JDZ344

JDZ344

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  1. Registration with NMC

    JDZ344 replied to ewen's topic in United Kingdom

    My trust is still hiring nurses from overseas, it all depends on the individual

  2. leaving work at night?

    JDZ344 replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    Do you all finish shift around the same time? We walk out together. There are heaps of people around at shift change times. The problem comes when you leave later than everyone

  3. RN assigned as a CNA

    JDZ344 replied to myree72's topic in General Nursing

    At our hospital, when we are short UAP and have extra RNs, they take small assignments and do total care, or the RN will float and help out

  4. Vent Session

    JDZ344 replied to Queen33FutureLPN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    They just raised sales tax today, too. My income tax is not too bad. They tax everything

  5. Oops... (things we've done to embarrass ourselves and our docs.)

    JDZ344 replied to aglpn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Erm not as bad as yours, but our doc was sterile to do a chest drain, and his bleep went off. He asked me to take it off his belt and answer it for him. So I went to get the bleeper, but grabbed his...

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

    JDZ344 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Gah-ross! I once went to help a lady who was calling out. Well, I leaned in to her to ask her what the matter was, and she PUKED on me! I tried to hold it together... I really

  7. Vent Session

    JDZ344 replied to Queen33FutureLPN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm glad to make a difference, but the pay situation in the UK is just as bad. I barely make enough to survive. Heck, I don't survive, period, and I don't know what to

  8. Things colleagues have taught me NOT to do...

    JDZ344 replied to talaxandra's topic in Nursing Humor

    Don't come to work if you feel a bit "stomachy". You'll end up in the toilet most of the

  9. enemas and nurses

    JDZ344 replied to makes needs known's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I am concerned, if it has to be prescribed by a doctor, then a nurse needs to give it and sign it off on the MAR chart or whatever you use. Since where I work, no enema is ever given without...

  10. enemas and nurses

    JDZ344 replied to makes needs known's topic in General Nursing

    I 100% believe that a nurse SHOULD give enemas. I am an aide, and I have no desire to give enemas. The responsibility for doing this is not being shifted to the nurse, IMO, it IS the responsibility of...

  11. *Easy* things I just hate doing

    JDZ344 replied to SolaireSolstice's topic in General Nursing

    I hate feeding patients who chew each mouthful 50 times and take forever to eat one bowl of food. I HATE handing out meal trays. It takes ages. I also dislike doing ECGs. They always seem to take...

  12. what do u say to pts when they ask where u live?

    JDZ344 replied to JadeRN722's topic in General Nursing

    I tell them I live in "xxxxx" (town, same as where the hospital is located) "just up the road actually". (in reality, its up a road, round a corner, up another road or two, a few more corners....). I...

  13. I love working with dementia residents.....

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

    I'm glad you find somewhere you love! It really takes someone special to work in that environment. I bet the residents love you

  14. CNA personalities ... revisited

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

    I want to add: The martyr: Is a PITA. They think that they are so hard done by and Holy. They usually say they haven't "had a break allll day" (although are caught scoffing in the break room at...

  15. pericare with brief changing?

    JDZ344 replied to darci14's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    ALWAYS do peri care! Forget the other CNAs. Speed comes in time. Go slow, learn your tricks as you go, eventually you won't be staying late. Good

  16. enemas and nurses

    JDZ344 replied to makes needs known's topic in General Nursing

    By nursing do you mean RNs or nursing staff? (nursing staff at our hospital also includes UAP who have direct contact with patients) If so, that is stupid. A CNA is perfectly capable of checking a...

  17. enemas and nurses

    JDZ344 replied to makes needs known's topic in General Nursing

    Some thoughts: Aides at my work can not give anything that is prescribed (including high calorie drinks or surgical stockings) because we are not allowed to sign off on the MAR sheet. A nurse has to...

  18. is this within my scope?

    JDZ344 replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    Don't do it, seriously. Any complications, and you could be on the line. At the clinic, they are insured against complications. As an aside, any reason the tech can't be shown by the nurse at the...

  19. Aides being "nurses"

    JDZ344 replied to raebabelvn's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes doctors ask me stuff, knowing that I am most likely to know if a patient ate, is drinking, peeing, etc. I wouldn't even think to let them know about changes in patient condition, unless they...

  20. Finally understand the Facebook no-no's

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

    My work "friends" on FB don't have access to my wall. And I am very picky about who I friend. I do not go to work to make friends. I go there to work,

  21. Peri care vent

    JDZ344 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    OMG I am so sick of going into work and finding out that all my incontient patients smell of urine or poop because people don't wash them when they change the briefs/sheets. Does it really take so...

  22. When is confrontation worth it?

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

    Hate speech, yes. Med errors- not my business, on the very rare occasion I find one, I pass it over to the RN. Patient safety- depends on lots of

  23. Aides being "nurses"

    JDZ344 replied to raebabelvn's topic in General Nursing

    Why would starting/replacing tele be outside the scope of an aide? It's non-invasive and easy enough to do. Our hospital policy, BTW, is that UAP can turn off the pump/hit silence if the infusion has...

  24. I Passed!

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

    Congratulations!!!

  25. Think I made a mistake

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

    Urgh! I'm so sorry. I hope they can maybe get you a desk job or something for a while. Heal up