CynicallyVexed

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  1. Clinical hours for CNA

    CynicallyVexed replied to Mr. Evans's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    try to get in at a teaching hospital and put in that you are nursing student. :) GOODLUCK!!! Nursing homes can be rough on CNA's who are going back for nursing, so if there is a teaching hospital...

  2. unhappy with current job, interview tomorrow

    CynicallyVexed replied to CynicallyVexed's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I got the job that I interviewed for!! I am very excited about this and bit more comfortable with it. I am just super nervous about quiting my other job. I don't think it's going to go over well. I...

  3. Please Critique my Resume

    CynicallyVexed replied to jkilla's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    you need to put past employers and reasons leaving, professional references. And your goal sounds kind of rough and cold, put some 'love' and 'care' in to it to show your compassion as a nurse....

  4. My Worse INTERVIEW EVER!

    CynicallyVexed posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I was excited being a new grad about this 'suppose' to be great position in a major magnet hospital that still does team nursing on a med/surg 44 bed floor..... until I got to the interview and the...

  5. 3 day on med carts, 4th day on the floor as a new LPN.. Narc count...!!!!

    CynicallyVexed replied to CynicallyVexed's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    For orientation I have to share keys, but when they stick me with a nurse that pulls narcs out without signing them out immedietly I hand back over the keys and they gladly accept them back and...

  6. 3 day on med carts, 4th day on the floor as a new LPN.. Narc count...!!!!

    CynicallyVexed posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    :angryfire So I feel as I haven't been properly informed about narc counts in the skilled facility I have been hired on to until it comes up that a pack of narcs turns up missing on my cart shared...

  7. Fat guy .... Small gloves ...

    CynicallyVexed posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Today working my last day as a CNA in the Trauma Critical Care unit I got this patient who was transfered from another state and traveled by ambulance. This lucky confused soul got to travel with two...

  8. LPN student seeking advice/encouragement.

    CynicallyVexed replied to missingunc's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    That's good that you got too, but we learned in first semester that people actually got kicked out of the program for it. We started out with 52 and ended with 24. In fact the senior trimester we had...

  9. Can I refuse to have a certain CNA work on my shift?

    CynicallyVexed replied to Reigen's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would keep writing her up, having a second Licensed staff member be present whenever you need to tell this CNA something especially if it's in private, keep going to the DON about it and even...

  10. LPN student seeking advice/encouragement.

    CynicallyVexed replied to missingunc's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm 26.. have a bachelors in business, associates honors of science/biology, and now a LPN... I do plan on going back. You have to remember tho LPN school isn't like normal college. LPN school to me...

  11. 3 day on med carts, 4th day on the floor as a new LPN.. Narc count...!!!!

    CynicallyVexed replied to CynicallyVexed's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm in the clear. come to find out it was one of the packets that the nurse that they busted stole but was never removed from the sign in/sign out sheet.. A very valuable lesson learned for me that's...

  12. Nursing staffing

    CynicallyVexed replied to mercy1975's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Only 42 residents? wow.. where's this place at? LOL!!!! they shouldn't be complaining especially if you have plenty of aides and the nurses have their

  13. please help me firure out this RBC

    CynicallyVexed replied to lillysa1919's topic in General Nursing

    HTN/DM can lead to kidney damage resulting in low RBC. Also Heparin could be playing a part in the low RBC

  14. LPN's & urgent care......

    CynicallyVexed replied to andreasmom02's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I work in Knoxville, but I live right below knoxville on the TN/NC borderline... near the 129 Dragon if you have ever heard of that. Sounds like you will be in the tricities area, nice area

  15. Does your ICU have techs or aids?

    CynicallyVexed replied to jnmoore02's topic in MICU, SICU

    I was a CNA in a teaching hospital in the south that was 24 beds, then went to 32, and now back to 24 when I graduated. I did this for about 4 years. RN's were responsible for total care cause very...

  16. Can CNA pass out meds or have any other certifications in TN?

    CynicallyVexed replied to jt2007's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    in the state of TN as a CNA you CAN NOT pass meds. Now in some states they have certified medicine technicians, but state of TN does not recognize them and to me that's not safe practice to have...

  17. Let's Hear It for Med Surg!

    CynicallyVexed replied to stellina615's topic in General Nursing

    Does your facility have a float program? If so float around the hospital. You will be floated through the ER and through out all the med/surg floors and maybe an ICU to take care of some non-vented...

  18. Considering Practical Nursing Clinical Instructor Position

    CynicallyVexed replied to chaiteaRN's topic in General Nursing

    the con.. these students will be working under your licenses and you will come across idiot students that don't need to be nurses and you will have to learn to be patient with them. Pro... if you...

  19. HIPAA VIOLATION!

    CynicallyVexed replied to mehart2001's topic in General Nursing

    you can turn him and the facility into the state as long as you have a police report to back up your claims. Goodluck. But before going to the BON I would make sure you have all your facts in

  20. Patients spitting & nurse rights

    CynicallyVexed replied to acubed's topic in General Nursing

    well... if my patient was restrained and I was in there trying to do care or especially wound care when I worked in the trauma ICU I put a surgical mask on their face until I was done.. lol.. and they...

  21. Can't even spike a bag!!

    CynicallyVexed replied to ibambamama's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i wrestle with those darn abx bags that you have twist and insert to mix... i always break mine haha.. or it goes all over me.. pharmacy really doesn't like me that much either for this LOL! you...

  22. LPN's & urgent care......

    CynicallyVexed replied to andreasmom02's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Good luck you will do fine!!! lol hope you like it here in TN

  23. The "woes" of 12 hr. Shifts

    CynicallyVexed replied to thegreenmile's topic in General Nursing

    in the trauma ICU I worked in night shift did 7 nights of 12 hour shifts in a row with 7 nights off in a row. I LOVED IT! but then again I had a great team of people that I worked with and a great...

  24. PT/INR

    CynicallyVexed replied to chellelynn25's topic in General Nursing

    If he is truly septic he can be going through DIC which is making his PT/INR be crazy like that. DIC and Sepsis go hand in hand, especially with patients with multi-system organ failure like he is....

  25. LPN's & urgent care......

    CynicallyVexed replied to andreasmom02's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    urgent care here in TN is considered like people who have insurance or non insurance and will pay up front to see a doctor over the flu, sprains, physicals. You will have worker's comp and other...