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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 on the unit. If we needed the Charge nurse for any...

At my job, we work 8 1/2 hr shifts.. so were suppose to get 2 15 min and a 30 min lunch. The 2 15 min are paid, but the 30 minute isnt.. none of my other coworkers take breaks at all... And when i ask to take my 30 miunte unpaid lunch they make me f...

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 long as me, so they really do know a lot. One 96 ...

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, but it seems to me the people who complain always ...

Apparently we are suppose to get every other weekend off, except I have worked every weekend since August of 2010!

I always do it, sometimes I even lay down:clown:

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?? Thanks!

Yeah they paid for a few people to go to nursing school!

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 all.

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 goes on, but of course that wont happen because our ...

: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 which is why she is there, (she is fairly young i...

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, and pretty much everything else. my question is wh...

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.. Anyways, this coworker I always overhear her telli...

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 pills, another resident rang their call bell, well I ...

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 assisted living...(which i can assure you not man...

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

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 she doesnt like me because i dont tell her crap!! s...

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 worked '3 to 11'... it was just a misunderstanding. ...

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 orders..***.

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 some of them still 'with it'. There are cameras ...

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 usually a 1.00

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 again

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 2nd guess myself all the time. Even just as a pca,...

Thank you for the advice!!:loveya:

And also, while someone is falling within that 3 or 4 seconds it takes for them to hit the ground i will just jump in front of them to move the huge dresser their about to hit.