JDZ344

JDZ344

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  1. Did I make the right decision?

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

    OK, so it pays the same as a waitress, but if you are working on nursing, it will be better to get some basic experience, otherwise, you will start nursing school clueless. At least if you have a...

  2. Do You Have To Be Religious/Spiritual to be a good Nurse?

    JDZ344 replied to Soliloquy's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Well, isn't that just Christian? I went to a Church service once where the pastor said "Never go around telling anyone you are a Christian until you can act like one outside of this Church". I'm...

  3. Do You Have To Be Religious/Spiritual to be a good Nurse?

    JDZ344 replied to Soliloquy's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I am answering this from the viewpoint of another culture. One which claims Christianity as an official state religion. But many citizens do not claim any religion, and many will not discuss faith in...

  4. Flustered new CNA, in desperate need of tips on how to get everything done

    JDZ344 replied to missvickie2011's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    My hardest days were when I was new. It gets

  5. The most outrageous excuses from patients.

    JDZ344 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    "I slipped and fell on

  6. Lazy techs!!!!!

    JDZ344 replied to Wantoknow-rn's topic in Emergency

    we have to go back however often we are doing vital signs to manually check the respiration rate, so it doesn't even much help to have them hooked

  7. Alert and oriented man in LTC abusive to staff

    JDZ344 replied to frankie2286's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've seen that

  8. Anyone here who hate the holidays?

    JDZ344 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I do not like the holidays

  9. Ok...so which of you on allnurses.com is this family talking about? :)

    JDZ344 replied to JustBeachyNurse's topic in Nurses Rock

    I think most of the stories in that site are grossly exaggerated, but I'm a sure that on a basic level a nurse did make the child feel a little better about his procedure. Paedeatric nurses are...

  10. Pharmacists giving injections!?!

    JDZ344 replied to chevyv's topic in Patient Medications

    Come and work in the UK NHS- the RN's mix all of their IV

  11. Wheres everyone located? A thread of location and service

    JDZ344 replied to Princessskarletto's topic in United Kingdom

    working in England as a (bank) HCA now. Born in Scotland, but lived in England since age of

  12. The Disrespect Of Nurses

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

    I think this problem is universal. It certainly occurs in the

  13. Wrote up a CNA, but I was the one who got the boot!

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

    Report the egging to the police, without mentioning any of the above, just report it so it's on record. And anything else that may happen. I hope you find a better job

  14. How does this happen???

    JDZ344 replied to snbonbon's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I can't believe a nurse came looking for a PCA when they needed an URGENT finger

  15. Will med error keep me from NT position?

    JDZ344 replied to kht124's topic in General Students

    Something like this answer would have been better: Interview Question and Answer: What's the worst mistake you've made at work and how did you deal with it?on't beat yourself up. You'll know better...

  16. When you were a CNA or Student did anyone ever say anything offensive to you

    JDZ344 replied to Whts_Ur_Emergency?'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, people are just rude. I wouldn't even have bothered to respond to the EMT. Why bring yourself down to his

  17. Anybody LIKE working holidays?

    JDZ344 replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    All public holidays get time and a half or even double here.

  18. 11-7 cnas..How are you doing with night shift??Do you love it?

    JDZ344 replied to MzLopez4real's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I don't work in a nursing home, but I can tell you about nights at the hospital. Most nights we have at least 1 patient who gets confused when the sun goes down. Most night shifts- at least 3/4 of...

  19. Anybody LIKE working holidays?

    JDZ344 replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    I don't mind. I have no kids, so I'll gladly work the shifts nobody else

  20. Do you remember your first day on the job?

    JDZ344 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm a NA. My first day was insane. I went home and cried every day for a week. I'm thankful to say I stuck it out and enjoyed it after the first month or

  21. Emotional disorders

    JDZ344 replied to rivershark2005's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I would be looking for a new place to work, and like Logan said, say you left your current place because it was hard to get

  22. The flu shot making people sick

    JDZ344 replied to psu_213's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm not even sure what to say to this! My Grandmother, who survived epidemics of all sorts in the 1930s and 1940s would surely disagree with you,

  23. The flu shot making people sick

    JDZ344 replied to psu_213's topic in Disaster Preparation

    the fu shot can make you FEEL ill. But I will still continue to get it because on the balance of it, a few days of mild illness beats out the flu every

  24. Not a good mentor

    JDZ344 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    So I am supposed to be mentoring new staff and I am just not good at it. We don't have CNA classes here, so we have to start from the very beginning. And they keep putting them with me, even though I...

  25. Not a good mentor

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

    Thank you for your replies. I will see how tomorrow goes :) And no, no extra