tishirajan

Speaking of underwear hanging out....I have on very good authority that for some reason that ignorant trend began in prisons and it is an indication that the person wearing the low hanging pants is letting the other prisoners know he is "available"...if you catch my drift. As soon as my youngest teen-aged son found this out he quit wearing the really baggy jeans and his friends did as well. I'm certain if these noobs knew the significance of this they would cease to keep following this trend.:lol_hitti Just my

Hey all! Hope you all are doing well. Well, my problem is I'm doing horrible on my lab practicals! I have done great on the quizzes and I can name all the required body parts. However, when it comes to test time I'm a total nimrod:banghead:!!!!! WTH??! I have no idea why I'm having this problem. All other classes are going smoothly and I really love my A&P class! I could talk all day long about cellular metabolism. It's something that just fascinates me and always has since I knew I wanted to enter nursing. What gives?!? What could possibly make me flub up so badly?!? Are there any techniques that any of you have that might help me improve my test taking skills? Any suggestion is greatly appreciated!!!:kiss Thank you in advance! Tish:redbeathe

I was taking care of this little lady that only weighed 80lbs soaking wet. She was totally bed ridden but she could flail her arms like a windmill. She had really long fingernails that she kept painted bright red and she was also reallllllly hard of hearing. Well, this little lady had a habit of using her her really long fingernails to literally dig the poo out of her bum. She would have it from one end of the bed to the other and all over herself. I had already been in there twice to clean her up, getting the poo out from under her fingernails and was getting a bit frustrated. I happen to walk past her room and caught her doing the deed and I went in and leaned over the bed and told her to quit doing that. She didn't hear me the first 5 times I told her and finally I said rather loudly, "Ocie!!! Please stop digging yourself out!!!!!!" She looked at me and just grinned that gummy grin and held up her hands and said, "I rather like the brown color of the fingernail polish, don't you?" I just busted out laughing. The nurses at the desk were doubled over when I went to inform the nurse to chart the BM. Never in a zillion years would I have thought I would have to tell someone to not do that!!!!

Great info about the Dermablend. I'll be in nursing school next year and was wondering what to do about the 4 little stars I have on the inside of my wrist. LOL Lacie, you are so right on!

As a former CNA I can honestly say that you were certainly in the right. I seems to me that this CNA is the type of person that has issues with just about anyone that doesn't see eye to eye with her or anything that she feels is undeserving towards her. These people can find just about anything to argue with and perpetuate the situation with anything they can pull out of their a$$. I've known people like that. They would argue and gripe about anything. Policy is policy and you were right on by telling her so. I've worked with nurses that were several years younger than myself and I never had a problem with the age thing. As far as I'm concerned, they earned their degree and title of nurse and deserve the respect that is due. You are much more mature than this person because you handled the situation in a professional manner. The DON probably knows that this CNA has an attitude problem and takes what she says with a grain of salt. Let her stir the pot! As my grandad used to say, "If you stir in s***, you're gonna get all over you." :wink2: You are the nurse and she's the CNA, she needs to know her place and get over herself IMHO. This will blow over and she'll still be a pain in the butt, but probably somewhere else...hopefully. As I've said before, it don't take all kinds, you just got 'em.

I think one has to earn the title of "nurse". I'm a former CNA going for my ADN. I always told my residents I was their aide if they called me nurse. The nurse gives the meds, I wipe the hiney

This is one of the most asinine thing I've ever heard of!! She will be in my thoughts and prayers. I hope that these idiots who are hellbent on prosecuting her have to deal with the same situation. Wouldn't they want their loved ones to be comfortable in their last days? Wouldn't they, themselves want to be comfortable in THEIR last days? This is just insanity in politics. Maybe someone is coming up for election and this would be just the ticket they need. Who knows the logic behind all this. I hope she keeps her head held high and counter sues the bejebus out of them all! God bless her!

That's just great!!!! :w00t:Congrats and the best of luck!

Here's something I used. Hope it helps! http://virtualurchin.stanford.edu/microscope.htm

Best wishes to you! :w00t::yelclap::w00t:

I had a little lady in LTC who insisted on her daily "prude" juice rather than prune juice. It was really funny because she was a real stickler about EVERYTHING, especially her "prude" juice because it kept her "insides regulated". Kinda like taking care of Granny Clampet. :roll

I have a great instructor as well. We are using Hole's and it just so happens she is one of the co-authors! Her teaching style is great and I love having her for both the lecture and the lab. Here's a great website that gives you an idea on what your learning style is. My instructor had us do this and it really does help. It gives you study guides for each type of learning style you may use. http://www.vark-learn.com/english/index.asp

You did what nurses are supposed to do. Nurses not only treat the physical but at times they have to treat the psychological and emotional as well. The extra time you spent was the right thing to do. I would want you as my nurse over one that was too involved in her time management to give me a few words of encouragement. Well done.

