jmwsinpc

jmwsinpc specializes in Cardiac, Ortho/Neuro, Hospic, LTC.

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1. Working 3 12hr shifts in a room, yay or nay?

   jmwsinpc replied to LifesAJourney's topic in General Nursing

   I work three 12 hour night shifts in a row every week. I work wed-fri nights every week. I am on break right now as a matter of fact at work. I work in a hospital. I like my days together and not...

2. Night Shift!!! How do YOU stay awake?

   jmwsinpc replied to khampl's topic in General Nursing

   Spark! I always have one before work and usually another about 1 am. It really gets me going! I sleep when the kids are at school and I make sure to stay up the night before I am working a three or...

3. Nurses, have you been been spit on, pushed, scratched and verbally or assaulted?

   jmwsinpc replied to Brian's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I have had all this and more. And that was just last night. Not kidding. I work Med/Surg and Ortho/Neuro. I have worked LTC and Hospice. I am a CNA and I think that the CNA's take the brunt of the...

4. CNA license?

   jmwsinpc replied to Marissa2619's topic in General Nursing

   It all depends on what state you are in if you are a CNA or an LNA. In NH all nursing practice is required to be licensed, incuding Nursing Assistants. When I took my course it was through the college...

5. TV shows and movies that are ruined, because you know better

   jmwsinpc replied to HollyHobby's topic in Nursing Humor

   Don't even get me stated on Grey's Anatomy and the MASS amounts of things that I scream at the TV on every episode. BTW, this show was voted as the WORST show on TV for prortrayals or nurses and...

6. Reveal Loop Monitor Info...

   jmwsinpc replied to jmwsinpc's topic in General Nursing

   anyone??

7. Reveal Loop Monitor Info...

   jmwsinpc posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am having a Reveal Loop Cardiac Monitor implanted on the 2oth.:redbeathe I have had several episodes of unexplained syncope and one when I was driving. Needless to say, I don't do that anymore. All...

8. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

   jmwsinpc replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

   holy crap....this reminds me of the other night...oh spring break..idiot season... our call lights are remotes and we can talk through them from either side to and from the desk. you can pick up like...

9. What's In Your Lunchbox?

   jmwsinpc replied to justme01's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   I work a 12 hour 7p-7a night shift at a hospital.I work 3 or 4 shifts in a row every week. I have for over 3 years. I pack my own food every night. I pack 6 small fist sized snacks or mini meals that...

10. Can you be "not allowed" to call out sick?

    jmwsinpc replied to eveningsky339's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    oh yes you can. I have been made to work with a GI virus and strep on my ortho neuro floor with patients fresh from the OR. Had no choice or been threatened with loosing my job. Had Drs notes too....