JDZ344

JDZ344

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  1. Drawing Blood Question...

    JDZ344 replied to jmokeefe's topic in General Nursing

    It's great when you can get that hard to collect

  2. Drawing Blood Question...

    JDZ344 replied to jmokeefe's topic in General Nursing

    AC is where I go, in our facility the assistants are not allowed to take blood from the hands or wrists so if I cant get from the AC the RN has to do

  3. Calling out sick. How much notice?

    JDZ344 replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    We're told to give as much notice as possible. I feel bad when it has to be a middle of the night call, but you can't help waking up sick. When I know for a fact that I'm not going to be in the next...

  4. Mistakes we have made

    JDZ344 replied to LilpoRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I once put the wrong ID band on a patient. I was rushed, and when I asked the patient "are you Mrs. ___" she replied yes (I didn't know then that she was SUPER confused!). She was even up on the board...

  5. The NOC shift doesn't wake up ANYONE in the morning...is this normal?

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

    I work in a hopsital, so its kind of different than a LTC. We don't have a set number or anything. I shower the people who need it, or are awake early, day shift do the rest. At night, there is just...

  6. crappy aides

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

    Agree with the others, try to be better than her at your job and cover yourself

  7. CNA straight cathing and giving suppository?????????

    JDZ344 replied to Stone06's topic in General Nursing

    That is considered a med here, and we would not be allowed to give it as it is a prescription item in the hospitals. We are not even allowed to apply TED stockings as they have to be prescribed and...

  8. At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    JDZ344 replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    We wear different colour uniforms here in the UK. Patients get a handout on admission telling them about the job role of each

  9. At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    JDZ344 replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I agree that assessing is an RN role, but now I am a little concerned because where I work has a space on the vital signs chart where you write patient pain down, and you have to have them rate it...

  10. Help turning obese resident

    JDZ344 replied to dani_814's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    We work in pairs when we have to. If you can't do somebody on your own, then ask another CNA for help. If you help in exchange, they will be willing to help

  11. How to refer to self when writing a nursing note

    JDZ344 replied to lashuna1028's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just a NA, but we do chart. I never refer to myself at

  12. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    JDZ344 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    That picture two posts up is freaky as heck! One night, one womans light kept going off. Everytime I would go to the room, she would be asleep- and she wasn't capable of pushing the light anyway, it...

  13. Let's play I Remember When.....

    JDZ344 replied to RNSue's topic in General Nursing

    I am going to bump this thread and say that here in the NHS, we still do: - have pillows facing away from the door (why? The reason is lost in time!) - "Hospital corners" on the beds. - The RNs mix...

  14. At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    JDZ344 replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I think it's partly because some people don't understand that a nurses role is more than just TASKS. As NAs here, we can do a lot of the tasks that nurses do, but we carry no professional...

  15. Supply shortages

    JDZ344 replied to sunnycalifRN's topic in General Nursing

    PILLOWS! We NEVER have any spare! We're also always short of pyjamas, gowns, blankets... pretty much anything you need you are sure to not

  16. Not Much difference in job duties by a PCA and LPN?

    JDZ344 replied to Angela.RN2B's topic in General Nursing

    That is scary that PCAs administer meds. I am a HCA in England, so my scope is wider than in the US. I insert foleys, draw blood, do admit paperworks/assessments of mobility/skin, ECGs, dressing...

  17. home remedies you would NEVER try

    JDZ344 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    How about cracking an egg on the head for headlice? An older lady I knew when I was a kid told my motehr to do that because nits are allergic to egg, according to

  18. Do i have to transfer again???

    JDZ344 replied to kaya33068's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I think you should probably email or call the NY licensing people and ask. Hopefully they can just renew you without too much

  19. Is it time to throw in the towel?

    JDZ344 replied to Destiny12's topic in General Nursing

    One thing a very wise teacher of mine once said: Never go back to a place, because you may be going back to the situation you left. Move on and look

  20. Help me settle a debate about making an occupied bed.

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

    I put a towel over the sheet and tuck it under. Sometimes, if the mess is REALLY bad, there ain't no containing, and I have to change that sucker twice anyway because no matter what, it's gonna be...

  21. Helpless Visitors

    JDZ344 replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have customers, I have patients. Do people turn up at McDonalds with 10 friends/relatives in tow, and expect free stuff for their friends/relatives as well? Do they start demanding the...

  22. Helpless Visitors

    JDZ344 replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, i missed she was a VISITOR. No way would I have lifted her, either, and my facility would not have expected us to. I will sometimes give visitors (elderly) food if they have been sitting with...

  23. Helpless Visitors

    JDZ344 replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    .It's funny how people can get to the ER but once they are there, they can do nothing for themselves

  24. am I wrong?

    JDZ344 replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    As a UAP, I agree, SOME nurses (not all by a long shot!) do actually think like

  25. cruelest thing I heard a nurse say

    JDZ344 replied to work67's topic in General Nursing

    Some of these stories are so