Here's some pretty good links: http://nursingcareplan.blogspot.com/2006/12/ncp-hypertension-severe.html http://nursingcrib.com/nursing-care-plan-hypertension/ http://nursing-management.blogspot.com/

Personally, I would take a job as a CNA until I had the experience that would be required of me to obtain the job I was looking for. I know that would be a big difference in the pay but it would be more than if you're not making anything at this time. As a CNA you will get a feel for things and the experience will be worth it IMHO. Take a CNA job and keep looking for that LPN position. Something might open up for you before that required year is up. Best of luck to you! Tish

Some people Jesus himself couldn't please....that being said, you did all you could and then some. Bless you and lots of hugs!:icon_hug:

Thank you all, I'm feeling much better and thank God the Octomom lips are gone!!:chuckle

Hello all, I have yet again been in the hospital for air around my colon I was on rounds of serious antibiotics and thank God they worked, otherwise they were going to take me into surgery for a colostomy!!!!!!!!!!!!! :smackingf ACK!!! I was so scared. This would have ruined my plans for college and everything in general. But thank goodness all is well except for this ungodly case of hives!! OMG! My foot is so swollen I actually have my mother's cankles :chuckle. Well, this post is not about my cankles or colon. It's about those wonderful nurses I had. They were so sweet and I never has one that was cranky, cross, or short. Everyone came in with a smile on their faces day and night and always kidded around with me about my hives....I had Octomom lips!! :hhmth: Anyway, they were doing their job and then some! They had a really busy morning and my stupid IV monitor kept going off every timed I moved! I figured out how to silence it myself and waited until it sounded like things had calmed down a little then called her and told her. She came in and told me she wished every patient knew how to do that. We had a laugh and she brought me a Sprite thanking me again. I told her no, it was I that should be thanking her and her staff. They went above and beyond for me and the least I could do was give her my gratitude and shut that beeping thing off. She gave me a big hug and told me that she really needed to hear that. We were both crying.....I'm such a sap. The nurses aides were precious too. They came in with breakfast with a daily newspaper they "found" for me. We had a good time and they were all so sweet to come by my room and have prayer with me before my colonoscopy. They really gave me so much encouragement. When the quality control, exterminator, asks thousands of questions about how your stay had been guy and asked if the staff was doing their jobs...blah...blah....blah..... I told him straight up that the nurses on that floor were second to none and they did a great job taking care of me. I loved them all for all that they were doing. I told him that if anyone in that hospital deserved raises, it would be the nurses that I had....and I would give them a 100 on the scale. ( stupid scale only goes to 5 ) There is hope!!! There are nurses out there that are in it for their passion for it, not just a paycheck. I hope that when I get my license that I will have to opportunity to work with these wonderful people at some point. They were awesome and I'm thankful that I had such awesome nurses. Thank all of you nurses, aides, techs...everyone who goes to work daily and make a difference in the lives of your patients. They may not always say it but there are many patients that love you for what you do. You are awesome and you are heros!:yeah: Hugs to you all! :redbeathe

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I don't think you did anything wrong. This is family were talking about here. Your cousin had every right to know what was going on with her mother and you did the right thing by letting her know. Her husband seems like a total jerk! Your intuition is probably right concerning his attitude towards her family. Kudos to you for letting her know. Everyone has a right to know what's going on within their family if it concerns a life and death situation IMO.

That is just AWESOME!!!! You deserve a pat on the back! Well done!! :anpom::ancong!::anpom:

I think that would be a great idea. This would give you a chance to know what nurses have to deal with. I would certainly think that would make many nurses appreciate your background in nursing because you would have been there and know what it's like to be in their shoes. Best of luck to you and best wishes for you father as well.

You are a wonderful nurse! You made this patient's last moments as comfortable as possible and I'm sure they were grateful for your empathy and compassion. Bless you and I hope that when my time comes that I have a nurse that is as compassionate as you were to this patient. Lot's of hugs for you!:icon_hug:

Nurse Nine Arms....ability to do a million tasks at once all without a pee break and without losing their minds!

School and the workplace are like night and day. There are great LTC facilities and really, really bad ones. Personally, I would look for a different place to work if that kind of treatment of residents is tolerated. These people deserve to be treated with respect and this CNA is not doing that. I think of it this way...would I want my mother, father, grandparents treated in this manner? I treat my residents the way I would want to be treated. It's your call though.