JaredCNA CNA

I don't know if any of you are familiar with this, but I've read on other threads that there is something along the lines of an "RN Diploma" program, as opposed to earning an ADN/ASN. Can anyone find if such a program exists in Texas? If so, where i...

For those of you who wear your wedding band, do you wear it to work? I don't want to have to be constantly taking it off to clean it. I'm thinking I will probably just wear it outside of work. What do you do?

I'm currently working on my pre-requisites for the ASN program at a local community college. There is a degree, Associate of Arts with Special Interest in Pre-Nursing, which would require me to take 2 very simple courses in addition to my pre-reqs, E...

Hi all, I was going to post this in the CNA forum but it doesn't seem to get as much traffic. Does anyone know if CNA's can obtain additional certifications that they could carry with them? For instance, can a CNA be certified in LTC, Acute Care, Em...

Yes, Code J. =JCAHO surveyors are in the building. I ask myself, WHY make an announcement overhead? The rules of 3's: 3 minutes without oxygen, three days without food, three weeks without water. If they call Code J, they cant call Code Blue at the ...

It has always been my understanding that narc counts are done by two RN's or an RN and an LVN in the hospital setting. Of course, this may be only my understanding because I've never seen it done differently. At 0400 the charge nurse told me to help...

For my own reference information, can you find this policy online for me? I'm totally not comfortable with doing it, as I said earlier. But if need be, and it is acceptable in the eyes of both the BON and the facility, then I guess I would have to do...

Pagandeva, I understand what you are saying. I was confused because I know that the nurse who delegates a task or asks a CNA to assist with a task is held ultimately responsible for the outcome and accepts responsibility since we are, in a sense, act...

I used a tape recorder as well. It really helped out.

In my profile, there is a link to my blog. I have some other RT bloggers listed on the right-hand side of my page. If you read their blogs you can learn a lot about RT.

Once a nurse took a verbal order from a physician at 0300 (obviously sleeping very hard) for a K+ of 3.0 and he said give her a glass of orange juice and he'll follow up in about six hours.

Last night I moved a very combative (and very confused) pt up in bed. He apparently thought we jerked him up in bed really hard, and he got in my face and told me that next time he would shake a salt shaker in my face if I wasn't more gentle. :uhoh21...

I'm assuming this was directed toward me, because the two posts above your post don't talk about grades. I'm not sure what you are trying to say, so I'll just leave it alone. If I feel compelled to talk about my grades on the internet, I'll do so. It...

No, no one saw him go in there. He didn't have a friend working on the floor. It's still confusing to me. The only thing I could think is that someone was trying to start an IV on him and left the supplies in there when they couldn't get it. They pro...

Oh, I'm reluctant to share this one, but... Never prostitute yourself out to homeless folks, and definitely don't let them stick their penis in your colostomy. No matter how I try to forget that one...

Exactly. Like the patient we had S/P Shoulder Hemiarthoplasty, getting 3mg Dilaudid (I wanna say q2h), with an On-Q Pump, who I found shooting up in the bathroom... We searched his room and he had about four of our IV start kits, and three 20g IV ca...

Never let your s/o place a cucumber in your rectum during sex. I kid you not. We once got a post-op cucumber removal surgery at 3am. A 44-year-old male whose wife said she "did it to him all the time with no problems."

All I have left to do is the final exam, which is this Monday. It's 100 questions (worth a point each) and all I need is an 86 to get an "A". Oh, the suspense...

Also, here are some additional certifications for respiratory therapists: Neonatal/Pediatric Specialist (NPS). Certified in Asthma Education (AE-C) Polysomnography Certified (RPSGT) Respiratory Care Case Management (CCM); Not exclusive to RTs Registe...

What does "RN, APR" mean? Is this homologous (sorry, I've got A&P on my brain :chuckle) with "APRN" or "APRN-BC"? Does anyone know if there are any additional certifications for CNA's?

Hello all, Short and sweet, and hopefully this doesn't turn into an RT vs. RN flame war, I'm beginning school for resp. therapy this fall. Like a dummy, my last stethoscope became ruined because I left it hanging from the car mirror and the tubing cr...

I wonder how this scope compares to the Littmann Cardio III or Master Cardiology. Does anyone know?

I'm highly considering this stethoscope from ADC. It's the double-sided cardiology stethoscope. It actually seems like the specifications listed are better than the Littmann Cardio III. Are you familiar with this scope?

This isn't a joke. Last night a nurse was talking about her patient getting beer on their dinner tray so she wouldn't leave AMA. The patient had a hx of ETOH abuse. Other nurses replied that their patients have gotten beer in the hospital. This tot...

Unfortunately, I can't say that this will change any time soon. The (elderly) patients will usually request you to move them up in bed, etc. because they are accustomed to the male being the one who should do the physical labor. Your co-workers will ...