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I can see how if everyone is wearing whatever they wanted how it can be really confusing and I see it first as a professional problem then a patient problem. The hospital should implement a dress code and then stick to it. At ours the housekeeping i...

Here is a phlebotomy study pamphlet that I got off of Amazon that has really helped me. http://tinyurl.com/3nuxupb. I work on an oncology floor and all we use is the butterfly needles. I love them and find the straight needle to just be such a pain...

I am starting a surg tech program this fall and in my research this seems to be a hot topic of sorts in several forums I post in regarding who should be 'top dog' in the OR. Actually one site was openly bashing Allnurses and telling other members not...

Interesting topic of discussion and while I have only been a tech for a few months now I'll give my two cents anyways. First I will say right off the bat that I am blessed to actually work on a unit were a majority of my co-workers are hard working i...

Hello all again! This is going to be long because I just have so much rolling around in my head right now and need to get it out. I’m sure you guys know how that feels. This forum has just helped me so much during my transition into the health care f...

Yeah I need more information here. My old company ended a lot of memos and letter like that. The "Your cooperation" memos were usually about recycling, putting things away and keeping personal areas clean. The "Failure to comply" letters were usual...

Well to be honest it all depends on what shift you are going to be working and what your hospital's policies are. I work 2nd shift on an Oncology/Med Surg unit in a hospital but I did my clinicals in a nursing home. I also had orientation on day shif...

I can relate to ceilingcats post because I am the same way with all the exact same feelings. While I do not suffer from any sort of heartbreak it is really aggravating that people assume I'm missing out on something or that I'm this horrible person w...

i live in pa and know there is an associates degree for vet techs and you do become licensed. you have to renew every two years and have continuing educational courses. the veterinarian office i go to calls them veterinary technical nurses or vtns. t...

I was able to pick the area I wanted to volunteer in. It all depends though on whether they need volunteers in that area or not though.

Hi everyone! I haven't posted in this forum in awhile but, just thought I'd stop back in to tell everyone that I passed my CNA exam yesterday! It was incredibly easy although a bit bizarre. I live in PA and the testing site I went to was a small hous...

I almost fell over the other day when I was going through a patients chart and saw the most perfect handwriting I've ever seen from a doctor. It looked like it was something out of a teenaged girls diary. Not flowery and filled with hearts dotting th...

Got me into my current position. Of course it also helped I was going to school to become a CNA too. Also the NM on the floor saw that I was an incredibly hard worker as well.

I was in the same situation you are in. For 3 years I was a manager of an adult boutique and before you envision sticky floors and men in trench coats, sunglasses and fedoras I must state emphatically it wasn't anything like that. It was owned by ...

There are a variety of factors involved and while I have never done this personally I know many women who have. First do you have a strong family support system in place or if not can you afford child care? One friend who is currently pursuing her M...

I'm not sure but, I know in PA my cousin is taking hers for the 9th time.

Shift wars happen in any place of employment that has them. My old job (manufacturing) was notorious for it. Day shift could NEVER do anything wrong and was nick named the 'Golden Shift'. Even if you went to the management on first shift with a compl...

"NO YOU CAN NOT HAVE ANY ICE CREAM!!! YOUR BLOOD SUGAR IS SOARING INTO THE 300s SO STOP CALLING ME IN HERE EVERY 15 MINUTES TO ASK!!!" "IF I SEE YOU SNEAKING OVER TO THAT SINK TO TAKE A DRINK ONE MORE TIME I'M GOING TO DUCT TAPE YOU TO THE BED! I KNO...

Stories like this make my blood boil. I love how it's pounded into our heads about what constitutes abuse towards a patient and we can get suspended or worse have our licenses revoked over so much as an awkward glance yet when a patient or resident d...

This is great that this thread came along because I have to learn phlebotomy as well for my PCA job. I only got to do one stick and it didn't go well. It was on a patients hand because his IV was started at the wrist (other arm didn't have good veins...

I am on Depo Provera for almost 3 years to treat my endometriosis and I LOVE not getting my periods. My only regret is that I didn't go on it sooner. It does say in the pamphlet that I shouldn't be on it for more than 2 years unless recommended by a...

That would be great and would have saved me a lot of time. I had a three month long interview were I had to take multiple tests, tours, meetings and finally a sit down interview. After all of that I got a three sentence E-Mail saying they were no lon...

Everyone hates doing interviews but they are essential to the process of finding a potential employee. Trained interviewers know what nervous ticks are like the tapping of a pen, shaking of a leg and the occasional errs and uhhs and to dismiss them a...

I'm new at being a PCA and I'm exhausted from running around all day and the last thing I feel like doing is cardio or lifting weights. I'm going to have to figure something out or I'm going to have to change my name from Gymnut to Doughnut.

It all depends on the area you live in and the shift that you work. I work 2nd shift and make 11.80/hr and we also get two raises a year. One is cost of living and the other is a merit raise.