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I'm old and I never want to leave bedside nursing. Hopefully I won't get pushed out by someone who thinks I belong at a desk.

I absolutely agree with the point that management needs to be supportive of nurses disciplining CNAs. Unfortunately, I have worked with CNAs who wouldn't have any problem being sent home, even knowing that they won't get a paycheck. Add in a dramati...

Doesn't sound like a good facility, especially if Medicare is ranking them poorly. If it's a rehab facility, and not just long-term care, you will be drowning with only a 1 RN to 20 patient ratio, especially if you only have two CNAs. GrnTea makes a ...

Someone on this site once pointed out that all the highly dramatic things that we see doctors doing on TV as they are supposedly doing patient care are actually the meat and potatoes of the nurses job. For whatever reason, people find it more appeali...

To me it sounds like they are putting the nurses in an untenable position. Why is management making you do their job? It seems like a set-up that will create an adversarial environment between nurses and CNAs, when they should be problem-solving and ...

I agree with nursel56. This is not a big deal. Agencies keep a long list of potential staff, much more staff than they even have work for. You can put yourself on the inactive list and if something else comes up that looks interesting you can make yo...

I had a job interview back when I was first starting out where I went in to interview one person, then another, then got in to talk to another, and so on. Every person I talked to asked me how I felt about conflict in the work place. I had been a CNA...

You don't get your LVN license until you pass the NCLEX, so if you complete an LVN program you will get your certificate or diploma, then proceed on to take your licensing exam, and then you will be a Licensed nurse. Make sure, when looking into the ...

I'm a happy LPN and I understand the sentiment of the OPs post. I don't like the way it was presented. It does come across as whine-y to write what seems like a sonnet about why "I'm sorry you don't like me because..." and then to make it seem like o...

Agreed. I am actually shocked by these posts about facilities where clean caths are acceptable. In all my years I have never heard of such a thing. My mind is boggled. At first I was kind of conflicted about how the OP handled this situation, but af...

It probably would have been best to put him to bed and cover the site well with a towel, and place some additional chux under the patient. A colostomy change is not life or death. And it was late and the patient was probably very tired and should hav...

The case could be made that the posting did not violate HIPAA but that doesn't mean the poster should not be disciplined in some way. She seems to be OK with that and willing to learn from the mistake, so kudos to her. As much as our employers -- and...

Danskos. You can't wear them to dance though...

From the behavior you described I have a feeling that even if you were an RN, or a BSN, or an MSN, or any level on the nursing spectrum she would have found a way to put you down -- from your level of education, where you went to school, years on the...

Judging from his posts on this site I'm going to say that he sounds lonely. Lots of ideas but not a lot of people to talk to about them. Good thing that this board is open to everyone. But. There are ways to engage with others and there are other way...

Don't ever apologize for wanting to work in an environment where you can actually be an effective nurse. Don't cry that you have failed, don't worry that you have let people down. Your alternatives were to either stay there and sink, and not help any...

Glad you clarified that one. Especially in the same thread where the CNA is using mouthwash for her "other mouth.":snurse:

The Roxanol and Ativan would be administered sublingually so should not be squirted into the mouth, but rather the meds should be placed under the tongue where they are absorbed into the system. If it is possible to control pain and respiratory issue...

Perfect nurses do not have bodily functions.

You say that you don't care what anyone thinks, that you like the sound of your own voice, and that you don't have any problem speaking your mind regardless of how it effects other people or whether it crowds out their own abilities to say what they ...

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Allrighty. So back on track. Here is an example of a situation that happened to a friend of mine. She went to the pharmacy to refill a prescription for a narcotic. The pharmacy announced in front of everyone what she was taking. As she then went abou...

I'm surprised about this too. Pharmacists are bound by HIPAA. There is no list of meds that are "acceptable" to discuss in public. It is not OK for someone to disclose medical information about someone in public. In the case of it happening in a pr...

You got a raise, which is good. If they really felt you needed more improvement you would not have gotten a raise. You did not get docked, you got a raise. Not the raise you were hoping for, but it was a raise. A lot of people, myself included, have ...

I would be very upset. To me that seems like a violation of your personal health information/HIPAA. Usually when I go to the pharmacy, the pharmacist shows me the med without saying what it is, and asks if I want any counseling about it, if I say no,...