jRN2be

I am a tech in the ICU where I work, and when there are no patients I float to the floor or ER!.. SUPER TECH~~

Ok so maybe I am still soft, and think that everyone who says they are in severe pain, are really. Maybe I will grow out of this.!!

What a waste of time to pull the pts MRs. I guess that hospital is going to do that for every person that comes into the ER with abdominal pain... headaches....... I dont think that is good pt care, but what do I know im still a student

Kidney Stones? That may be chronic, but there can be physical proof for that persons pain... Isnt that kind of harsh? Isnt the policy for patients that can be classified as pain seeking or drug seeking? HMMM... and isnt it against the law to keep a list of patients on what we call at my hospital a FF list? I dont like it at all!!!

I know I am not a nurse, yet, but I was just wandering what the BMP or CMP looked like

The med surg nurses at the hospital I work at are required to where white. If your a tech, you wear hunters green, no matter where you work. ER RNs where purple.

First of all, last names should not be put on name badges. The patient has no medical reason to need to know your last name. Your boss and Admin are the only people to know- The co-workers that I have worked with for a year now dont even know my last name!

arizonamark, easy killer. It aint as bad as some say. CNAs are also referred to as Certified A!@ wipers. But also, it is very nice to help people, and you dont have to work in a nursing home. That is not to say that you will never have to do peri care, but it is alot less. CNAs are also responsible for basic nursing skills such as vital signs. They get the patients drinks, and report change in condition to the RN/LVN-LPN. Some hospitals will even train CNAs to be ER techs training them in phlebotomy, vital signs, EKG techs, and ward clerk. It is not all bad, and every once in a while you will get that special thank you that makes it all worth while. I have been a CNA since I was 16, got it in high school through a special program, and am now fixing to start pre reqs for RN, all paid for by my facility that I work at.... just look around, if you really want to do it you find the right opportunity for you!

That is socialized medicine. That is what Obama is shooting for.. Nurses will be sitting in hard back metal chairs, no tile floors, and no computers. That 70 year old that needs a heart cath, the one that is not long for this world anyways, will be put to the back of the line... its a shame.

there are plenty of jobs in nursing.. where do you live

you should definetly right that CNA up. No questions asked.

First a CNA never, ever, takes any kind of order from a MD. I would also get rid of that friend. Those kind of people are not what you need during nursing school. I hope everything turns out well for you.

In the ER where I am a Tech, we are obligated by law to report all assaults. Does not matter what the MD or DO thinks. If the police are not already involved when EMS pulls up, then we call.

I am a Tele Tech at the hospital that I work at right now, and they offered tuition reimbursement when they opened a year ago, and now they say, due to the difficult economical times, there will be none. That will not stop me from being an RN, my dream since I was 16.

An experienced nurse that I worked with at one time actually gave that difficult patient his 10 mg of IV nubain that was ordered, and when he was knocked out actually went in to his room every hour, woke the pt up, and asked if he needed anything. She did this about three times, and the patient did not use his call light the rest of his stay, unless he really needed something.