MoopleRN

She's very young (19 or 20) and this is her 1st CNA job (it may also be her 1st job period!). I've personally seen that she shows little initiative and is difficult to find on the floor... if you know what I mean. Other/more experienced CNAs/nurses...

If you're asking a bunch of strangers if you should conceive another child at the age of 26 when you already have two 7 yr olds while you start nursing school, my answer (as a stranger) is a resounding NO. I don't know what world you live in where y...

How is it "noncompliant" to be on their call light for the stupid/annoying/waste-your-time requests? That's not "noncompliant"; it's simply annoying and wastes your time. How can you you stop it? You can't. Not every time. What you can do is kno...

Am I the only one that wonders why in the world the OP thinks this general public forum is the employee handbook for his/her facility?!? Sheesh and likewise wow.

Let the nurse know if a patient assigned to you is requesting a pain med. Let her know ONCE. She is the primary nurse and she knows what the patient can have/when the clock allows the next dose. She may have another patient that takes precedence f...

OP, your attitude on this thread has been positive which leads me to believe there is hope for you…. at a price. Nurses have to eat it. Period. By that I mean smile, be a robot, recite the script you're supposed to say and always always always kis...

You're not required to answer the phone when work calls (that's what caller ID is for!) and you're not obligated to come in if you do answer the phone and are asked to come in. If you can't find a way to stop feeling guilty about wanting your days o...

Yes and no it's a problem. The problem for the incoming nurse is if she signed it was correct and it later on proved not to be, it's on her. OTOH, if the count later on was incorrect, there will be an investigation that may include the 7-3 nurse wh...

If the incoming 3-11 nurse signed the count without actually counting and the count is off, it's on her because she's signed her name coming on. If you're signing the count with another 7-3 nurse who's leaving, who cares? The 3-11 can say *I* didn'...

"Paltry pay" is relative when compared with the cost of living/personal debt etc... as I've already said. If your paycheck allows you to pay your bills/save for your future and have some fun then your paycheck isn't "paltry" regardless if you have a...

"Is the nursing profession really for me???" No, it's not, IMO. How do I know? I read your OP. Only you can help you and the only way you can do that is knowing yourself. Do strangers on a nursing forum know you better than you? No, they don't. ...

What's pathetic about $1350/2 weeks? There are BILLIONS of unemployed "peeps" who would love to get that and health insurance (nurses or not and of course most aren't). We all want to make more money than we do but we also need to balance it out ag...

One facility I worked at required/mandated that if you didn't provide proof of a current flu shot or get one the facility would provide, you had to wear a mask during patient cares. Shot or mask, that was the choice. No exceptions.

I've come to realize that there is often little difference between LTC and acute care, especially if they're skilled. OP, there's no way I can offer an objective opinion on whether or not you should appeal based on what you've posted here. I can, h...

Nurses who make med errors are EVERY SINGLE NURSE WHO'S EVER WORKED AS A NURSE ON THE FLOOR. Or they're lying. Nurses who don't give a crap about their med error, even long after, are the nurses who are a danger. What I'm trying to say is that's it...

If my patient has specified "these couple of people" and someone not on the list, even the mother, wanted to visit, I wouldn't double check with my patient. Why would I? My patient has already made his/her decision. Nor would I tell my patient, yo...

Get certified. And why in the world why you want to be CNA for " a few years before I go and get my RN"?!?!? CNA experience is crucial to nursing IMO (and should be a requirement for nursing school but that's another whoop!) but why you'd want to d...

Want it? DO IT. 2 yrs vs 4? That's a no-brainer to me, git er done in 2. A little more stress than 4 years but the pay-off is worth it. In my personal experience, the more I had on my plate (school/family/work), the more I got done. You just bu...

What does your instructor say about that? What does your textbook say? What does your nursing drug book say? What have you done to answer your question before coming here? Are you aware that actually trying to answer your own questions with the r...

No experience with the lightweight. I have the classic II and highly recommend it for general nursing assessments. Whatever scope you get, keep it around your neck/in your pocket when not in use. They get easily lost/borrowed. Some doctors are no...

Again, this response makes zero sense to me. Do you mean if you had a "drinking habit" it would explain why I don't understand/agree with you? You don't need a "sensible excuse" for not making sense to me. You don't need any excuse at all. It's n...

The OP doesn't have to ".. martyr herself to prove that she's a good, compassionate nurse." Who said she did? "It's like saying that mothers shouldn't be bothered by their infant's cries if they REALLY loved their child." This makes zero sense to ...

Boom shaka laka indeed!!!! I don't know if OP should be a nurse or not (let alone a NP) but I TOTALLY agree with the shaka lakking BOOM. LongislandLPN, you owe me a new keyboard. There's diet cherry coke all over this one. bwahahahaha!!!!!!

Make up your mind, "cannot and will not clean up poop" = not providing care. Your quote above says you "...would do whatever I needed (grab a partner to help, find a CNA, do it myself if no one was around, etc)". How does "do it myself" (if you can...

It's good to ask for help with a task you have trouble with r/t inexperience or a physical aversion. You have a poop thang, I have a trach thang... but I do it, gagging all the way when I have to. Your statement that you "cannot and will not clean ...