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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 friend!!!

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 certified. You can just walk in without having ever...

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 try it and see how much you have to say?

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 sundowners who all the sudden decides they dont know where ...

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 man just gets up to the bathroom (those pesky brow...

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 wonderful job of holding the foot up. Well I made th...

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 (Yes, your NM is totally whack)

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 :tku:

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

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 hopes that it is one less uncaring person they have ...

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 really grouchy and intolerant of peoples attitudes ev...

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 stretches, warm baths, and Pilates. I really foun...

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 how to regulate your sleep and how to help when you...

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 invisible perimiter around said "doctor destructo...

I know your mad at your momma but it seems she raised you right if you have that good a head on your shoulders... I'm just tryin to give ya ONE thing to thank her for. I think every thing happens for a reason and in my opinion ( from your posts ) you...

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 again sayin 520 is STILL hurting because I'm pretty s...

Its is incredible how nasty people have become. I'm sorry that you had to experience such a thing. Who does she think she is to tell ANYONE you get on peoples' nerves!!! You know what... she gets on MY nerves and I don't even know her!:angryfire No m...

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 most sense! Thanks again everyone!

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 is inaccurate charting, or whatever else the tech w...

Why thank you. Is there an actual resason y?

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 brief or ask if they pee themselves because that could...

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

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 assume everyone in the free world has MRSA so that I re...

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 posting lets em know we do!