CodeBlack

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1. Giving Baths At Night. Agree Or Disagree?

   CodeBlack replied to kmwlpn's topic in Geriatric

   When I was a CNA back in the early 90s, I used to give my residents showers on the evening shift before I put them back to bed. I couldn't stand them being smelly and sitting on the shower chair actually help them have a BM and empty out their bladd...

2. 8 hr shifts vs. 12 hr shift

   CodeBlack replied to luv2shopp85's topic in Med-Surg

   I like 12 hour shifts and having more days off to recuperate.

3. crepitus

   CodeBlack replied to ORNurseAngie's topic in Med-Surg

   Good job recognizing the change of condition.

4. Doctors! Rudeness does it go hand and hand?

   CodeBlack replied to dinirn's topic in Relations

   I have alot resentment towards doctors. I've been working in hospitals both acute and long term fro over a decade and I've been yelled at countless times and been treated like a dog. Of course, not all doctors are a-holes, but alot of them are.

5. Reasons why you want to be a nurse

   CodeBlack replied to serendipity123's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I'm an LVN and a EMT-Basic. So naturally, I want to be an RN and a Paramedic.

6. Anyone ever "lost" credits at a community college?

   CodeBlack replied to junebug62's topic in LPN-RN

   I had to retake microbiology and introduction to physiology again because it's been 7 years since I last took the classes. It's funny, I got an "A" in micro and a "B-" in physiology years ago. I took these classes again the last 2 semesters and I've ...