CHATSDALE

CHATSDALE

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  1. CNA jobs for those without diploma?

    CHATSDALE replied to dancer_meggs's topic in General Nursing

    soundsl like you have a good head on your shoulders good

  2. Had my first code last night

    CHATSDALE replied to dreamingofbeing's topic in General Nursing

    aren't you glad that you went throught all those classes and clinicals? it enabled you to be there with the right knowledge glad your pt had a good

  3. two Jobs ?!?

    CHATSDALE replied to 2008el's topic in General Nursing

    i worked weekend option [32] and 3 or 4 8 hr shifts during the week i enabled me to pay off some debts and get a new car but i have know several nurses who worked every day at one place or another one...

  4. What I don't like about my job-Interview

    CHATSDALE replied to certma's topic in General Nursing

    i don't know how i would answer that but the things i really find frustrating is working with insufficient staff and inadquate supplies i don't know if a prospective employer would want to hear that...

  5. Do you need to carry your personal cell phone while at work?

    CHATSDALE replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    when i was in the day surgery they had signs all over the place forbidding the use of cell phones.when i was wheeled into the or everyone there, no exageration, was using a cell phone .in the er if...

  6. Just wanted to say...

    CHATSDALE replied to BelleP's topic in General Nursing

    welcome aboard..check out our student nursing forum on tab

  7. Do you need to carry your personal cell phone while at work?

    CHATSDALE replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    i have never worked in a teaching hospital and the only doctors who worked for the hospital were the er, radiology etc no partients doctor was paid for by the hospital, the mds had admitting...

  8. Is this Legal?

    CHATSDALE replied to widi96's topic in General Nursing

    i don't know if hippa extends to employee/employer or if it is just a patient information i agree that if there is a pattern, like calling in on holidays or always calling in just before shift starts...

  9. Do you need to carry your personal cell phone while at work?

    CHATSDALE replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    too many people ruin the situation for everyone...i have seen nurses talk on their phones all the time and then c/o of aides when they do the same thing act like an adult and demand to be treated like...

  10. Is It OK for Nurses to Do These Things?

    CHATSDALE replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    if a pt is on a b/p/cardiac/throid medd it would be in their interest to be given their meds in food if their doctor and rp have agreed to this if a doctor writes an order than it is legal and i can't...

  11. Career change/why so neg on nursing?

    CHATSDALE replied to dragonflycafe's topic in General Nursing

    nursing is a physical and mental..you can come home from working short totally exhausting...if you can find a place that keeps a good staff then you can provide decent care and come away feeling about...

  12. New Rn Fired For Bgl Issues

    CHATSDALE replied to shouldhavebeenanunRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    as was stated in previous post, heads roll down hill they believe that a cna does not have the authority to make any changes and unless there is proof of one particular cna doing abuse the state is...

  13. Rumor of a six month 200K RN position in Iraq????

    CHATSDALE replied to pdaddy's topic in General Nursing

    the op was asking amount how much money could be made, instead it has erupted into the a war debate..no one can be able to tell what any other president would have done if they had been given the same...

  14. Rumor of a six month 200K RN position in Iraq????

    CHATSDALE replied to pdaddy's topic in General Nursing

    now this happen back when the war first started so i don't know if it is still pertinent but this friend of mine her husband was a paramedic and he went to iraq she worked here and they put all of his...

  15. Better pay if Bilingual?

    CHATSDALE replied to Little Doe's topic in General Nursing

    anything that you learn is an asset to you thre are some prisons in the area and bilingual is preferred but according to classified not required as for talking with patients who do not understand a...

  16. Not allowed to say "I was busy w/ another pt"

    CHATSDALE replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    i have also been told not to tell families or patients that we were working short or that some other patient was in crisis because we would 'scare' them because we were too busy to offer them proper...

  17. Please explain the difference

    CHATSDALE replied to msjam54's topic in General Nursing

    evryone has their place in health care a doctor has the right to give an order for care and expect that the nurse [rn/lpn] will carry it out the rn has the right to expect that care given will be up...

  18. What about having 'Undercover Nurses'?

    CHATSDALE replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    i have heard of secret patients but i have never heard of secret nurses in most hospitals patients are given a check off sheet to determine how satisfied they were witht their stay in hospital, if one...

  19. Relocating to New Orleans from Florida

    CHATSDALE replied to naturalcuriosity's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    welcome to all moving here newbies or road home we need good nurses and you will all love it

  20. They Called Out WHY??????

    CHATSDALE replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    wild, i never once thought about that, but once this was in a place where everytime you scheduled a vacation they would come up with some excuse to cancel just after you had made all the plans anyway...

  21. Beer on a patient's dinner tray?

    CHATSDALE replied to JaredCNA's topic in General Nursing

    i have see wine ordered with dinner many times because it was what these families drank with their meals from childhood we once had this guy come in for something and he was a dyed in the wool...

  22. Have a question about why nursing is a conservative profession.

    CHATSDALE replied to AHCerioni's topic in General Nursing

    i think that the nurse in the first paragraph hasn't existed in t 50 years i tend to believe that conservative as used probably means that they like to have new ideas tested with clinical trials to...

  23. question for charity grads

    CHATSDALE replied to mbg79's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    nursing school can be so time consuming, i hope that you have good family support it is doable, all the nurses that you see in hospitals etc have gone through the same thing some subjects are easier...

  24. They taped the what to the WHAT!

    CHATSDALE replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    ours always came with a strip of tape but it was applied to shaft close to body and not to head of member we once had this old erratic man..he was close to 100 but he was well endowed, we were ordered...

  25. Useless Information

    CHATSDALE replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    a friend of my son had a wrist band from a day surgery and to please his mother he pinned it to his shirt when he went jogging he got stung by a bee and the info lead emt to his chart inffo and they...