Lisa, MA

How would you handle it if you knew a co-worker was very lax in using Universal Precautions?

MA's can take various types of classes. An associates degree requires two years of college. But in the working world, it rarely matters if an MA has a CMA, RMA or AD. The only times these really come into play is if they are working in hospital or...

I have to disagree. If a nurse is not practicing Universal Precautions...which EVERYONE is taught ad nauseum in school...then it is unlikely that they would be fastidious about hand washing. So therefore they ARE indeed putting the patient at risk f...

Nursing is a forever profession. There will always be a demand.

I work in Peds so I get hugged all the time by the little people! I luv it! :redpinkhe

As an MA I would love to chime in on this topic. Many valid reasons have been cited already. For me, 25 years ago, I did not have the money to attend "nursing school". So I opted to get my foot in the door by attending an MA program through a priv...

I worked with an older doctor who could never say Parietal correctly. He would say it as "peri-eat-al". Drove me nuts.

OK...so to what extreme do you go when your shift is done to eliminate taking anything home with you? I am a bit OCD in this department. I change my shoes when I get to my car and only wear my "work shoes" for work. I don't want anything getting ...

How many of you agree that private rooms should be standard across the board? Not only does multiple patient rooms violate HIPAA laws, it is dangerous. Cross contamination is greater in a shared room as are other safety issues. In a local facility ...

Since that is the case, I would urge any of you interested in knowing the TRUTH about what this religion believes and how it may impact the job performance of a nurse, to do research and speak to those actual members of the faith instead of relying o...

That appalls me too.

Are you advocating the practice of allowing babies and small children to crawl around on a hospital floor? I think you need to go back to public health and epidemiology 101

I have to wonder, if you are lax with your personal cleanliness, what are you passing from patient to patient? Scary. It's no wonder things get spread thru a whole floor. In our facility, if a patient has cdiff or MRSA, in addition to gowning, glov...

I see alot of you who don't feel she should work ICU because of the nature of work involved but still encourage her to explore other opportunities in nursing. Awesome! As for me, I would do what I could to work harmoniously with a coworker who felt u...

Speaking of babies...is anyone else appalled by the people who let their babies crawl around on the hospital floor!!!??? I mean seriously...what is wrong with people?!

Yep...a Germaphobe and proud of it! :) As for "olden days"...they didn't have nearly the amount of disease OR knowlege of them that we have today.

Wooh...I guess we all just have to do what we feel is best. :) Good luck.

There is always a chance you got a faulty syringe. But as far as tensing up goes, I usually give the injection site a quick flick before I administer the meds. This catches the pt offguard and they instinctively untense because of the distraction.

Those of you who don't shower after work or change clothes, I have to wonder what school you went to. This was basic technique in my class. It was drilled into us by our lab/clinicals instructor. We spent a good amount of time on proper hand washing,...

Pepper...actually, I have a work only coat. :)

So then does the "evidence" support any ideology that aspirating causes any harm? No? Then I think I'll continue on as is.

I think what grosses me out the most is that I know of other nurses and docs who don't think twice about this issue. I remember when my daughter was a baby, I would pick her up from daycare and drive home. She would sit in her little carrier until I...

I have had several instances where a resident was completely unprepared or experienced with a situation. I've shown them how to give injections, how to figure out dosing, how to perform a throat culture, how to suture and even how to remove an impac...

20 some odd years ago I was taught to ALWAYS aspirate for blood. I don't know that I could even attempt to retrain myself to do otherwise. In my opinion, regardless of the "data"...its just good practice.