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  1. State mandated elder abuse

    I work at an adult foster home with dementia pts and two bed bound pt. I heard recently that the state inspectors are going to be making us do fire drills. They did this recently at another adult...
  2. Who took the NURSE out of Nursing?

    I keep hearing this and I just get ticked off every time. I worked two full time jobs at one point both as a caregiver, cleaning up bm, vomit, and urine. I did it while I was going to nursing school...
  3. Funny patient names by nurses

    I had a teacher named whoredyke poor lady. Sorry not a pt, but I'm not a nurse yet so I gotta use
  4. My baby has lice

    Combing is very important I had lice and my mom got rid of it with the shampoo and she combed all the nits out every night. Thank God for
  5. Lol my Dad is an MD and while his bedside manner is great his handwriting is atrocious. He also treats nurses with respect and has a lot of nurse friends. I think that has a lot to do with the...
  6. State mandated elder abuse

    I'm willing to lose my job to protect the health of my pt's I can always get another job. My manager and the owner back me 100% (she's an RN btw) even though she could lose her license to operate a...
  7. Do nurses support physician assisted suicide?

    I had to watch a pt starve herself to death for a month. She wasn't terminal she just didn't have the desire or will to live anymore. I wished I could have helped her along instead of watching her...
  8. Are you allowed to wear Makeup ?

    I am all or nothing. Either no make up or all my make-up, and I have a lot of make up. Regardless I don't end up looking like my girl Dolly because I wear neutral colors. Make-up matters to some...
  9. I entered healthcare because I was interested in medicine I was curious about disease processes and the human body. I intend to be an NP since this career will satsify me in that respect. However if...
  10. Nursing Supervisors=Telemarketers

    Or outright lies. My mom was telling me about her sup calling her at 11pm after she got off a double shift 24 hours! Then telling her if she didn't come in she would be disciplined. My mom pulled out...
  11. Male RN gets to pay more?

  12. Prayer and patient care.

    I will pray chant meditate light candles whatever, but I will do so at the request of my pt. Forcing my religion upon someone else is so wrong I don't even know what else to
  13. pre-employment exam from h*ll

    This does not happen at military facilities. That said it shouldn't happen in the civilian world. This is crazy and totally
  14. HIPAA and court testimony

    It's 15 bucks and it doesn't go on your driving record so it costs you a grand total of 15 bucks! If you really want to fight it just provide a written account of what happened you don't have to use...
  15. Are you allowed to wear Makeup ?

    Yeah breast cancer poor
  16. Sad I'm so cheap I'm working Christmas day and night for 15 an hour vs. my 10 an hour. I even
  17. Waiting to work

    Thank you guys! I'm going to work for at least two years before going back into school. I :loveya:
  18. Waiting to work

    OK I tried this in the NP thread but I didn't get any responses. I'm going to be graduating in a year and half from nursing school. I want to go on to get my DNP at the University I'm currently at....
  19. I need opinions please!!!!!

    Hmm I'm not sure if this applies to you but it seems like a lot of empolyers are willing to help work out your schedule if you're in school. Also this depends on where you go to school, some schools...
  20. Message from a CNA

    What an awesome attitude. Seriously that will take you far! Thank you for shaming me into being more
  21. If nursing wasn't an option...

    MD that's what I was going to do originally so back to medical school for me. Although that sonographer deal does look pretty
  22. Exaggerations about nursing school

    You can't work full time My mom actually told me that! BTW she's a new nurse and she worked during school. I was like Huh? Oh Mom god love ya. I worked two full time jobs at one point while going to...
  23. no more techs for us....

    I know they did this at a hospital near me, my mom refused to work for the group of hospitals because they fire all their techs. Then when everything has gone to heck and all the nurses have left they...
  24. Held Down and Forced to Take The FLu Shot

    OH god I just watched the documentary of that how awful that it reminded you of that! This situation is disgusting I agree with all the previous posters! We've got your back here at
  25. To the OP before I started working as a caregiver I was afraid and I didn't think I could handle it. Now I give showers, clean up poop off of people, carpets, and occasionally myself, 52 hours a week....