nighttech CNA

nighttech has 15 years experience as a CNA and specializes in Medical Intake Tech in Juvenile Detention.

Latest Activity

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   Poll: Have you been assaulted on the job?

   nighttech replied to nighttech's topic in General Nursing

   I feel blessed to have a panic button that gets me a fast response time! In my case, I am dealing with kids in a criminal justice sense so they're not coming in as a traditional "patient", they're...
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   Poll: Have you been assaulted on the job?

   nighttech replied to nighttech's topic in General Nursing

   Working with confused patients every day must be so difficult! I deal with a lot of intense, dramatic, sad, scary situations, but I don't know if I could do that for every interaction! With our...
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   Have you ever been bullied by someone who had seniority over you?

   nighttech replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

   My facility usually has contract MD/DO's that stop by for patient care. When they opened this up to NPs and PAs, we had a NP that came in and started talking down to everyone on our medical staff...
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   Poll: Have you been assaulted on the job?

   nighttech posted a topic in General Nursing

   Healthcare workers shouldn't be punching bags. I've been punched in the eye. I thought I'd make a poll to see how common this
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   Weekend program pros vs cons

   nighttech replied to Alexxoxox's topic in General Nursing

   I would say it depends on your family situation. If you have kids, or have other family you visit often, I would think it would be very difficult to do anything together when most people are only...
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   Tuesday June 17th 2025

   nighttech replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

   We got some crazy storms here too. I didn't sleep well today sadly. I've been at work for 2 hours, it's slow at the moment but started out a little crazy. Can't wait to get home in the morning and...
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   Saturday June 14th 2025

   nighttech replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

   Good morning, thanks for welcoming me! I am just finishing up my shift. I'm going to go home, do a few chores, sleep, and come back and do it all over again tonight. My night started out a little...
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   Expunged Record TXBON

   nighttech replied to Anna Avl's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

   Always be honest up front. If you are up front with them then if something comes up they aren't surprised. Even if something is expunged it doesn't mean all record systems actually have removed it, or...
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   Friday June 13th 2025

   nighttech replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Daily Diary's Entries

   I hope it's okay for me to comment here, I just found and joined this site tonight and wanted to say hello and good evening! This site seems a little more organized and sane compared to
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    Self Harm Patients

    nighttech replied to Vicki_RN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I know this is an old post, but your answer applies to any unsecured unit or environment, at least from my experience in my world. I've seen complacency of staff lead to sad outcomes too many
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    Could I get into trouble for this?

    nighttech replied to SentinelTruth's topic in General Nursing

    I've been stalked and harassed, visible social media is a horrible idea. At least don't use your actual name or photos and turn off location whenever
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    Juvenile corrections burnout

    nighttech posted a topic in Correctional

    Hello! I've been a Tech in a juvenile detention environment for about 10 years, primarily working nights. Does anyone else in this environment feel the work is important but struggle with burn out?...