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  1. If you hate being a CNA will you hate being an RN too?

    zorabanks replied to AddisonLawrence03's topic in General Nursing

    Did you ask what he wanted to wear before dressing him? I was a CNA, so, I know that many times we just do without considering the pt and what they want. Sure we do that because we have 11 more pts to...

  2. Preceding Nurse Never Completes her work

    zorabanks replied to bsnanat2's topic in General Nursing

    Patient's lives are in danger with a nurse like that on duty!!!! Look I've been a pt before on ICU...worried about things like this while there. You really need to report her until something is done....

  3. what's the most important things to know about Dialysis patient??

    zorabanks replied to beatrice1's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Please send your pt to dialysis with good hygein, they can't do it themselves. Great

  4. I exploded at work. Haha miserable. Here's what happened? Should I feel bad, I kinda

    zorabanks replied to willowRN's topic in General Nursing

    However, dixieredhead, there is not always a charge nurse to give report to. This has happened to me & it's just 2 of us. You can put the policy in place, but nurse supervisor can't enforce if...

  5. I exploded at work. Haha miserable. Here's what happened? Should I feel bad, I kinda

    zorabanks replied to willowRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was a CNA before I was an LPN at the same nursing home many years ago. When I would come in the nurses would take forever to give me report so that I could start my shift. They would talk to each...

  6. Do they check to see if you have your BSN/Masters degree ?

    zorabanks replied to lumbarpain's topic in General Nursing

    LOL.....

  7. If you hate being a CNA will you hate being an RN too?

    zorabanks replied to AddisonLawrence03's topic in General Nursing

    A great nurse is one who will not ask her staff to do something that she/he is not willing to do themselves. So, if you don't like dealing with resident's now, then you may want to chose another...

  8. do you think I should be written up?

    zorabanks replied to daisymae65035's topic in General Nursing

    If you where doing the progress note, then yes, you should have looked at the MAR or at least the order. Otherwise how would you know what the pt is taking? Yes, you should be written up along with...

  9. Dialysis PCT job description

    zorabanks replied to CNABESS's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Most companys offer on the job training and you do not have to have previos exp. as PCT. this is usually a paid 3-4 month training. FMC does pay PCT's well...at least $12 where I live just starting...

  10. Hello and nice to meet you.

    zorabanks replied to Natanis's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Welcome..I too am new to dialysis nursing...3 weeks in so far. I am not a new nurse, but there is SO MUCH TO LEARN! I like it thus far...Good

  11. IM injections - divide into 2 or keep as 1?

    zorabanks replied to samyaira's topic in Patient Medications

    2ml in VL should be fine. I agree that an injection is going to cause some pain/discomfort regardless. Did you change your needle after you drew up the medication? Giving an injection with a dull...

  12. need advice

    zorabanks replied to shelly123's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know all the details of yours situation ,of course...While I agree that you must do what is best for you and your family, that thr employer would have no problem firing you without...

  13. Graduated 2010 almost gave up nursing.

    zorabanks replied to MayuZ's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Consider applying to a nursing home (LTC) or Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF). Most times these type places are always looking for nurses. When I completed my RN training and passed NCLEX, I moved to a...

  14. Failed NCLEX 5 Times! Am I The Only One Who . . .

    zorabanks replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I guess I was thinking about him when I responded,LOL... However, that doesn't change the fact that Ruby's comment was RUDE!!!! That is one of the huge down falls of nursing....nurses can be...

  15. have you been hired on the spot?

    zorabanks replied to treeye's topic in General Nursing

    Since it is a nsg home I'm sure they need a nurse ASAP!! You will mostly likely only get 3-5 days of orientation and just be thrown onto "the floor" to sink or swim. I have worked in 3 diff. nursing...

  16. Failed NCLEX 5 Times! Am I The Only One Who . . .

    zorabanks replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Ruby your comment is rude and you have bad

  17. Do your staff desert the floor during a potluck?

    zorabanks replied to pattyslattery's topic in General Nursing

    Is there no joy?? Must we now complain when we have fun? I think the joy leaves when people are not considerate of others. I mean why do you have to tell grown people, who get paid, how to conduct...

  18. Do your staff desert the floor during a potluck?

    zorabanks replied to pattyslattery's topic in General Nursing

    The "RULE" is someone has to be the "bad guy" and tell them that they can not all be gone at once, nor can one person take 2 hours to set up! Come on guys we are at work...yea, I was always the bad...

  19. I'm trying my best, but seriously stop putting me down on the phone

    zorabanks replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

    Nursing in a LTC/SNF is a hard job. OP, you did the right thing by calling the doc and following his orders. An inceased temp followed by nausea can mean a lot of different things in the elderly. And...

  20. I'm trying my best, but seriously stop putting me down on the phone

    zorabanks replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

    ambgirl2nurse: it's protocol for the nurse to call ER and give report to ED (at least it has been at the 3 nursing homes that I have

  21. Patient died...

    zorabanks replied to samiam4's topic in General Students

    I hate that you had a pt come in to the clinic and ended up dying! Oh, how I wish that young lady would have went stright to the ER....Not because I think you did anything wrong, but the clinic is not...

  22. What nursing field do you think is easiest and hardest?

    zorabanks replied to Tinkx RN's topic in General Students

    Sure, manic ambulatory patient refusing to take her meds, caught up with the nurse she was chasing...LOL...poor

  23. What nursing field do you think is easiest and hardest?

    zorabanks replied to Tinkx RN's topic in General Students

    Oh, it didn't happen to me but another nurse. I have zero desire to work in that area...I think I would hate

  24. What should I do...? I am SO bored!

    zorabanks replied to J&B-RN's topic in Nursing Career

    Congrats on finding a job in a hospital as a new grad, because I couldn't. CRNAs are nurses, advanced practice, but nurses. I have a good friend who is a CRNA, so, no disrespect. I think it is normal...

  25. What nursing field do you think is easiest and hardest?

    zorabanks replied to Tinkx RN's topic in General Students

    Really Psych nursing, ez! Really???? NOOOOOOOOOOOO....try providing care to a pt who is combative and manages to remove your scrub top, from your body, on the floor...true