JoanJuxtaposed

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1. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

   JoanJuxtaposed replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Thanks, GH. I very much agree. To some CNAs: (I'm planning to voice this one next time I witness it, actually.) Mrs. Smith is 79, prone to episodes of confusion, and understands/speaks only English,...

2. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

   JoanJuxtaposed replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Surely you don't think they're all mean, do you? What's mean about wishing your fellow nurses (who you've helped in the past) would help you every so often when you need it? Or wishing nurses wouldn't...

3. Ouch! Glass stuck in foot - What to do?

   JoanJuxtaposed replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

   I DID IT! It did hurt a lot, a whole lot, and I had to take many breaks, but I did and I'm just so proud. For a while I wasn't even sure if there was anything in there or not, but I dug that thing out...

4. Ouch! Glass stuck in foot - What to do?

   JoanJuxtaposed replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

   Ha, I came here looking for the same advice. I've had a shard of glass stuck in my foot for 3 days now. My Christmas is being ruined because of the pain! Seeing that the best advice is to dig it out...

5. Accepting this gift from a patient

   JoanJuxtaposed replied to nursingpower's topic in General Nursing

   :rotfl:

6. Blindfolding: Is this an intervention or abuse?

   JoanJuxtaposed replied to dicecream's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   So a blindfold is worse than two people physically restraining a