RevolutioN2013

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  1. Making an occupied bed/skill test

    RevolutioN2013 replied to sweettiff4prez's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Just learned this the other night and the only think I can think of is bed height as was mentioned by another poster. Our instructors told us to raise the bed to its highest height. Is this part of...

  2. how will health care reform impact the nursing job market?

    RevolutioN2013 replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

    I think some areas will increase. With the new rule regarding parity of mental health care more people will be able to receive mental health services. With the change regarding preventive care...

  3. Thinking about leaving 1st nursing job after 5 months- any suggestions

    RevolutioN2013 replied to TheEmmyRN's topic in General Nursing

    It is never a mistake to leave a job when you are going toward something better. You need to be careful when you are running away from one, though. Sounds like your situation is the former rather...

  4. I'm so embarrassed

    RevolutioN2013 replied to nursingishard's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm, I think you should ask yourself if you would have given a second bath to any patient who asked. If the answer to that question skews toward no then you might want to examine your own motives in...

  5. Unit Secretary

    RevolutioN2013 replied to weluv3's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I'm getting ready to apply to nursing school in a month and am in the middle of my nurse aide I class. What qualifications does a unit secretary need to have if you're going to volunteer? I want...

  6. Nursing vs. Accounting.

    RevolutioN2013 replied to ttpurtee's topic in General Nursing

    It is very difficult to find a job right now in accounting. I'm leaving the field for nursing so I speak from experience. Companies don't need someone to count their beans where there are no beans...

  7. Bed Bugs

    RevolutioN2013 replied to Prissilla1484's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I agree with these posters - many issues here. A good friend of mine had bedbugs in her home and she was able to get rid of them without chemical extermination which is INCREDIBLY expensive. She did...

  8. Exhausted, need to vent, advice please!

    RevolutioN2013 replied to Trubie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The DON is the problem. A company, any company, needs to communicate clear expectations to the employees and provide adequate training so that the employee is capable of doing the job he's being...

  9. Interview answer to "How do you deal with CNA's that don't do their job".

    RevolutioN2013 replied to raggyrehabRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would say that 99% of people come to work each day planning to do a good job and that 99% of the time what interferes with that is a lack of training, lack of communication or a misunderstanding of...

  10. Sanitary covering of tattoos for the workplace?

    RevolutioN2013 replied to bustthewave's topic in General Nursing

    I do not have any tattoos, but I have just started my Nurse Aide I class and during our first class meeting it was stated that any tattoos must be covered during clinicals and then the instructor...

  11. Please help me become a child psyc. nurse!

    RevolutioN2013 replied to HakunaMatata<3's topic in Psychiatric

    Hi, I wanted to answer the questions you posed. The mom, my friend, is now split from her partner to whom she had holy union. They decided to have their son via AI. He has never had a father...

  12. Please help me become a child psyc. nurse!

    RevolutioN2013 replied to HakunaMatata<3's topic in Psychiatric

    I am fascinated by psych (future nursing student applying in December), but I do not think I would like working with kids. Case in point, a co-worker and good friend of my suffers from bi-polar...

  13. Patients and the race card

    RevolutioN2013 replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think "pulling the race card" is when a person of a minority race perceives that they have been under-served and their perceived lack of service is due to the fact that they are of a minority race....

  14. Is the psych field under-staffed?

    RevolutioN2013 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi all, I am applying to school in one month so I know I have PLENTY of time to figure out where I want to be, but I'm already feeling an affinity for Psych. I'm 40 and in college I wanted to be a...

  15. Is the psych field under-staffed?

    RevolutioN2013 replied to RevolutioN2013's topic in Psychiatric

    Wax on, wax

  16. Is the psych field under-staffed?

    RevolutioN2013 replied to RevolutioN2013's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you for your reply, Dave, and thanks also for the vote of confidence :). I've never heard this stated...just thinking here so I may be off base...but it seems that the brain chemicals being out...

  17. Bullying by Professors in Nursing School

    RevolutioN2013 replied to Gracefulmic's topic in General Students

    Will be applying to NS in a month. What you all are describing sounds like a sort of boot camp. I can only assume that the bullying teachers are teaching the way in which they were taught much the...

  18. Former co-worker reported to BON

    RevolutioN2013 replied to SunnyAndrsn's topic in General Nursing

    I think you should consider what you personally observed and perceived when working directly with her and exclude hearsay or information she has relayed to you. If you can honestly say, after working...

  19. Are we sacrificing hands on patient care for academics?

    RevolutioN2013 replied to us2uk4u's topic in General Nursing

    I know a lot of people knock diploma programs, but my best friend is an FNP and came through one. We both had BS in other fields. Anyhoo, I will have 8 hours of clinical per week in semesters 1 and...

  20. Feeling discouraged & scared. HELP!!

    RevolutioN2013 replied to LillyRose's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    To the OP I am in your same shoes, but I am 40 and have some life experience behind me. Let me offer you some advice, advice I wish that I had known and followed 20 years ago when I had my entire...

  21. Does the hospital have to give us these records?

    RevolutioN2013 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I apply to nursing school next month. My grandmother died a month ago yesterday and I have pretty much decided that I want to request a copy of her records for the 3 days she was in the hospital...

  22. I couldn't handle it and now I'm afraid...

    RevolutioN2013 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I need advice. I am working on pre-req's and about to apply to nursing school. I want to go, I'm excited to go and there is nothing else I would prefer doing. But my grandmother just died and I...

  23. Can someone please tell me about these specialties?

    RevolutioN2013 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Not a lot of posting in the specialties board so I thought I would ask here. I am very interested in learning about these specialties and wanted to know what a "day in the life" might look like AND...

  24. What kind of patients do you handle?

    RevolutioN2013 replied to RevolutioN2013's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Wow - it sounds like the Wild West of the hospital, but fascinating all the same! How did you end up working in this unit? Did you seek it out or just get assigned there and then love it? What kind...

  25. Ruptured AVM

    RevolutioN2013 replied to Mommy_of_3_in_AL..RN's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I am not religious, and for me it would take an explanation of the science along with a healthy dose of statistics to help me understand. Since they are the kind that religious dogma trumps science...