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  1. Do you have a best friend at work?

    prowlingMA replied to sleepyndopey's topic in General Nursing

    I do have a BF at work and she is leaving in two weeks. I am so sad to see her go. It makes work so much easier when you have someone who knows what you are thinking and knows all your "qirks". She...

  2. want to help an MA friend

    prowlingMA replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    Quickbeam said it all. After a year as a CMA you are luck to get 10cent an hour raise. If she is so unhappy there she should look for a new job, be it in an office, or somewhere else. Generally ER's...

  3. Anyone work in outpatient oncology??

    prowlingMA replied to Soneshine's topic in General Nursing

    I am an MA at an Outpatient Oncology Center. For the RN I think they really like the patients that we treat, usually they are very nice and really know that what we do is helping to make them better...

  4. Typical Day

    prowlingMA replied to NurseFeelGood2005's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I am an MA at a clinic. Typical of most offices he RN functins as an assistant for the doctors. They would room patients, do vitals, give injections, draw blood ,EKG's, and assist with procedures.It...

  5. What kind of LTC resident will you be?

    prowlingMA replied to squeakykitty's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm with Nascar Nurse- forget special diet, if I am eighty I am having choclate 3 meals a day with Coke too. And who ever wakes me when I don't have to go to work every day is going hear every 4...

  6. supplies to purchase!!

    prowlingMA replied to bradleyshanetaylor's topic in Emergency

    I think MAisy RN covered it. Steth., pen light, scissors, clamp,drug book. I would add a sticky note pad, your favorite brand of pen,high lighter,gum/mints, your brand of "feminine" product. I worked...

  7. Dressing for Halloween?

    prowlingMA replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    I work in an Oncology clinic and it is incouraged to wear and have a contested voted by employees. This year I am going to be a " Deviled Egg" devil horns and a picture of an egg around my neck. haha...

  8. TV in dementia unit

    prowlingMA replied to lilybean's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Dementia units I have worked on have said NOT to watch the news, because it will upset the residents. I really liked to put in the videos we had of the " I Love LUcy" show. They would laugh and laugh....

  9. bariatric surgery

    prowlingMA replied to blueeyedgoose's topic in General Nursing

    Do a lot of research before agreeing. It is procedure that you must prepare for by dieting and stick to the diet after and exercise religiously. It can take days to weeks to fully recover surgery...

  10. How easy it it to.....

    prowlingMA replied to worf's topic in General Nursing

    I tryed transfering to a different state and they did not accept any of my credits, so I ended up taking a CMA program. Double check with the area you are moving to before you change, policies are...

  11. 5 pounds per year

    prowlingMA replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    while in ma school i ate anything i wanted and gained 20lb in that year and have put on 30 more in the last 3 years. my metabolism completely died and i'm only 25.

  12. Disturbing incident in triage .....

    prowlingMA replied to DiannaK's topic in Emergency

    i ask you , what 3 year old does not have bi-polar behavior? every kid can turn on the tantrum and crying at some point. i myself was incorrectly diagnosed bi-polar at 14y.o. ( what teen ager isn't...

  13. When has your intuition saved the day?

    prowlingMA replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing

    When working as an NA in ALF, one gentleman I always checked on late in the mornings, but something told me that day to check on him early. I walk in and he is on the floor with a major head lac ,...

  14. Deluded Medical Assistant

    prowlingMA replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    As an MA I totally admit I know very little amou the "medical" world. We MA do a vital job that is needed in offices and clinic settings, and are limited to that. There is a huge world of hospital,...

  15. Lap buddies, do most LTC facilities still allow them?

    prowlingMA replied to Kay28's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We used them in a LTC I have worked in but ALF, is going restraint free, so they are being used less

  16. UA scrubs

    prowlingMA replied to emmajayne04's topic in General Nursing

    I have had problems with them, my first order was damaged in the mail and returned, when Iasked for a refund, they will only give in house credit. So be

  17. sextuplets

    prowlingMA replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I just don't get it. These women get so obsessed with having a baby they will put themselves and the baby at so much risk. Especially when there are so many children in foster care and needing good...

  18. Anyone sew their own scrubs?

    prowlingMA replied to cherokeesummer's topic in General Nursing

    My Mom has made some for me, the neck V is the hardest part. I get frustrated when I sew, so it is worth it to me to buy it, and know it fits, and matches pant colors. I found a pattern in the...

  19. Who Is Your Mentor?

    prowlingMA replied to dari98's topic in General Nursing

    Definately my mom- raise 3 kids on her own while going to school and holding down a job, so we could have a better life. She graduated and moved us to a new state on her own where she is now a...

  20. bariatric compression bandage

    prowlingMA replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    I would udse the widest Ace wrap available. THe Coban the previous poster mentioned tend to get hard after an hour or so and is about $5 for one time use wrap. Aces are about $5-20 for a multi use...

  21. Dragging 'em out of bed

    prowlingMA replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    and you can bet when i am old and don't have a good reason to get up early, the aid that wakes me at 7am is going to get an ear full. i'll take my breakfast around 10 thank you.

  22. Dragging 'em out of bed

    prowlingMA replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    As an Alzheimer's MA I have used the " the phone is for you Mary come and talk" has worked, by the time they were up they had forgotten about the "phone". Or " its so warm over here by the fireplace...

  23. Rate Kaiser Permanente as a health plan

    prowlingMA replied to Fiesta Red's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    ON the MA and NA side of things. Always take weeks to deliver med and supplies in LTC. If LTC pt has an emergency they only go to Kaiser hospital, though there are several closer to facility. At least...

  24. Ideas to help friend who is having double mastectomy

    prowlingMA replied to bigsyis's topic in General Nursing

    ONe thing that can help, once she is back at work. Have other women dress so that they don't show a lot of cleavage of anything that shows off " their girls". She is going to feel self contious about...

  25. stroke in LTC

    prowlingMA replied to ajaxgirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have seen one first hand in LTC. I did vitals, had do Range of Motion ( noted one side weakness) and slurring speech, called 911, call Doc, called pt family, call facility RN( she always wanted to...