Butterfliesnroses

Butterfliesnroses

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  1. CNA's: What's your favorite shift?

    Butterfliesnroses replied to DreamyEyes's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I've worked all the shift. My favorite shift is 2-10. I don't know if it's because it's the shift I started on so it feels so comfortable. I do like that I can clean or go do some errands before I...

  2. Why do so many nursing homes fire CNAs all the time?

    Butterfliesnroses replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Where I work you have to do quite a bit to get fired. I think it mainly has to do with being short on aides. However right now there is an influx of applicants so my boss seems to be as worried about...

  3. What's going to happen when we ALL leave the bedside?

    Butterfliesnroses replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Like others have said, bedside nursing isn't for everyone. I'm an aide in LTC and there are many previous co-workers who are shocked that I'm still where I'm at, still toughing it out. But for me I...

  4. Nurse reality show

    Butterfliesnroses replied to massrn116's topic in General Nursing

    I often times think that as an aide I'd love if there was a reality show about the nursing home I work at. There is always drama drama drama as it's a small facility. Also as an aide it's the most...

  5. First Travel Assignment :(

    Butterfliesnroses replied to EJSRN's topic in General Nursing

    Smart move, trying to get your CNA's on your side. As an aide if a nurse is really mean to me I won't go the extra mile for them. Often times I really don't have time for those vital signs. However if...

  6. when do you call in sick??

    Butterfliesnroses replied to massrn116's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an aide in LTC. There just hits a point where I KNOW my daughter is sick enough that I need to call in. For me, I have to be very sick for me to call in. If I have a little cold then no I'm not...

  7. Nursing home (random thought)

    Butterfliesnroses replied to Orenda's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an aide in LTC. I love the place I work at. YES there are bad seeds. YES I sometimes feel my boss is too nice and lets things go. But at the end I can only do what I can do. I've come to realize...

  8. Newly pregnant and working in stressful med/surg unit

    Butterfliesnroses replied to laRN1's topic in General Nursing

    I worked as an aide in LTC my pregnancy. I took a lighter section than the other aides. This section however, was filled with MRSA residents. I took the precautions. There was one lady I couldn't care...

  9. If u were the patient,what type of nurse would you like to have?

    Butterfliesnroses replied to ahmadfaiz1992's topic in General Nursing

    I had my gallbladder removed yesterday...There were 2 nurses. One was very compassionate and cared about me, which I liked...but the other one, she was getting things done..she's wasn't very...

  10. What career choice do i take?

    Butterfliesnroses replied to Elldes's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if it's possible...but could you just become a nurse, and then do the social worker if your heart desires and be a mental health...you know whatever position you fall into. I remember...

  11. Pay Rate 2009

    Butterfliesnroses replied to sam.morgan's topic in General Nursing

    1. Washington 2. small town...spokane is 4 hours away, seattle is 5ish 3. CNA 4. 9.96/hr. 5. Full time, no travel 5. I get a 10 cent pay differential for working evening shift, 20 cents if I work...

  12. Hostile Nurses

    Butterfliesnroses replied to golfergirl17's topic in General Nursing

    What bothers me soooooo much, is we are all in this together and I hope for the same reason...to better residents/patients lives. Yet some people are hateful and treat others horribly. I'm treated...

  13. Hostile Nurses

    Butterfliesnroses replied to golfergirl17's topic in General Nursing

    To be honest, where I work I've never been treated so nasty on a daily basis. I've only ever worked fast food and retail. I'm an aide and I'm a senior aide at that. I've been called houlier than thou...

  14. One Wish Granted

    Butterfliesnroses replied to FLAlleycat's topic in General Nursing

    It seems like you'd have seniority and be able to take someones hours? Maybe it don't work like that there. I'm an aide in LTC, I've been there 4 plus years and have the most seniority on my shift. I...

  15. hospital rating

    Butterfliesnroses replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's lovely idea...but that's just my 2

  16. One Wish Granted

    Butterfliesnroses replied to FLAlleycat's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work sick pay and vacation pay are to seperate things. But I've been back off my maternity leave for a year in January and I have half a week I believe. LOL. They do let us use vacation time...

  17. One Wish Granted

    Butterfliesnroses replied to FLAlleycat's topic in General Nursing

    I wish for them to walk in this NACs shoes for a day. For them to be me. For no-one to know that they are me so that those people treat me the way they do everyday....so they weren't putting on shows....

  18. Need help/questions answered

    Butterfliesnroses replied to unclebriz's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an aide in a LTC facility. The place I work at is small and so it seems as if we are all in a soap opera. Everyone talks about he said, she said stuff. I've gotten into my share of arguments. But...

  19. Working the Holiday

    Butterfliesnroses replied to Looking4Seaglass's topic in Emergency

    Nope. Here nurses and aides give there number 1 and number 2 choices of what they want off of Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve and New Years Day. I chose Christmas Day as...

  20. Alternatives to Strangling

    Butterfliesnroses replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a first time mother. My parents can discipline my daughter. My younger sister has made comments about wanting to spank my daughter and honestly it makes me mad! She hasn't raised kids herself. My...

  21. Times Are Tough When...

    Butterfliesnroses replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    One thing my work does and has always done. Is if you call in the day before, the day of, or the day after a holiday you don't get your holiday pay. I think it's a wonderful

  22. With Gratitude

    Butterfliesnroses replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    I work 4 hours this evening. 6p-10p. I'm just an aide, not a nurse yet. This is my second holiday of (mostly) being off in 4 years. The year before I was on maternity leave. Holidays take on new...

  23. Do nurses talk about their patients when the leave

    Butterfliesnroses replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    LOL. This reminds me of when my water broke I told my significant other that I needed to shower and shave my legs THEN we could go to the

  24. So sick of people running to management and telling lies.

    Butterfliesnroses replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    So when do they get sleep? I guess the ICU is a whole nother world. But I would think they would be in the ICU to get better and would need their rest so they could get better? I dunno though, I'm no...

  25. So sick of people running to management and telling lies.

    Butterfliesnroses replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    Why do baths NEED to be done at night? From the sounds of things you work in a hospital which I understand is different from a nursing home. But most of the residents I have prefer AM baths. Days and...