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  1. Im not sure if I could be a nurse..?

    purse replied to purse's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, we do pour and give residents ALL their meds... I did take a 8 hr course on 'med training' which probably wasnt enough training. We pour and pass all of our residents

  2. Nurse's aides are running the the floor.

    purse replied to sprout2010's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We dont work with Cna or nurses for the most part is is just us to 16 pts. Its nice sometimes, but we do have one nurse in the morning, once i drug myself into work when i was feeling HORRIBLE, i had...

  3. PCAs what are your uniforms?

    purse replied to purse's topic in General Nursing

    Ahh i am so jealous! I wish we could wear scrubs! Freaking rediculous, lol. khaki pants cost a lot of money just for them to be stained i cant tell you how many pairs of pants i have thrown

  4. PCAs what are your uniforms?

    purse posted a topic in General Nursing

    We have to wear a maroon polo, and khaki pants. I would really like to start wearing scrubs, but apparently in ALF we cant because scrubs makes them feel like their in a nursing home.. but its so...

  5. Everyone's wearing scrubs...is this good?

    purse replied to caregiver1977's topic in General Nursing

    i work with the same people everyday and they often refer to us as their 'nurse' because we typically are the only ones they see.. but i often reassure them by saying "im not a nurse yet" or i say...

  6. Everyone's wearing scrubs...is this good?

    purse replied to caregiver1977's topic in General Nursing

    At my job, the nurses, housekeeping, CNAs all wear scrubs, but the CNAs have to wear blue scrubs, nurses can wear whatever they want so thats how people tell them apart. I wish PCAs (me) could wear...

  7. Is "sundowners" a real term?

    purse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I typically work the 3 to 11 shift and have more than a handful of patients, that act weird at night.. such as they get out of bed and wander down the hallway trying to leave to go to a dance or go to...

  8. Is "sundowners" a real term?

    purse replied to purse's topic in General Nursing

    Im a PCA, and i do give meds, i have noticed that aricept and namenda are usually given around dinner time.. and no no inservices on this! At least not for the PCAs, not sure about the CNAs(we dont...

  9. Is "sundowners" a real term?

    purse replied to purse's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah LTC. Im not a nurse though, but I have noticed that the psych meds are ALL in the AM?!! and then there are some that are PRN, but the meds like ativan, risperdole, xanex are all straight order...

  10. Wrinkled Ear Lobes means....

    purse replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    So after reading this I looked at my ear and it doesnt match the corner of my eye haha. I have been hospitalized for horrible kidney stones before.. lol maybe thats

  11. Is "sundowners" a real term?

    purse replied to purse's topic in General Nursing

    I dont really know if its the fact that they dont believe or know the whole sundowners thing.. i think they just dont believe that it is actually happeneing to the pts they take care of in the daytime...

  12. Need help

    purse replied to Keis's topic in General Nursing

    Im a PCA..from what i understand they are about the same thing. and i live in

  13. Is "sundowners" a real term?

    purse replied to purse's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder why my 7 to 3 coworkers never heard of this, the 11 to 7 girl has experienced it too... Im going to print that out and take it in!! I dont feel like a total failure now

  14. Things that patients say that make me smile!

    purse replied to ninaricci's topic in General Nursing

    I also love when you are running around a sweaty mess with your hair thrown up and make up running down your face and sweat stains under your arms, and the patient still calls you pretty

  15. Need help

    purse replied to Keis's topic in General Nursing

    That is weird we dont have a PCT course?? I probably would have liked it though because they threw me on the floor just after one day of training and one day of med training... i came home everynight...

  16. Things that patients say that make me smile!

    purse replied to ninaricci's topic in General Nursing

    I've also been putting patients to bed, and after i get them all tucked in some of them will say "goodnight thank you and i love you" its so cute from the little old

  17. Things that patients say that make me smile!

    purse replied to ninaricci's topic in General Nursing

    My name is Irene, probably not the most common name for a 20 year old... but all the old people i work with ALLL sing goodnight irene to me all the time lolol it is so

  18. Need help

    purse replied to Keis's topic in General Nursing

    In PA, I think a medical assistant makes a lot more than a pca, my friend is a MA, and Im a PCA...She had to take a class for 2 years to become an MA, but i didnt have to take a class at all, except...

  19. Texting staff to cover call off's

    purse replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    We do this at my job too. We have to text our boss to call off actually. She says it is the only way to keep in touch with us lol. The only thing that sucks is she turns her phone off at 9pm, so if...

  20. Things noane told you about nursing

    purse replied to Aly529's topic in General Nursing

    THIS IS SOOOOO TRUE, I wish we could force them into the shower because they stink so bad.

  21. Interview tomorrow - Need tips!

    purse replied to cieloarge's topic in General Nursing

    oh and also, they will prob ask you questions that would seemingly require a negative answer for example "what would you say your biggest flaw is?" turn it into a positve like "I have a problem not...

  22. Interview tomorrow - Need tips!

    purse replied to cieloarge's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at a grocery store since i was 16, and was promoted... and promoted blah blah. I applied for a pca job at a LTC facility, and blantely told them I had no experience. Although, I tried to...

  23. Call light response time policy and procedure

    purse replied to MYRN2016's topic in General Nursing

    I usually answer my call bells according to who it is.. since im the only aid on the floor, if the lady i know is just calling for her on the second pain pill...and someone else is calling that doesnt...

  24. Hidden Cameras in Nursing Homes/ALF

    purse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work as a PCA at a ALF, yesterday the daughter of a family member called and was extremely upset, she said that NOONE has washed, dressed, showered, or changed the linens of her father in OVER A...

  25. Hidden Cameras in Nursing Homes/ALF

    purse replied to purse's topic in General Nursing

    It is so