dgonzal883

dgonzal883 specializes in geriatrics.

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1. Trifling, tricky, 2 faced cnas!!. what to do what to do??

   dgonzal883 replied to sasha2lady's topic in Geriatric

   i dont see anything wrong with what you wrote or how you wrote it. i too am a formed cna and i didn't see anything insulting in the post. i think how you handled it was professional and mature. was there a disagreement in the past between the two of ...

2. I got people fired where I work, and now hate my job

   dgonzal883 replied to shannieliz's topic in Geriatric

   it disappoints me when i hear about nurses valuing popularity in the workplace over a patient's/resident's well being. you absolutely did the right thing. personally i would rather have a few co-workers animosity than harm to the resident on my consc...

3. How do you deal with an insensitive CNA?

   dgonzal883 replied to arelle68's topic in Geriatric

   hearing something like this really frustrates me. if i were in the nurse's shoes i don't know what i would do the moment that the aid made the resident cry and laughed about it. i think my reaction would be fueled by emotion and instrong defense of t...

4. Alzheimer resident made me laugh !!!

   dgonzal883 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Geriatric

   it's little things like that that make the day go by easier and make it all worth it, no matter how hard of a day i might have had. sometimes i wish i carried a pen and notebook just to keep track of all the stories and quotes...i'm sure we could eac...

5. 6 months out of school and Im precepting??!!

   dgonzal883 replied to LPNfurever's topic in New Nurse

   I can absolutely relate. I work in LTC and the other nurse i was working with was supposed to be trainning this new guy. a little while into the shift he comes up to me and said "[nurse's name] said to follow you around". i couldn't believe it. she h...