JDZ344

JDZ344

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  1. CNA personalities ... revisited

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

    This might be a little mean but here goes anyway: The talkative one: who will spend all day chatting and avoiding doing anything else. She stands at the nurses station chatting up the clerk whilst...

  2. Whad I do -- Whad I do??

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

    I understand that it is never ideal to leave a patient lying in urine or soiled. Would you get written up regardless of what was happening at that time? I've had to leave people lying wet for a very...

  3. New GNA-need some input

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

    How many shifts have you done? It took me at LEAST 6 months to get

  4. Whad I do -- Whad I do??

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

    That would be pointless. If the catheter is bypassing urine, which is sounds like it was, the sheets would be soaked again by the time the nurse returned to insert a new one. Then you would have to...

  5. Any tips for working a 12 hour shift?

    JDZ344 replied to Christine90's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Eat a good breakfast, bring a good lunch/supper. Eat regularly; I get grumpy and off-track when I am hungry. Get enough

  6. Think I made a mistake

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

    You need to see a medical professional to find out eactly what is wrong with your back, and how you can help it heal. Where I work, if we get back injuries, we are put onto lighter floors, or moved...

  7. stressed out

    JDZ344 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    ..and considering just handing in my notice. Had enough of my current ward. So, do you think I need to leave healthcare altogether? Or try another

  8. What is the longest long day anyone works???

    JDZ344 replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    It takes me half hour to get to work and 1/2 hour to get home. I sometimes work a double shift. So that's 16 hours, and it

  9. Body Bags

    JDZ344 replied to stellina615's topic in General Nursing

    We only use them if the patient is infectious. Otherwise, they go to the morgue wrapped in sheets, which I think is disgusting. I would much rather place a body in a

  10. *Vent* RN's make toast?!?!?!

    JDZ344 replied to WickedRedRN's topic in General Nursing

    We have a perfect solution for this. We have a hard helper who makes toast for those who want it. Actually, we don't offer toast. We offer cereal, they get toast if they ask for it. Our helper also...

  11. Nurse helping out Cna at times = they eventually expect the nurse to help them?

    JDZ344 replied to nd deb's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I want to clarify- I don't want help with everything, all the time. Just if I have a heavy patient who needs rolling or whatever. I grab whoever is free. Quick 1 minute jobs. And here, where I work,...

  12. Nurse helping out Cna at times = they eventually expect the nurse to help them?

    JDZ344 replied to nd deb's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think that is different- at least to me. I would never try to drag a nurse away from a critical patient, and if I tried, our nurses would tell me "find someone else, this is a priority". I do know...

  13. Nurse helping out Cna at times = they eventually expect the nurse to help them?

    JDZ344 replied to nd deb's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am a tech. We work as a great team, we all help each other. Normally I set everything up before I ask for help, so its generally a 5 minute job instead of a half hour one. A CNA/Tech has every right...

  14. Wrist watches...what are the pros and cons?

    JDZ344 replied to danvis_65's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    We wear fob watches, wrist watches not allowed. I can think of no cons, but if we need to do a pulse or resp rate, the watch is right

  15. Communication/Delegation Issues with CNA/Aides on PMs

    JDZ344 replied to felineRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'll try to give you the POV of a Tech. But I'm not a lazy no-good one, so my view *might* not apply to what some of these lazy ones are thinking/not thinking. (1) Do you have phones/voceras/ walkie...

  16. Do you catch a lot of illnesses from your patients?

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

    not a lot of colds; I haven't noticed an increase since I've been working, and I never take a flu jab. What sucks is when you catch the diarrhoea or vomiting-viruses.

  17. Funny things patients say !

    JDZ344 replied to TAM's topic in Nursing Humor

    just recently I had a cute one. I had set a patient up with a bowl of water and some toiletries to wash. I asked her "Can you manage?" and she looked at funny and said "I'm 82

  18. Where oh where have the good PCTs gone?

    JDZ344 replied to MissyF_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I am angry for you. That PCT was wrong; damn wrong, and who cares if she was having a bad day? Last shift I had a horrible day. just imagine the worst shift ever and multiple it, that was us. But for...

  19. Patients and the race card

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

    I don't think the race of the woman used in the first example (not doing CPR on a Hispanic) was the issue either. The issue there was pure racism from the nursing student. Her being black should not...

  20. Patients and the race card

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

    For some reason this discussion has reminded me of this picture: I've never come across behavious like this in any patient here except the unemployed, non-tax paying ignorant white British moron who...

  21. Literacy: A good quality in a unit secretary

    JDZ344 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ours are fab. they answer phones, file notes, run around doing thousands of things, take messages and just generally make life

  22. Making an occupied bed/skill test

    JDZ344 replied to sweettiff4prez's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Which part of the linen? None of mine has ever touched the floor. It shouldn't if your bed is high enough. NEVER make a bed unless it's at a safe height, you risk hurting your

  23. Is this okay/legal?

    JDZ344 replied to CRNBSN18's topic in General Nursing

    If you want meds given, hire a RN and stop being so damn

  24. Breakfast before a 12 hour shift..

    JDZ344 replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    I find I last longer if I have carbs. I will have baked beans on toast, or a bagel. Sometimes scrambled egg on toast. That normally keeps me going until

  25. Has anyone accidentely got a patients urine or anything on them

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

    I've been puked on, pooed on, pee'd on, and bled on. I carry extra uniform now