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Hey All- Thinking about taking applying for a travel job at South Miami Hospital on their Oncology floor. Anyone taken a travel assigment there?

I support 100% working as a CNA before being a nurse or while in nursing school. I'd never really thought about it until my mom, who is a nurse, told me that i'd be a much better nurse if I knew what it was like to be a CNA. Having been a CNA during nursing school and now two years in to being a nurse, I agree 150%. I think it gives you good insight on to how to properly care for a patient as a whole, especially if your short staffed and find yourself doing a lot of CNA work. Also, it shows you how hard CNAs work and I think makes you a better team player when you become an RN. Good luck!!:)

This is a story about a fourth year resident that I had worked with for about a year on the unit I work on. We get a lot of GYN post ops on our floor so the GYN residents now us well. One night I got a post op and i *just* knew something didn't feel right. Her vital signs were fine (not great, but not bad) but I just knew something wasn't right. The patient had been through a bunch of surgeries as well and could sense that something wasn't right. The resident came up to see the patient but thought nothing of the situation and left. I called her a few more times that night for boluses and whatnot as I just knew something wasn't right. Come to find out, about an hour after my shift, they did a cbd and saw that her crit was in the toilet so they had to rush her to the OR and removed 1.5 liters of blood/blood clot from her. When I came back that night I was fearful that the patient and her husband would be angry at me for this matter not being attended to in the 10 hours that I had her the night before but they were so nice and could see that I was doing all I could and checked in on her very, very often and kept track of her vital signs very closely. BUT, also, that next night... the resident that I'd been talking to the night of this incident came to the nurses station in front of about six other nurses and CNAs to apologize to me for not listening to me when I knew that something just wasn't right. She said that she should have better assessed the patient and obtained a CBC at the least. I can think of so many interactions with doctors and residents but this one sticks in my mind due to the resident (and not even a new one at that!) admitting that she had dropped the ball and should listen to the pateint and nurse better. her and i had a fantastic relationship during the remainder of her residency and i hope she is doing so, so well as a doctor!!:)