jyoung1950

jyoung1950

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  1. How did you find out about allnurses?

    jyoung1950 replied to cnelle101's topic in General Nursing

    I

  2. Can I be a good nurse, I hate being a CNA

    jyoung1950 replied to NurseLatteDNP's topic in General Nursing

    Assisted living aid work is worlds away different from working in a nursing home. Like you said, many of the residents can do for themselves. In a nursing home, the majority of your residents cannot...

  3. Can I be a good nurse, I hate being a CNA

    jyoung1950 replied to NurseLatteDNP's topic in General Nursing

    I hear ya! I was going to go into nursing a few years ago and got a job and trained and got my CNA certificate at a nursing home about 4 years ago. I gained experience there and then went to work at a...

  4. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    jyoung1950 replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Physicians are God - they smite germs before the little demons can get within 10 feet of them.

  5. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    jyoung1950 replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Trouble is then they'd have us steralize the buttons before and after we entered the patient's

  6. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    jyoung1950 replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Bwaaaa aaa ha ha ha!! You made me

  7. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    jyoung1950 replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Another good read is "SHAM: How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless" by Steve Salerno. Sounds like it may be along the same lines as the book you

  8. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    jyoung1950 replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The idiots that think up this stuff probably are getting 80,000 dollar paychecks every year. Their office bookcases are probably stacked with corporate self-help tomes and they probably hire every...

  9. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    jyoung1950 replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You should send this in to a show like scrubs or ER. I think I'd wear the button on my (ahem) orifice and the patient could see it as I left the

  10. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    jyoung1950 replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Are they going to make the doctors wear the buttons? The housekeeping staff? The speech therapist? The meal delivery staff? The case manager? The physical

  11. Public Misconceptions

    jyoung1950 replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    "I'll get what I want if I make personal phone call to my Physician or Lawyer. " "I'm going to report you!" At this point, I tell them I'll get them a pen and paper right away and would they please...

  12. Public Misconceptions

    jyoung1950 replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    The chairs at the nurses station also make the call buttons go off. Soon as I get a chance to sit down, off goes the

  13. Public Misconceptions

    jyoung1950 replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    I love the alert and oriented patients who refuse to learn how to work the buttons to raise and lower their bed heads and foot. Yet they figured out how to use the call the nurse/CNA button within 10...

  14. Prepare yourselves, the drug addict on Dr. Phil is a nurse.

    jyoung1950 replied to Judee Smudee's topic in General Nursing

    One of my patients had him on one morning while I was getting her ready for her physical therapy sessions. The guy doesn't shut up. Oh, how I wished for ear plugs that

  15. I Think I've Just About Had It.......

    jyoung1950 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Career

    Well, Marla, I'm not a nurse but I am a CNA and 54 and burnt out like I've never been in my life before. I got into the health care area about 3 1/5 years ago because - at least in the city I live in...

  16. considering rehab - is 8:1 with a CNA good?

    jyoung1950 replied to kek's topic in Rehabilitation

    Holy smokes - I'd feel like I was in heaven if I could work like that. My home floor at the hospital I work at is Rehab. Sometimes my load is 14 rehab patients with 2 nurses. Day shift there is...

  17. Call Offs

    jyoung1950 replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    And they wonder why they can't get good people to work at these places and a nursing shortage. Why work in a profession where so many treat you like a child from the get

  18. Why Are Nurses Given Such A Bad Rap Today?

    jyoung1950 replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    "the excuse in the past for putting women in these boring or low-paid positions is that they are allegedly "better" at caregiving . . . . ." i have yet to see a bored nurse! it doesn't help in...

  19. Differences between RN, CNA, LPN, etc.

    jyoung1950 replied to simao pt's topic in General Nursing

    CNA: Certified ***

  20. Phasing out LPN's.

    jyoung1950 replied to BJ, LPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In Pennsylvania, nursing assistants (not certified) can pass out meds at assisted living/personal care homes. But certified nursing assistants (and you have to be to work in a long term care nursing...

  21. 1950s nursing

    jyoung1950 replied to colrainrn's topic in General Nursing

    My first "real" job was at an oil company and they provided health insurance. There was a deductible to satisfy before the insurance kicked in; but if you had to be in the hospital the insurance paid...

  22. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    jyoung1950 replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, sounds like a lot of kumbaya psychobabble to me. She's managed to find every new-age buzzword ever uttered. TV shows and movies have gobbled up this image of the nurse sitting by a patient's...

  23. 1950s nursing

    jyoung1950 replied to colrainrn's topic in General Nursing

    I was born in 1950; when either my sister or I got sick, Mom would call Dr. Mowry and he would come over to the house with his black medical bag to see us. Cost $3.00 if you went to his office; $5.00...

  24. what to do with this one CNA???venting....

    jyoung1950 replied to Purple Princess's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    She's still there because the place needs warm bodies. She won't get fired unless she is witnessed abusing a resident and there are lawsuits galore and state inspections because of the

  25. Who is tired of the abuse from lg Corp politics?

    jyoung1950 replied to Rnltc's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When health care facilities start being run and administered by people who are health care professionals. People in business, accounting, human resources and law don't have a clue what is involved and...