JDZ344

JDZ344

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  1. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    JDZ344 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    :: Gag

  2. Pill falls on pt gown...is it safe to give?

    JDZ344 replied to sle1191's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm not a nurse, but I hope ALL of them! Please don't disillusion

  3. CNA as a career?

    JDZ344 replied to MissBrianna's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    some aide jobs are less physically demanding- paediatrics, doctors office

  4. CNA'S, do you use algebra?

    JDZ344 replied to gochicagobears's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The only maths I use as a CNA is basic

  5. Hospital CNA's, what do you do?

    JDZ344 replied to gochicagobears's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In a normal day I do some, most or all of the following: Vital signs Blood sugars Weights I+O Bedbaths /assisting people to wash Linen changes Brief changes Helping to prep people for surgery...

  6. Should I have to do this?

    JDZ344 replied to AddisonLawrence03's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I would be very uncomfortable sitting in a place of worship that I did not choose to go to. And you really are sitting there doing nothing- you can't really read, or listen to your iPod in Church. I...

  7. Complaints about me ALREADY!

    JDZ344 replied to tammy_zeidan09's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I accept that one or 2 people may be wet when I get around to checking them. It's not a big

  8. More ridiculous complaints

    JDZ344 posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    What's the MOST ridiculous complaint you've ever

  9. No more fun scrubs

    JDZ344 replied to EJBNeuroRN's topic in General Nursing

    All colour coded in the UK (every hospital I've been in anyway). Patients still don't get it, most of the time! And that's WITH the staff saying "I'll be your RN/CNA/Charge nurse today" Mind you, I...

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

    JDZ344 replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I quite often get 15, 17 or some other not even number of resp rate. I get nervous when I see that my counted resp rate is EXACTLY the same as the previous one- I hope people don't think I just...

  11. Nurses with C-diff?

    JDZ344 replied to Cat_RN's topic in General Nursing

    We had to close our ward once because nearly a whole ward of 30 patients got c.diff... and then the staff started getting it. Really miserable time. I didn't get it thank goodness, but that also...

  12. Epic (Nursing) FAILS!

    JDZ344 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was once changing a very confused patient. As I rolled him towards me, he grabbed at the IV pole and tubing. The tubing disconnected from the bag and the (nearly full, I should add) bag of normal...

  13. MAs call themselves Nurses at my office..opinions please?

    JDZ344 replied to lisaannjamRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I just think it's a shame people can't be proud of what they have achieved and wear the titles with pride. ANY job in this field is tough and should be

  14. What do you say when calling out sick as a nurse?

    JDZ344 replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Nursing Career

    I say "I am not coming in today, I am

  15. What do I do about nurses who think my job is worthless?

    JDZ344 replied to onlyj's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Most times when I have been assigned to "sit" for a confused person... I don't sit. I wind up walking with that person for 12 hours straight, turning them around at the end of the corridor, walking...

  16. More ridiculous complaints

    JDZ344 replied to JDZ344's topic in Nursing Humor

    Me

  17. Emergency Rooms

    JDZ344 replied to MVitiello's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Some will, but make sure you check the duties carefully. Here, the ED assistants spend most of the day pushing patients to X-Ray, other departments, scans, etc. There is very little patient contact,...

  18. What's the longest er wait time you have Even seen

    JDZ344 replied to Trekfan's topic in Emergency

    Usually it's around 4 hours, that is the UK wide standard. Never seen anything drastically above that, maybe up to 6 on busy days. Some of these times are

  19. Orientating new staff- help!

    JDZ344 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Tips for orientating new staff? I am not a naturally talkative person. I want to do a good job, but I feel like I will be slowed down by having to explain everything. Yeah, I am impatient. I want to...

  20. new cna in tele/med-surg, what to expect?

    JDZ344 replied to DarkBluePhoenix's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Ombyouraninja, that sounds...horrific! Our tele floor is awesome! Great teamwork and enough staff to deal with anything they

  21. Why RNs cannot say 'That's not my job'

    JDZ344 replied to Dramqueenie1's topic in General Nursing

    . . .

  22. Orientating new staff- help!

    JDZ344 replied to JDZ344's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Thanks, everyone. I was a bit worried my post would come off like I don't WANT to train people- I honestly don't mind! I'm just the kind of personality that likes to do things, and get overwhelmed if...

  23. Do you like being a CNA?

    JDZ344 replied to tammy_zeidan09's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I love my

  24. most interesting duties/responsibility as a CNA

    JDZ344 replied to fjellerup's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I can only go by where I work, but in my hospitals, the support staff in the ICU do very little patient care, as the ratio is one patient per RN. They do a lot of stocking up, assist with...

  25. most interesting duties/responsibility as a CNA

    JDZ344 replied to fjellerup's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I've worked all over. ER is very interesting. Depending on your hospitals policies you can watch/assist with lots of things. Really insane busy, though, and in my experience the staff spend a lot of...