k1968mm

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1. Is there ANY department in nursing that I can avoid cleaning up poo?

   k1968mm replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a Neuroscience unit at a local hospital. I have lost count of how many stroke patients have had a BM and played with it. I've lost count of how much poo I've had to clean. At first I was grossed out and kept thinking that someday I would do...

2. So Who Runs Your Floor, You or the Aides?

   k1968mm replied to bollweevil's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, yes, yes. Thank you for making your point candidly. We are all subordinates to somebody aren't we? Sure, I understand - where else can one go to vent about nursing issues. You are right. I'm just an idealist at heart. I am lucky in that I work ...

3. Night Shift Woes

   k1968mm replied to crb613's topic in General Nursing

   :yeah:OMG you have five children and manage it all? You deserve gazillions of Kudos! :bowingpur I don't know you but I am proud of you. I work night shifts too as a tech while raising two girls alone and going to school. you are not alone with the...

4. So Who Runs Your Floor, You or the Aides?

   k1968mm replied to bollweevil's topic in General Nursing

   I've noticed that almost everytime I get the Allnurses newsletter there is a thread about how much of a headache the Aides are. I can't help it but feel sad about it. I am an Aide going to nursing school so it is easy to see why. I'll keep this shor...

5. Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

   k1968mm replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

   I really appreciate those of you who have a positive atitude towards your CNAs, Techs, and NAs. I can't thank you enough for your input. I wish there were more like you. As I've stated before I am very lucky to work with a team like mine. Of course i...

6. Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

   k1968mm replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

   I try to be a valuable resource to my nurses, and will do so no matter what the circumstance may be. As a current aide, I personally feel that the nurses need to become an aide prior to, or during, nursing school in order to know where the other side...

7. Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

   k1968mm replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

   PS: I work in Med/surg and Neurovascular units. God save my back!

8. Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

   k1968mm replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

   Some of the posts here made me cringe, while others made me proud to do what I do. I'm a tech. I am 13 credits away from graduating. I don't have a degree yet but I am already paying for my student loans. I take my job seriously and I like it for th...

9. Families from Hell

   k1968mm replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone, I am not a nurse. I'm just an aide. I went to nursing school and had to drop out during my senior year when I lost 10 year job caring for a sick woman. My weekend work allowed me to provide for my kids (I've been divorced for 11 years). ...

10. Need counseling on a life decision

    k1968mm replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in General Nursing

    I live in MO, as I am the same age as you. I also raise two teens alone. Cost of living in Southwest MO is cheaper than TX (depending on where you live). Regardless of where you live, raising children alone, working full-time, and going to school (fo...

11. Can CNA do an accucheck?

    k1968mm replied to QuigRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would say it depends on State laws and on the facilities in which CNAs work. I'm a CNA at a hospital here in AR, and I'm 3 semesters away from earning my BSN. Oddly enough LPNs in our state do EVERYTHING an RN does but get paid less, whereas CNAs a...

12. Is it professional??????????

    k1968mm replied to starbin's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I am a naturalized American Citizen (originally from Brazil) and I don't tip-toe around the subject you addressed. I am very much against special treatment to ANY foreign language in the United States that is not English! To me this is not a poli...

13. How many people actually have PDA's?

    k1968mm replied to FNPhopeful's topic in General Students

    our school strongly reccomends pdas. we even had a class in nursing informatics to where we had to do a research project on pdas. several of our students have pdas. i use mine solely for school use. i have purchased several programs such as : davis' ...