boulergirl

boulergirl CNA

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  1. Alcohol prep pads

    This is one reason why I'm thinking of quitting my job. The new regs and everything are getting ridiculous. Now the nurse tells us we can't put pills in souffle cups anymore, either. The resident has...
  2. Alcohol prep pads

    I work as a med tech in an assisted-living facility, and corporate office came and removed the prep pads, gauze and some other stuff from the med room during their audit recently. We're under a whole...
  3. Well...there are Catholic pharmacies, geriatric pharmacies, etc. There are options for pro-life pharmacists who have objections to giving the Pill. But I still wonder, why not just hand the script...
  4. Alcohol prep pads

    Our facility removed alcohol prep pads (the folks from corporate took them out of the med room due to new regulations) but I keep my own with my glucose monitor, so sometimes I grab one of mine to...
  5. Offended by Prayer

    Just putting in my .02 here (hope I don't get stomped on). The whole discussion on logic brought my stepdad to mind. He became a Christian in a rather odd way. Mom had become a Christian and was...
  6. Urgent Warning***beware

    Y'all are KIDDING...right? :uhoh21: Seriously...I think the camera would break if I stripped for a pose. Either that or the "officials" asking for my pic would scream eeeeeeeewwwwww! while running...
  7. My mom recently posted an article on her blog "Does the Pill cause abortions?" After reading this article I wonder if that's one reason (unstated here) why the pharmicist refused to fill the Rx? (They...
  8. A reminder to ALWAYS listen to your patients.

    We had a resident whose family put her on hospice. That whole week, the staff kept going in her room and found her on the floor, praying. One night, 11-7 staff found her there, helped her up, and...
  9. ER the TV show

    BTW, I don't tend to watch ER anymore, but do catch it every now and then when I'm bored (that channel is one of two that gets decent reception on my
  10. ER the TV show

    I catch ER from time to time, and caught a few bits of last night's episode (TV reception is crappy and I was getting ready for work). The part where Ray's character is talking to his son on the phone...
  11. Poll about bullies at work.

    1.) TRUE!! Many of the girls I work with will go out on their smoke breaks and gossip. (I've been guilty of it, too.) 2.) FALSE. But when someone at work makes me feel inferior, I get depressed and...
  12. ER the TV show

    Me
  13. taking priviledges away

    Whoa! I thought my workplace was bad until I read about yours. I don't get shift differential either, but at least I get to have coffee!! How the heck else do they expect their staff to stay awake...
  14. Nurses leaving in droves...

    Yes, LORD, yes. :uhoh3: :chair: Mgmt. got this bright idea about making all of us watch a video about the FISH philosophy. Of course, they were giddy with joy and we were dying of embarrassment....
  15. how do you delegate to techs?

    I wonder how nurses would feel if doctors and NM's never addressed them by name. Just "nurse". "Nurse, I need you to take care of this for me....NOW, not a week from next Tuesday!" (Maybe they...
  16. My name is Chim-Chim Apple Hiney

    Loopy
  17. SHAVING & WAXING

    You know, I just hope and pray that I won't become a hospital patient anytime soon. I would hate the idea that those entrusted with my care are gossiping about the condition of my "nether end" at the...
  18. Help with hopeless horrible nurse's aides

    Then why have CNA's at all? It seems that those of us who are nurse's assistants are more trouble than we're
  19. 16 reasons why alcohol should be served at work

    Hmm, we have a "Happy Hour" for our elderly residents (on Fridays), never thought of that for the employees. Seriously, though, before I was hired, our facility had a Harvest Ball every year and staff...
  20. Nurses leaving in droves...

    Ohhhhhhhh my goodness. That's just
  21. Nurses leaving in droves...

    Do WHAAAAT?!? McDonald's gift certificates...now this is interesting. Sounds like the hospital wants repeat customers. I mean, think about the artery-clogging potential of fast food! No...
  22. Getting Canned at Exit Interview

    I have a friend who told me that the most humiliating time in his life was when two people briskly escorted him out the door from his old
  23. How to Volunteer w/o being "in the way"

    When I worked as a volunteer, I tended to enjoy areas such as the pharmacy, where I could check expiration dates, or Central Supply (my favorite) where I could put together kits for the OR or barcode...
  24. Should the following resident be in Assited living?

    Oh boy, he makes our Alzheimer's residents look good! We have TWO "Don Juans" in our unit. Why the other NA's just laugh at their behavior is beyond me. One of them tries to get into the pants of a...
  25. Offended by Prayer

    I want to be cremated, too, but my parents insist on having a place to mourn me. So I guess it's off to a box after I'm dead. Had an agnostic friend in college who wants cremation, and to have a tree...