JDZ344

JDZ344

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  1. Different Lingo Depending where you practice nursing

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

    I'm in the UK and practically need a dictionary to read here :) We have wards, not units Handover, not report ECG, not EKG ITU not ICU Operating theatre, not operation room. We call PRN nurses...

  2. Night Aides keeping me late

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

    Ask your DON or one of the nurses to explain to the night aide the reason nobody has briefs. Is she supposed to be using briefs

  3. accucheck finger choice??

    JDZ344 replied to melcolbstorm's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    It's fine to. Some patients all their fingers will be like

  4. accucheck help

    JDZ344 replied to melcolbstorm's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    -Ask the patient what finger they want to use- if they do their own at home they will use the ones that yield most blood :) -Prick the finger and then set up your machine. After you set it up,...

  5. how many patients

    JDZ344 replied to melcolbstorm's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    1:22 is crazy! Some places are just so hard to work, you can not do your job right however much you

  6. peeves

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

    Surely it's faster to put a bedpan under the patient than walk around for 10 minutes looking for somebody else to do

  7. peeves

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

    I've also overheard CNA staff tell patients they are standing by who ask for stuff "press your nurse call" and walk off. I mean, really? Just because it's not your assigned patient, you're going to...

  8. peeves

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

    Mine was a nurse who walked the ward for at east 10 minutes looking for me (I heard her asking everyone where I was- I was busy in another room). I called out I was there, with this patient. So after...

  9. Need help IV discontinue

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

    You need to be shown and be assessed. Speak to the nurses you work

  10. Is it awkward bathing, dressing and wiping patients?

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

    It was awkward at first. I think *I* was more uncomfortable than the patient! But it does get easier as you go

  11. Racial Refusals In Nursing

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

    Once, A sitter had been assigned, but this elderly lady didn't like him. She didn't like black men, her family later explained. The lady had dementia, and for whatever reason, black males freaked her...

  12. Racial Refusals In Nursing

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

    I don't understand why the hospital would fawn around these people like that. It's

  13. CNA Hospital Patient Responsibilities

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

    This is what I do (depending on the ward- I work PRN in different wards including ER): - Helping pts with hygiene and toileting etc - Vital signs - Input and outputs - Removing IVs and foleys prior...

  14. Mouthcare & denture skill

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

    If the resident is unable to do their own mouth care, you have to do it for them. You will get some advice from others here

  15. CNA questions

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

    It depends on your facility policy. We can only answer from our own facility POV, so you should ask your DON or one of the nurses. Charting: Where I work, its expected to be as soon as possible....

  16. If you are a male can you ask to only work for male patients?

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

    That was the culture then. I would be surprised if it was like that anywhere in the West

  17. Would you apologize, if you'd done nothing wrong

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

    Only if the complaint was about something I did or could have

  18. If you are a male can you ask to only work for male patients?

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

    Well, it's possible you can find a setting that is all male clients, but it would be hard, and in the meantime you have to

  19. Growing Up Unvaccinated

    JDZ344 replied to wtbcrna's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I believe

  20. seasoned cnas with 20 years plus, advice from seasoned aides only

    JDZ344 replied to D_Angelo25's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I guess as you go you find the most efficient way of working. Right now, just worry about doing everything right. Speed will come

  21. seasoned cnas with 20 years plus, advice from seasoned aides only

    JDZ344 replied to D_Angelo25's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I would say shower a few before. Tidy as you get the residents up. Maybe shower until 6.50-7.00. Do the easier ones. Then spend 20 minutes or so tidying, assuming you can get your people to the dining...

  22. People who think CNA is easy!

    JDZ344 replied to jaylynn06's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    "Is what what you

  23. "Omg. I just got my CNA license, and I'm giving narcs."

    JDZ344 replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    I imagine it means you are also responsible for whatever the nursing aide does or does not do. I suppose it depends on what the NA does. If they did something they were not supposed to be doing,...

  24. Hospital CNAs/PCTs: What's your workload like?

    JDZ344 replied to mstearns09's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    From 4-20 is the range, depending on the ward and staffing

  25. My patient has to walk 2 miles for exercise is this right?

    JDZ344 replied to ladybug888today's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    2 miles there and 2 back, or 1 mile there and 1 back? Anyway, the main thing would be what the patient feels about it. Does he want to walk that far? Is he distressed by