JaredCNA

JaredCNA CNA

ICU. Med/Surg: Ortho, Neuro, & Cardiac

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  1. TKR question

    JaredCNA replied to rntoon's topic in Orthopedic

    Damn, tell me about it! Our joint docs do about 15 surgeries each week. I work specifically with our joint replacements most night. EVERY...SINGLE...ONE gets Morphine PCA. Top that off with Ambien...

  2. Calling all LPNs?? What is and is not in your Scope of Practice compared to an RN?

    JaredCNA replied to Nrs_angie's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    i wasn't sure about whether or not they can pronounce. you are right on that. however, lvn's do initial assessments on every floor of the hospital that i have worked, including icu. an rn (usually our...

  3. Calling all LPNs?? What is and is not in your Scope of Practice compared to an RN?

    JaredCNA replied to Nrs_angie's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    At the hospital where I work in TX, LVNs can perform an initial assessment when a pt is admitted to the floor but this (and their shift assessment must be cosigned by an RN). All other documentation...

  4. LPN Entrance exam test and interview advice gladly accepted

    JaredCNA replied to ibmissy's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I was hoping that site wasn't too accurate. Damn. Now I'm gonna have to hit the books hard. I can do arithmetic to save my life...but algebra, not so much once you get beyond basic alg. That's okay,...

  5. Residents in LTC keep thinking I'm their Doctor...

    JaredCNA replied to EmBeMap's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Yeah, I have to say I love it when I go in a pt's room during first rounds at midnight, blood pressure cuff and thermometer in hand, and they say, "Hey, doc, there's something I've been wanting to ask...

  6. Residents in LTC keep thinking I'm their Doctor...

    JaredCNA replied to EmBeMap's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Ack, see post below. Double-posted.

  7. Male CNA's

    JaredCNA replied to JaredCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hey, not to sound full of myself, but I get the exact same thing. And all of the male nurses I worked with are the same way. A patient is often VERY happy to have a male nurse and a male CNA assigned...

  8. Male CNA's

    JaredCNA posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I know it's pretty common these days to find a male nurse, but do any of you work with male CNA's? I often run into situations where I need to do pericare on a female patient and they don't want me...

  9. TKR question

    JaredCNA replied to rntoon's topic in Orthopedic

    Good info. I'm just full of questions right now because I've been flipping through my Pharmacology book for next semester. Now I'm wondering why our lumbar lams and ACDs get Toradol. And the doc who...

  10. Why do docs give D5 to diabetic patients a lot?

    JaredCNA replied to Shell5's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I once saw an amp of D5.0 get pushed through a central line during a rapid response. That wasn't

  11. Funny things that pts say

    JaredCNA replied to jRN4now's topic in Nursing Humor

    A nurse once asked me to restrain a pt. I received all the usual questions/statements a confused person will ask/say in this situation. "Well, why do you have to do that?" (I just told them why.) "I'm...

  12. Agency CNAs

    JaredCNA replied to JaredCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Thanks for the comment. See, I currently work Med-Surg and ICU/Stepdown and I want a little variety, like working at different places. My only thing is I've never worked LTC besides clinicals for my...

  13. LPN Entrance exam test and interview advice gladly accepted

    JaredCNA replied to ibmissy's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Well, I bought CliffsTestPrep for Nursing School Entrance Exams and it seemed to have some VERY basic physics on it but they were more related to using math formulas. IE- what is the mass of an of...

  14. What was your job training like?

    JaredCNA replied to snoflake929's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Yeah, we had 14 graduate our class for the hopsital, and I know of only 4 of us still working

  15. facial hair?

    JaredCNA replied to Medsport's topic in Men in Nursing

    If we gain/lose 10 lbs or grow/shave off facial hair we have to get re-fitted. I was fitted when I was clean shaven, but simply had to be re-fitted for my N-95 when I grew my

  16. LPN Entrance exam test and interview advice gladly accepted

    JaredCNA replied to ibmissy's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    ^BUMP. Sorry, but I'm gonna go off topic because I don't find this one question thread-worthy. I plan to take the NET soon and was wondering if you get to use a calculator. Obviously not on the...

  17. facial hair?

    JaredCNA replied to Medsport's topic in Men in Nursing

    I wear a goatee that is trimmed fairly short and my sideburns are a bit longer than average...no mutton chops or anything. All of the guy nurses/aides I've ever worked with have had some sort of...

  18. Residents in LTC keep thinking I'm their Doctor...

    JaredCNA replied to EmBeMap's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I did in clinicals. On the floor, 9/10 times a female nurse will want me to help them as opposed to the female aide, but I attribute this to I'm 6'4" and 250 pounds, able to lift more from what I've...

  19. LPN/LVN Additional Certifications

    JaredCNA replied to antidote's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    At the facility where I work, you can become an LVN II. You have to take an 8-hour class and you are allowed to IV push and LVN II's only have to have their initial assessment RN cosigned, not every...

  20. How many patients are you assigned?

    JaredCNA replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Orthopedic

    From 11P-7A when I work, the staff nurses usually take 8 pts and the charge nurse will have 6. I'm usually the only CNA for 30 ortho patients, and half of our floor are joint replacements most times,...

  21. TKR question

    JaredCNA replied to rntoon's topic in Orthopedic

    I understand what you mean. I work nights too and I am the CNA that takes care of all the joints on our floor and I have been for a while. I think I was going on a very, very small amount of sleep at...

  22. What was your job training like?

    JaredCNA replied to snoflake929's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Oh, I also had a day of general orientation, but that's like where every nurse, every CNA, every cook, and every housekeeper are all in a room for 8 hours with one 10 minute break and a 30 min lunch...

  23. Questions about potentially awkward male-female interactions during lab/clinicals

    JaredCNA replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Yep. In my CNA classes we bathed each other with clothes on provided pericare to a mannequin with interchangeable parts. lol We did all of our stuff in the nursing lab since nursing was closed (the...

  24. Rapid Response Team and Families

    JaredCNA replied to Grumpy's Girl's topic in MICU, SICU

    At our hospital, RRT has "decreased the number of Code Blues by 70% in the past year." It sounds great to a patient or family member, but 9/10 rapid responses I've been in (aides take the roll of...

  25. shoes and uniform question

    JaredCNA replied to tigress_8207's topic in Male Nursing Students

    My class (LVN) will have to wear maroon top and bottoms with a patch for the Vocational Nursing program on the right sleeve and white shoes. RN students are navy blue tops and bottoms with an ADN...