replied to Bumashes's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Thanks for starting this thread! I'll be taking the CNA exam sometime next month. Did you feel that you were adequately prepared by your instructor(s) for both parts of the
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    Nurses and Nursing Students: what was/is your biggest pet peeve in nursing school?

    SaraO'Hara replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    (CNA class, but still) 1. The class is half Filipino and half white. We are split along culture lines... the Filipinos ridicule the whites, the whites can't understand why the Filipinos won't study....
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    Perineal care approach

    SaraO'Hara replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I know to have them wash if they're A & O and capable of doing so, but many, many of the residents suffer dementia or physical
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    How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    SaraO'Hara replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    If you have abundant hair, it sucks the strength from your body.
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    Mechanical lift question

    SaraO'Hara replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks
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    Put on your fantasy hat!

    SaraO'Hara replied to Spring_Peeper's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Every CNA would have time to be sweet, nice, and patient with residents. Staff could read the minds of aphasic residents, and understand what they
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    Any books by nurses about nursing school?

    SaraO'Hara replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    "Code Blue" by Barbara.. can't remember her last name.. is good. Unfortunately it is also about 25 years old. What was with the glut of "nurse-tells-all" books in the early 80s? "Nurse" by Peggy...
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    LPN's Are they really being phased out?

    SaraO'Hara replied to amber_n_schultz's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    LPNs are sure as heck not being phased out at the LTC where I work. On each station, each LPN (something like three) supervises 3 CNAs. There's an RN or two to each station. The instructor for my...
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    Help with an annoying classmate

    SaraO'Hara posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I feel quite petty for complaining, but one of my CNA - training classmates is driving me and several others batty. When class started at 0700 today, she was not the last one to arrive, but still sat...
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    What you make as a nurse Vs. Cost of living

    SaraO'Hara replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    CNA training wage at my facility = 9.24 / hr. Cost of living... median house cost about $500,000. A studio apartment rents for $850. One room in a house can rent for $600. It's