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  1. OMG!!! My back.......!!

    Ploppers replied to Misslady113's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You can try pilates and streatching before work. Its very important to have a strong core to back up the body mechanics. When I first started ibprophen was my best

  2. Is it hard getting into a hospital being fresh out of CNA school?

    Ploppers replied to jaytori220's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Here in Oklahoma they have started using AUAs (advanced unlicenced assistants) they are like CNAs on steroids in the skills department. But as far as the hospital I work at, you dont even have to be...

  3. Are you proud to be a CNA?

    Ploppers replied to Serendipity, PCT's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    At my hospital we are called nurse techs but its all the same. I have my CNA and I don't regret every choosing to be one. And to those who try to look down on me for my position... why don't you come...

  4. CNAs who work the overnight shift, i need your help!

    Ploppers replied to hwalls's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Well.... with the lifting thing... it can be easier but not always. You got the patient who actually only wets the bed at night because they are asleep and don't know to get up, the one with...

  5. CNA Commandments

    Ploppers replied to greeniebean's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Thou shalt not have a patient with a runny stool colostomy bag and chart "BM X1" Thou shalt not encourage renal patients to refuse their daily weights Thou shalt not assume that the 96 year old 70 lb...

  6. Tossing Your Cookies...

    Ploppers replied to JasmDasm's topic in General Nursing

    I can't belive no one has mentioned wound drainage!!! That is the one and only thing that kills me. I had one Pt. that had a pressure ulcer on her foot. We went to change the dressing and I got the...

  7. Is my NM whack or is it just me?

    Ploppers replied to jomoholono's topic in General Nursing

    That is like saying "Hey wake up that newborn and see if its hungry." Who in thier right mind would do that??? Patients in general are sick. Sick people in general need rest... duh. :lol_hitti...

  8. The Lord Is So Good!

    Ploppers replied to RedhairedNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Look at the amazing Doctors, Nurses, Techs, Volunteers, and other medical staff bettering peoples lives... If you don't think the Lord exists then tell me who the heck did that?! To him we should say...

  9. What is your personal nursing mission statement?

    Ploppers replied to loveshospital's topic in General Nursing

    P.S. I'm glad that you posted... That is a question I think we should all ask

  10. What is your personal nursing mission statement?

    Ploppers replied to loveshospital's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a tech but... My personal statement would go something like: I'm here to try my hardest to make people feel better about their situation. So they can see a kind face in their time of illness in...

  11. Anyone else feeling frustrated with their job?

    Ploppers replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    I know the feeling on that one. I'm out right now because of surgery and the stress of it all took a toll on the way I looked at my job. Before I went out it got pretty negative there and I became...

  12. Anyone experience muscle pain from work?

    Ploppers replied to SICUteam's topic in General Nursing

    Yes soreness is part of the job but not constant. I pulled my back so bad one time that the doctor said the muscles were roping. I took muscle relaxers and found they were not for me. After that I did...

  13. New To Night Shift

    Ploppers replied to PennyNickelDime_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked nights for about a year and a half now. I love it, but some of my co-workers have a hard time, so I looked up night shift on Webmd.com. You really should check it out! It is a study on...

  14. Sucking out the fun....

    Ploppers replied to SweetLemon's topic in General Nursing

    Oh don't be discouraged!!! Okay so you had one bad experience... a really bad one but still.... if it is your calling you can't let some psyco, strong armed doc suck the fun out of it. Have fun with a...

  15. "Your patient in 520 is in pain!"

    Ploppers replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    As a CNA yeah it is my duty to report pain.... but if they have asked multiple times and I know the nures is good and busy with another patient, checking the chart, ect. I'm not gonna jump on them...

  16. Why do nurses take the fall?

    Ploppers replied to Ploppers's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for posting!!! It does make more sense now. In response to BradleyRN they should be required to take report from the nurse. If they stopped and thought about it that is what makes the...

  17. Why do nurses take the fall?

    Ploppers posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a nurse tech at a hospital and we do the vitals, I&O's, chart, general patient care ya know. So why is it when a patient hits the floor, I&O's/vitals don't get done and or charted, there...

  18. Why do nurses take the fall?

    Ploppers replied to Ploppers's topic in General Nursing

    Why thank you. Is there an actual resason

  19. do you check after your nursing assistants?

    Ploppers replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I am a nurse tech at a hospital so its a little different with the wet/dry scenario but we have incontinent patients as well. I'm not going to rip the covers off my patients to see it they have a...

  20. Are you concerned about contracting MRSA while working in healthcare?

    Ploppers replied to Caligirl09's topic in General Nursing

    VivaLasViejas I just need to say... awsome post and awsome prayer... Thank

  21. Are you concerned about contracting MRSA while working in healthcare?

    Ploppers replied to Caligirl09's topic in General Nursing

    Eh, I'm pretty sure if I got a nasal swab it would come back positive. Lord knows the amount of times I've taken care of a patient for a week and then "boom!" the next day they are on contact. I...

  22. Night Shift...

    Ploppers replied to AshCNA's topic in General Nursing

    i normally work night shift but right now i'm off due to surgery. i don't think there should be a main forum for nights. the day and evening shifts (at my work at least) don't think we do much and...