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  1. How to deal with stressful situations

    purse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a nurse, I hope to be one day. I work as a pca, as Ive said many times. I am just wondering how people deal with emergency situations.. I usually work 3 to 11, and Im normally the only one...

  2. What's the nicest thing a patient has done for you?

    purse replied to Cyndi13's topic in General Nursing

    I love working with the elderly people which is why I chose LTC, just the people Ive met are exceptional, just to sit down and have conversations with them is truely amazing. They've lived 5 times as...

  3. How many of you do rotating shifts? Day and night?

    purse replied to WindyhillBSN's topic in General Nursing

    My boss schedules me 3 to 11 then 7 to 3 all the time. I thought I would be ok doing it because I am young, but Ive been there for a year and its really starting to get to me. Ive never complained,...

  4. Scheduling...

    purse replied to winter_green's topic in General Nursing

    Apparently we are suppose to get every other weekend off, except I have worked every weekend since August of

  5. is it wrong to sit on a patients bed?

    purse replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    I always do it, sometimes I even lay

  6. Are there any social workers out there?!

    purse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone, I need to interview a social worker for a school paper, Im just wondering if there are any on here who would want to be interviewed??

  7. "They give the meds, we do the care"

    purse replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah they paid for a few people to go to nursing

  8. Can someone reassure me?

    purse replied to clarabelle81's topic in General Nursing

    I think nurses can loose their license for not properly disposing of used needles...or at least get fired. Thats a big thing at my work! I wouldnt say it was your fault at

  9. "They give the meds, we do the care"

    purse replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I was just watching that! I thought that comment was nuts, apparently noone really knows what goes on. it would be nice to have my ceo or president be on that show, then they could see what REALLY...

  10. how can you tell a drama queen?

    purse posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    :banghead:We have this lady at my work (LTC) who is known to be a drama queen, she is always in some kind of pain, ANYTHING you can think of she has it. Anyways, she has had 3 strokes in her lifetime...

  11. Should a CNA make more than a PCA?

    purse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Im a PCA, and at my work the CNAs get paid more than we do. I am not a CNA, or certified as one, but as a PCA, we give meds, take vitals, serve meals, do toileting, grooming, showering, housekeeping,...

  12. would this be a hipaa violation?

    purse posted a topic in General Nursing

    One of my coworkers is very close with one of our residents, theyve just become good friends since my coworker started working there...like they go out to dinner, and talk on the phone ... whatever.....

  13. I made my first med error, stupid me, why report it!??

    purse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was in the middle of my 8pm med pass and everything that is anything was going on, call bells ringing, people falling you name it. Just as I was about to go into a patients room to give him his...

  14. I made my first med error, stupid me, why report it!??

    purse replied to purse's topic in General Nursing

    Just so everyone knows, I didnt know it was so uncommon for pcas to be giving medications...Anyways, I do pass meds, do cna type work, housekeeping, serve meals and help with all the other bs, in ltc...

  15. I made my first med error, stupid me, why report it!??

    purse replied to purse's topic in General Nursing

    Im allowed to pour and pass pills, do some treatments, and blood sugars insulin all that because i am "med

  16. would this be a hipaa violation?

    purse replied to purse's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I am talking about a resident... pt. its LTC. And yes my coworker talks to the pt about other pts... i jus feel awkward, because it puts a strain on the relationship with me and the pt because...

  17. No call No show ?

    purse replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    You shouldnt get in trouble, I mean it was her fault that she didnt confirm it! People dont even get in trouble at my work when they're scheduled 7 to 3 and dont show up because they thought they...

  18. needing a prescription for vaseline??

    purse replied to lalalalexi's topic in General Nursing

    I just dont understand why the doctors cant just have standing orders for that stuff upon admission PRN...they always have tylenol every 4 hours standard prn...BUT COUGH DROPS and VASELINE!?!?! need...

  19. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    purse replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    One time, I was working 3 to 11, and just about to do my 9pm med pass, in my LTC facility. There is NOONE down there except me and the elder people i take care of, some of them with mild dementia and...

  20. needing a prescription for vaseline??

    purse replied to lalalalexi's topic in General Nursing

    at my job people need freaking orders for EVERYTHING, coughdrops, vicks vabor rub, all the little stupid stuff, that pharmacy is probably making bank off their 6 dollar bags of cough drops that are...

  21. Funniest/strangest dementia patient stories

    purse replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    we once had a dementia patient who took off her breif and brought it out to the dining room and put it in the water fountain.. never drank out of there

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

    purse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've always had my heart set on becoming a nurse. I currently work as a pca in ALF. I love my job most of the time, or at least the people I take care of. I'm worried that becoming a nurse I will...

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

    purse replied to purse's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the

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

    purse replied to purse's topic in General Nursing

    hmmm? i never had to take a test... It was just some nurse telling us how to read the mar and how to record PRNS etc etc.... I get really nervous when giving pills, such as if a resident wants...

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

    purse replied to purse's topic in General Nursing

    i think it stands for personal care attendant.. or assistant or aid or something lol... but it does seem weird to me that cnas have to take classes, but pcas can just go give meds after 8