Chad_KY_SRNA

Chad_KY_SRNA

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  1. Is this gross negligence?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in General Nursing

    CNAs are not allowed to chart in the resident charts so there is no documentation that the other CNA told the DON anything. I have begged for some form of documentation in the past but unfortunately...

  2. LPN class full should I take...

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to xyz's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    If it were me I would take the class, as a nurse aide you learn so much about the patient care and phlebotomy is not something that is taught in the nursing curriculum but comes in handy quite

  3. Day sleepers..........

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have miniblinds, floor length drapes and a sleeping bag over my bedroom windows. Everyone but me stays awake during the day and sleeps at night so I have a fan at all times to cover some of the...

  4. What about those signs in residents rooms

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to night owl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    For our residents on thickened liquids we have a flower for the ones on nectar thick and a picture of Pooh Bear with his honey pot for the honey thick residents. HIPPA would probably rip a stitch over...

  5. Percent of men in class?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to RN8Wannabe's topic in Men in Nursing

    I know of four males that are nursing or prenursing at our campus. The other three have kids, wives or girlfriends. I on the other hand am gay, no one really says much about men in the nursing...

  6. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to December716's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Being a CNA in LTC is physically and mentally hard work. I have been a State Registered Nurse Aide here in Kentucky for going on three years now. There are weeks that go by when I hate being a nurse...

  7. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I had a resident that choked on a mouth full of food, after 19 or 20 attempts at the heimlich manuever the obstruction was cleared but not before she lost consciousness. After taking several good...

  8. Patients who steal from the ER

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to mdslabod's topic in Emergency

    This is off the original topic but since it came up, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) of 1986 requires hospitals and ambulances to treat and transport the sick and injured...

  9. Patients who steal from the ER

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to mdslabod's topic in Emergency

    People usually don't steal much from us, usually lunches from the breakroom but my sister who is a CNA at the same facility that I work at had $10 taken from her purse that was at the nurses station....

  10. Ever had a family overdramatic with dying patient?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

    It was probably a mixture of show and grief. My mom freaked out at her dads funeral and started screaming, crying, and just basically fell apart. I hate to admit it but the three or four days that my...

  11. ICE-- your cellphone

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to rjflyn's topic in Emergency

    I have often considered this very thing when entering phone numbers into my mobile phone. On my phone I have Mom, Dad, and Home programmed seperately. I thought that two cellphone and a home phone...

  12. does working in ER make you want motorcylehelmets mandatory

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to chicagrl72's topic in Emergency

    Here in Kentucky you must wear a helmet at all times unless you show proof of health insurance at the clerks offiice and for a three dollar fee, you may ride without a helmet but you must maintain...

  13. A moose in ER

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to Brotherbob's topic in Emergency

    JessicaGmz, I have to disagree, think of how many people that bear could have hurt. This is a wild dangerous animal in an enclosed space. This equation doesn't quite work out for someone. If it was...

  14. Bomb Attack On London

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to Silverdragon102's topic in United Kingdom

    I woke up and was getting ready to go in for my shift and for some reason I felt I had to turn on the TV and saw that CNN was airing a live broadcast from the London bureau. I am repulsed by the utter...

  15. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    We had a resident that was ill and she told the nurse that she would die on July 4th, this has been a few years back, well July 4th came and they got her up for Breakfast then lunch and then finally...

  16. I am man, I wonder if I can be a nurse

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to cgzca's topic in California Nursing

    Men or women can be anything that they want to be in the United States. You just have to be caring, hard working and get that degree. In the past all of the military nurses were men but then in the...

  17. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Last night at around 0100 I was changing a resident and had my back to the door. I heard the knob turn and the woman I was working with said "Come In" and nothing happened, I turned around and opened...

  18. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I resent the implication that I have watched too many scary movies. I have great reverence for death and even the bible talks of spirits, demons, and such. In my long term care facility we work...

  19. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I can handle just about everything except the patient that coded while floating 2 inches over the bed. For that I would go get the charge nurse and walk

  20. EMT's and how to deal with them

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to aprilleverett's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    :redlight:EMTs are your friends!:redlight: I treat the EMTs the way I want to be treated and we get along great. I have never met a stranger. I smile, wish them a good (morning/afternoon/evening) and...

  21. Males as Nurses

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in Men in Nursing

    Nursing is the one field where I felt that I could immediately positively affect someones life. People are sick. they come to us, we get them better. Plus where else do you get to see so much

  22. Weekly Or Biweekly Vs In Ltc???

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to Shell5's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our residents get a shower on Monday & Thursday, Tuesday & Friday ,Wednesday & Saturday, and then vital signs are done all on Sunday and I hate it but what are you gonna

  23. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I was walking past the nurses station on one of our units just before breakfast time and saw this big black figure that was behind a chair raise up from about three feet tall to seven feet almost...

  24. Surgical Tools Washed With Hydraulic Fluid

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to sunnyjohn's topic in Operating Room

    Assuming that it is heated to the point of sterility, I guess that it wouldn't

  25. The pt who is going to die no matter what you do

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to RNAnna's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Some patients are just there to die and there is not much we can do for them. Make them comfortable and wait. It makes me feel so useless, I would almost rather have a sudden full code than have...