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... that CNAs should do what the nurse tells them? I remember when I was a CNA, if a nurse asked/told (to me there really isn't a difference) me to do something. I went and did it. Tonoc I had the lovebirds working, and a new girl they were supposed ...

I'm still tryin to get the DON to put out some disciplinary action forms... If the money and hours weren't awesome I'd run as fast as I could... team leaders think 0.125ml = 1/4ml. No TAR created for someone with a problematic SP on admit... ugh. As ...

Thanks for the replies. I've had to deal with this time and time again... but I actually would like to keep this job. Being an actual nurse who doesn't turn a blind eye unfortunately puts you on the outs in most places. Its a little LTC, 27 residents...

Sorry ya had such a bad day! I'm a sick sick person and live for those kind of days =P

From what the people I know have said about Neosho, it sounded about the same as Labette. Pretend ur a mute when the teachers are around =P Seems they have a fully online LPN to RN bridge program there.

A common trend I have noticed with nurses that I work with: They hate to make phone calls. I admit I was kinda scared of picking up the phone and talking to someone, such as a hospice nurse manager or a doctor when I first started. Its possible the c...

In SEK it varies greatly, from 6.50 to 10.00 an hour at LTC et hospitals. Agency pays 10-14 an hour. Seems the cycle with CNAs that they pay crap as long as they can. Then they don't have hardly any CNAs, and the ones they do have aren't so hot, so t...

Meds taken prior to being put on hospice are often continued... if the med falls under the dx for hospice care, then hospice will pay for it (so they should be buying that Effexor for this pt). Other meds can still be continued, but if the med doesn'...

A cheap 10 dollar one from Wal Mart. Plastic with soft edges so I don't give anyone skin tears. At first it was because I figured that if I got it nasty filthy I could just toss it and get a new one... but they last YEARS and I've yet to shove my han...

What I do is this: Whatever gets me thro the shift! As you get to know the people, the meds, the txs, the BSs, the Br Txs, and individual routines... you can revise what you are currently doing to save more time. I usually start out a place going str...

New grads are making 26 an hour up in KC. Just about any LTC here in Southeast Kansas will pay an RN 26 or more dollars. Regardless of experience. The hospitals in this area just recently started paying more dt the LTCs paying so much more than they ...

The most profound knowledge I've ever heard came from a little old alzhiemer's lady. After giving her meds to her, crushed and in applesauce (yuk!), she gets pretty mad at me dt the taste and says... "I'm MAD at YOU! But I love you!" Bless her heart ...

I only chart absence of vitals in Kansas

I got tired of laying in bed awake during the day, so I just sleep every other day now =P

I generally find that I get along with all doctors, even the ones the other nurses don't. Can't say whether this is dt being male or not. Although, I will say that female nurses seem to have problems with the Middle Eastern doctors, while male nurses...

Mr Garrettson said it best: Being all hot and sexy sure is fun for awhile but it sure does get boring. It really does get old. The worst situation was this little CNA whispers in my ear, "I know how to keep you awake." At the beginning of a noc shift...

Nursehiemers. When you have 50 things to remember, well ****s gonna happen =P

Working with women is definately Danger Zone. Start a new job and ur fresh meat. While this can come in handy in motivating some women, it can get to be dangerous when they get ur number off the call list and start txting you all hours of the day. Yo...

When you say "fold care" what exactly are you doing? We have a bariatric woman in our LTC and the folds, the sweat, and the inability to turn much to remove pressure from a large area of her body... well it's creating wounds, go figure! We have been ...