hey everyone, i was wondering if anyone has any advice for dealing with intoxicated people, wither that person is a pt, pts family member. i work in ltc and i've worked really hard to become more assertive and confident. i grew up with a lot of alcoh...
I'm not a RN student yet, but I felt exactly the same way you do when I was in my first practicum for my HCW program. I was so afraid to do something wrong and I felt like the other students were doing so much better than I was, I was even worried th...
i work in ltc and i've worked with many residents diagnosed with korsakoffs. the residents have been male/female, different races/cultures, every income level, the only thing they seem to have in common is that they are universally challenging. all h...
I work in long term care and I remember the fist time someone spit in my face, I was p***** and deeply hurt.Still, I wouldn't put a mask on a resident, I would wear one with a face shield, and a gown. That being said, please don't punish the CNAs, If...
Silverla replied to CrabbyPatty's topic in Relations
I've had some self defence classes with school and work (I can't remember what the euphemism they used for self defence was...) anyway they have all recommended with bites, say they bit your arm, your suppose to place your palm on the back of their h...
Silverla replied to MissMcCoy's topic in International
It sounds like you and I are in the same boat.:) I'm working on pre-reqs this year, but the program I'm hoping for is BCIT and they require 30 post secondary credits which I'll need another year to work on. So I'll be applying for 2012. I'm worrying ...
Silverla replied to GiveMeFeedBack's topic in Male Students
What do you mean by that? I do think they're great characters, Sam is one of the few characters on the show that has integrity and yeah, the other two are both gay, but so what? I have never assumed that all male nurses are gay. There are very few po...
Silverla replied to CrabbyPatty's topic in Relations
I've been hit, and kicked and scratched and spit on so many times working in LTC. I have only been scared once though. I went in to the room of a large man in his early 60's who had a previous brain injury and AD, he was such a sweet man but as his d...
Silverla replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations
What I wish I could say is: The reason I don't hit you back isn't that I'm afraid of you. The reason I don't spit back at you when you spit on me isn't that you control me. The reason I don't say resond to the ugly things you call me isn't because th...
Silverla replied to LaterAlligator's topic in CNA/MA
One of my favorite residents is in his 90's and very underweight so I had been encouraging him to eat at dinner. After ward I had taken him to do evening care and I was putting moisterizer on his back when he asked me, "what are we doing now?" So I s...
your post breaks my heart, i know as an earlier poster stated you don't want are pity, but you do have have my compassion and empathy. my mom is mentally ill so i know how horrible it can be to grieve for someone who is still here. i work in ltc in a...
thanks you guys, you are all so kind! davey_do i will definitely pick up co-dependent no more. thank you for the recommendation. i probably never would have read it if u hadn't mentioned it, because i really wouldn't like to describe my self as co-de...
I'm a care aid that is working towards going back to school for my RN and I've thought a lot about the kind of nurse I want to be. The RNs and LPNs I work with are amazing but I do think there are two different perspectives, some are more task orient...