WoofyMutt80

It is my PET PEEVE when I used to hear fellow CNA's say to pts in Depends...."go ahead and poop in it, that is what is used for" Well last I knew, Depends DONT WIPE YOUR BEHIND OR FLUSH! IT IS NOT AN ALTERNATIVE TO A TOILET! I told one girl to go and...

I work in SMALL clinic, no interpreters, but the community is mostly Spanish, Portuguese, Cape Verdean, Haitian

i was asked this question by 2 pts last week and arrrrrggggggghhhhh.... "me english no good, do you speaka portuguese?" i said "no i do not" (i do not look latino, i am irish and french!) what i wanted to say........ i don't speaka portuguese beca...

I am the same way too Pepper the Cat! I can drink a McDonalds 32 oz Sweet Tea PRIOR to a dr appt, bladder full, and I CANNOT pee on demand!

to the parents of our pediatric pts, and their whole family is on free healthcare: if you can afford that coach bag, prada shoes, and that lincoln navigator parked in our lot, then you can afford health insurance for you and your kid!!!

We had a pt who came in for chronic pain and the Dr prescribed Percocet, a little while later I get a call from the pharmacy saying they cannot fill the Percocet because she is taking Suboxone and it will lower the amount of pain med in the Percocet....

There are some PIA pts, as sad and sick as they are, need to have their picture on file at ER's and pharmacies and have a notice IF YOU SEE THIS PT DON'T SERVE THEM! but sadly it doesnt work that way!

No I am NOT your DRUG DEALER and nor is YOUR PRESCRIBING DOCTOR....here are the directions to the nearest dealer on the street corner! Also proper language is required to get a refill...We have pts asking to refill their "Vic's" or "Oxy's" and our Nu...

My boyfriend is a LEGAL CITIZEN (Puerto Rican) so "looking latino" gives NOBODY the right to think he or anyone else of any origin to look "illegal"

I get this situation at the Neuro Clinic I work at. We get people calling in to refill their controlled pain meds, or to have a Dr call back to give them test results, or we or other facilities have to call them back to set up tests/procedures. Then ...

i just started a medical asst job at a neuro. clinic. we see alot of pts with chronic pain, worker's comp, disability approvals, etc.... to make a long story short, over a year ago i moved out of an apartment building in a bad part of town, one reaso...

I DID NOT read her record, her name was on a paper attached to a RX in our Narcotic/Controlled Substance pile. I have known this lady for years! I have told the cops about the meth lab, the BS going on there. Unfortunately, these people are too damn ...

I haven't lived there in over a year, and from what I hear she still lives there. The cops have been there numerous times for noise, fights, and harrassing other neighbors (one who has an anxiety disorder and heart problem!), when I lived there. It t...

Luckily we have EMR with Office and Phone Notes, SO EVERY LITTLE THING is documented, included last date the Rx was filled. I am going to keep my mouth shut, until then let the universe deal with them! Hopefully she will go on the drug maintenance pr...

I just hope I NEVER see her or her nephews in my office! I'll just tell the Office Manager I cannot be around her due to a "conflict of interest".

i work in a neuro. clinic and i was sorting encounters the other day. we put the reason for the pt's visit on the encounter and here is a new one, and i thought i heard them all pediatric pt, with asperburger's syndrome yes asperburger's

This one took the cake! I thought I heard it all from Alltimer's (Alzheimer's), Dietetic (Diabetic), Autoimmune Heimolytic (Hemolytic) Anemia.

hi everyone! i haven't been on here in a while but i am a cna/medical assistant with a hx of back problems dating back to a 1999 car accident, then another in 2000, then a fall on the ice in 2007. i was diagnosed with mild degenerative disc disease a...

I had the same experience during my externship for my Medical Assistant program. My program instructor was so appalled by my treatment by my preceptor, she refuses to send anymore externs to that doctor's office!

There are many people out there who have "hidden disabilities". These people don't need a wheelchair or crutches, but may suffer from a condition that limits them. There are people who have chronic, debilitating conditions and they don't show they ar...

First of all if she continues to harrass you, something needs to be done. Second she shows no compassion to be a nurse. She will eventually come across people in your shoes, the scary thing is that she might say the same hurtful things. Also she need...

fish oil has also been proven to lower bad cholesterol, which i am trying to get my 68 year old father on since he had a cabg in 2008 and the dr wants his ldl to go down so he wont have to face surgery again. he took it in the early stages of psoriat...

I lived in an urban area in Massachusetts, and my Home Health Agency ALWAYS got calls from the elderly clients from the "old school" pre-civil rights era, who SPECIFICALLY requested a "White, Caucasian, English Speaking Girl" Well there was me and 2 ...

Hi everyone! I am a Certified Medical Assistant (not a Nurse, and I hate it when I am referred to as a Nurse!) and my BLS Certification is up next month. I went to this CPR school that offers the recertification course and the instructor said because...

Thanks for everyone's replies! I was told at the CPR place that as a CMA with ACLS I could call a code and bag a patient, but they never said anything about IVP's! After everyone's responses here, I will stick with the BLS, and look into the state la...