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  1. Questions about Nursing Technician Job

    kool-aide, RN replied to Anthonyp's topic in General Nursing

    Take it, you'll be glad you

  2. CNA appreciation day ideas/suggestions

    kool-aide, RN posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hey everyone! I am looking for suggestions and ideas as to what my hospital should do to appreciate CNAs on CNA appreciation day. If you have any creative ideas, let me know! Thanks,

  3. CNA appreciation day ideas/suggestions

    kool-aide, RN replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Dunk tank!

  4. When are ted hose removed/ted hose care?

    kool-aide, RN replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    In my hospital we mostly see TEDs on the ortho units for hip and knee surgs. Idk if its policy or not, but what I was trained to do is TEDs should be washed q24 hours and our pts have two pairs so...

  5. First Code Blue on my patient!

    kool-aide, RN replied to miss_c's topic in General Nursing

    You did a great job. You did everything you were supposed to do, you took charge, and you advocated for your pt. I'm sorry it didn't turn out better, but you can't help that. We can't save

  6. What do you do when you are the friend/family member and not the nurse?

    kool-aide, RN replied to starsgirl78's topic in General Nursing

    That's

  7. Question regarding Nursing Pre-Req's (Science courses)

    kool-aide, RN replied to tenaciouskz's topic in General Nursing

    This is probably a good question for your academic counselor, don't you

  8. I need a registered nurse to answer these interview questions for one of my classes

    kool-aide, RN replied to b.householder96's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't want to, or don't have the time to reply, don't reply at all. That was rude to say that there is just TOO many questions. OP: I wish I was an RN so I could

  9. Do CNAs make for better nursing students?

    kool-aide, RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is for all the nursing clinical instructors out there: Do CNAs make better nursing students? I spoke with an RN friend of mine who teaches clinical at my hospital for a local university and she...

  10. Do CNAs make for better nursing students?

    kool-aide, RN replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies, everyone! By the time I am (hopefully) accepted to clinicals, I will have been a CNA in my hospital's nursing resource float pool for 3 years and I've already learned SO much!...

  11. Just a small vent...thanks for listening.

    kool-aide, RN replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    That's a headache and a half! Glad you survived!

  12. Appalled at LTC standards of nursing care

    kool-aide, RN replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    AWESOME

  13. Appalled at LTC standards of nursing care

    kool-aide, RN replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    OP: I'm a CNA in a hospital and I have many of the same values that you do and I can definitely see where you're coming from. I know you may want to head for the hills, and if you do, I don't blame...

  14. Difference bw Doctors and Nurses

    kool-aide, RN replied to Bormio's topic in Nursing Humor

    Doctors diagnose, nurses

  15. CNAs doing things not under licensure?

    kool-aide, RN replied to student29349's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm a CNA in a hospital in Indiana and through my facility, I'm trained to D/C IVs and foleys per RN delegation. Completely legal within my

  16. My lie to patient's mom

    kool-aide, RN replied to hiddencatRN's topic in General Nursing

    wise

  17. Is EPIC coming to your facility??....

    kool-aide, RN replied to NYRN08's topic in Nursing Informatics

    My hospital uses EPIC and I don't really care for it. I'm a CNA, so I don't have anywhere near the amount of charting as the nurses do, but it's still frustrating. We used McKessen HED before and I...

  18. Call light response time policy and procedure

    kool-aide, RN replied to MYRN2016's topic in General Nursing

    "breathe smeathe."

  19. Call light response time policy and procedure

    kool-aide, RN replied to MYRN2016's topic in General Nursing

    I apologize to OP: Nurses of any kind(RN/LPN) can answer call lights,

  20. Call light response time policy and procedure

    kool-aide, RN replied to MYRN2016's topic in General Nursing

    I would just love to throw that phone out the window sometimes!

  21. Do CNAs make for better nursing students?

    kool-aide, RN replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the replies! I can't wait to start clinicals because I'm pretty sure I'm going to rock the socks off of them.

  22. What grosses you out?

    kool-aide, RN replied to lilbearzmom's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Seeing/hearing/and smelling a person vomit.... Other than that, I'm

  23. HIPAA privacy question

    kool-aide, RN replied to nurseandre34's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Sounds like it to me, unless the nurse asked the pt if it was okay to have her mother in the room for the exam and the pt said "yes." and may I say,

  24. Call light response time policy and procedure

    kool-aide, RN replied to MYRN2016's topic in General Nursing

    Please remember than RNs can answer call lights,

  25. Are you insulted????

    kool-aide, RN replied to CNABESS's topic in General Nursing

    Great