ScrubMan0416

Sorry in advance if this is not the place to be talking about something like this, but here it goes. Ever since I hit puberty I have had a problem with excessive sweating of my right armpit. Nothing I have tried has worked. I have spent hundreds of d...

i have been attending a small community college for the past 4 years going for their adn program. i have been applying for this program for the past 2 years, and i am still waiting to get on the waiting list, which holds a 3 semester wait once i get ...

They get to do them while in the program. Lets see how many of them can pull it off....

Like the others have stated it depends on your company's policy. The way we accrue PTO is based on a few factors; whether you are full time/part time/PRN, and how long you have been with the company (we have three tiers; 1-5 years, 5-10 years, and 1...

Sorry in advance if this is not the place to be talking about something like this, but here it goes. Ever since I hit puberty I have had a problem with excessive sweating of my right armpit. Nothing I have tried has worked. I have spent hundreds of...

I get to work 20-30 minutes early, sit in the breakroom, or the nurses station, and observe the shift I will be taking over for about 15 minutes. I gather the appropriate information from the way they walk, jog, or run, down the hall. I then print ...

personally i don't mind working 12 hour shifts! it gives me the opportunity to work full time (36 hours a week) and go to school full time (13 credits per semester). the only problem i have encountered is how to transition from friday/saturday night...

My personal philosophy "Kill them with kindness!!" Make them laugh at a funny situation, or just laugh a lot around them. I works most of the time for me.

In the hospital I work in we have the isolation precautions (etc.) posted on the frames of the patients room with magnets and it is the responsibility of our cleaning personel to take then down after the room has been cleaned. That way everyone is a...

A nurse is a nurse, plain and simple. If you are scared for your license, have a female nurse or CNA there as a witness. We as nurses are here for the patients and if you are too "grossed out" to do certian things for patients, male or female, you ...

Our hospital started a new program on Jan 1, 2008 called Code H (HELP). It can be used by patients, their family, or staff members pertaining to the care, or lack there of, of the patient by picking up the phone and dialing H-E-L-P. They are connec...

I work on a small 12 bed Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit and on admission the MD will write "Do not desturb patient between the hours of 2200-0630." Of course we have 'wiggle room' in that if the pt is a diabetic and is sweating, we can do a blood sug...

Just curious, were you a CNA before you became a nurse?

Dansko Professionals all the way. Can't go wrong!

The hospital I work at went "Tobacco Free" on January 1, 2008. This new policy was met with a lot anger and resentment toward the system administrators by 99.99% of the smokers. I work on a small rehab unit which employs about 20 people. Out of the...

hahahaha! That's why I love working where we have 24/7 engineering! Though I have had to fix a few things here, mostly for the older nurses that don't know how to use the fax machine.

When I took my CNA course two years ago, all I had to provide were the vaccinations that you get at birth, which my High School had record of. When I started the course we had to get a TB skin test, but the hospital I completed my clinicals in privid...

That sounds like a good plan to me! I take an average of 8-12 credits per semester and I work full-time at a Hospital (3 12hr shifts a week). Just to warn ya, Micro will through you for a loop....it is one of the more tricky ones. I LOVED anatomy ...

PS.......Don't worry about peri care. When it came time for me to complete that part of my skills verification before clinicals, I had to perform peri care on a manikin that was placed in the classroom off to the side in front of pretty much the who...

Have no fear, as long as you have passion for what you do, you will be great. When I went through my clinicals it started out rough and I felt akward till the end, but once you become a CNA and get out into the real world, everything changes. You w...

Don't forget waiter - In my experience you have to cater to the patient's family's needs the same as, if not more than, the patients.