shugrr22107NA

Happy dance and tears of joy for you!

Thanks for your OP and to all who have responded...I am in a similar situation with an RN who finds fault in everything my shift does but finds it necc. to approach ME instead of speaking up @ approprite time/place like a team meeting. Everything you...

Thanks so much for your post. This is just proof that one not need be an addict or alcoholic to need a Higher Power...or each other. Recovery has taught me that burdens are lightened when shared, and good things are multiplied!!! Let's make the world...

22 bed med/surg (Neuro) unit, 2 aides. It can be rough.

Congrats my friend! Best wishes for a long and prosperous career :)

I have an interview with Duke for a CNA position. Shift is 7P to 7A. Anyone have wage information or interview advice? I've heard great things about Duke and am blessed to have the opportunity! Thanks! Shugg~

Call the HR recruiter who had to leave and ask. Add that it's a follow up to the interview you had, and inquire about your questions, how long before the background check comes back etc... I'm sending you a prayer!! Good luck my friend, keep us poste...

Drama Queens who are walkie-talkies, feeding themselves and toileting until that family member arrives, when they become incapable of uttering a sound and the well-meaning family 'translates' all kinds of immediate needs.... "Mom needs pain meds, and...

aside from amazement my first thought was, that lady would make a GREAT Nurse....she could go a whole shift before a break! We recently had a PT with a huge bladder also, his skin was suffering and has improved greatly since the cath...now if we can ...

ENFP here too! Words, ideas and possibilities spew effortlessly from them. Words are their best friends. They dance around ideas, the more, the merrier. Imaginative, spontaneous, original and enthusiastic, they have a knack for seeing other possib...

After 3 months of working the floor in a Med/Surg unit I'm transferring out to another area of the hospital because of exactly that. We have a ton of pts with lumbar surgeries on our floor Proper body mechanics help, but I have 2 lower discs bulging ...

I had cervical cancer in 1995, and after a High risk (total bed rest) pregnancy I decided to have a hysterectomy instead of radiation/chemo/etc... They aspirated a small spot on my one ovary but since the test they did was cancer free the ovaries are...

You're in my prayers...

oh, no....not today....don't even go their! *giggle*

At Duke, HR hands you off to the Manager and the manager hands you off to the team. I liked that and I was able to say and ask more than a simple office interview. The interviews (everywhere it seems these days...) are first with a Manager, then a Un...

Aquanetta No kidding...LOL, takes all kinds I guess :)

I'm on my way to my new career. I've had previous careers (5-10 years each with great success) in Inventory Management and Computer Programming. I'm a 40 y/o CNA now, with back problems, I was previously aiming for RN, but am being realistic that it...

More, more, more!! Thanks to all, I have one I got as a bad xerox from a co-worker and despite the bad reproductions (getting worse each 50 or so...) I MUST have it in my pocket or I am lost. I'm a CNA and often am teamed with 4-5 RNs on a shift to c...

taken from the boig book of alcoholics anonymous: "we of alcoholics anonymous believe that the reader will be interested in the medical estimate of the plan of recovery described in this book. convincing testimony must surely come from medical men w...

We have that wonderful, "your ID is like a credit card" @the cafe, or the cafeteria, gift shop etc...not complaining, but it sure does make it easy to slack off of packing lunch! Come payday and you see all the minus this minus that...you get my drif...

I would talk to my sponsor, start out slow, with a PT school schedule, make sure I had time for my meetings and pray, pray, pray on it. Ask your Higher Power to show you the answer and be as open as possible with your network about where you are and ...

Here in NC, 8.00-8.50/hr is the norm and no mileage, as a floater (with NO guaranteed hours ever) I made 9.50/hour plus .40/per mile but steady work was nonexistent as a floater. Off topic, but: I found it VERY hard to find companies locally with any...

I'm just jealous b/c you have those kind of showers... we still have the step-in kind and sometimes even the shower chair is a hassle. At least it was water and not poo! Thanks for sharing that, I will be extra careful should I ever use that kind of ...

Run, don't walk to the phonebook and find the local NA/AA meeting and ask for help. There are people who will help you thru this if you want recovery, and please, don't stop writing here and sharing your story as you go. Sharing is how we ALL get bet...

Read a novel, play online scrabble, or work in my vegetable garden. Brings me 'back to earth' :)