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NEED SOME ADVICE I have been working at my facility for over two years now and my shift gets along really well,except for one lvn. She is constantly complaining about how she is the only nurse who does her job correctly. If another nurse doesn't ch...

OMG! How in the hell did that happen? My prayers go out to the baby's parents and family, as well as all of the nurses and doctors who had to witness such a horrific tragedy. Dear Lord!

I just got home after one of the worst experiences in my nursing career.Okay, so I'm a cna, but I'm trying to get into an lvn program. Most of my shift was fine. It wasn't until 6 am that the **** hit the fan. I had a geri psych patient who is a h...

Thanks to everone for your support. I recieved a lot of support from my fellow cnas at work from all the shifts. The RN is being extra nice and the LVNS are lavishing praises about my "excellent patient care". The tx nurse however, is avoiding me li...

Imagine the worst smelling diarrhea and multiply that by 100. Add an infectious, mucosy aroma and you've got C-Diff. It sticks to you so you will smell it hours after you've left.

It turns out the elbow dislocation was an injury the pt sustained in the 1950s! The tx nurse who was so mad at me was the one who did the body check upon admittance. Tonight everyone apologized to me. I'm still hurt, but I'm beginning to see the hu...

It turns out the elbow dislocation was an injury the pt sustained in the 1950s! The tx nurse who was so mad at me was the one who did the body check upon admittance. Tonight everyone apologized to me. I'm still hurt, but I'm beginning to see the hu...

C-Diff is a bacterial infection of the intestines that is caused by prolonged use of antibiotics. Antibiotics don't differentiate between good and bad bacteria, so without the good bacteria to keep them in check the bad bacteria causes this terrible ...

OMG You are SO lucky!!! C- Diff is a smell that permeates your clothes, hair and pores.We had a C-Diff outbreak last year. Even after 3 showers I could still smell it. Once you have smelled C-Diff you never forget it.:barf01: BTW has anyone else...

OMG You are SO lucky!!! C- Diff is a smell that permeates your clothes, hair and pores.We had a C-Diff outbreak last year. Even after 3 showers I could still smell it. Once you have smelled C-Diff you never forget it.:barf01: BTW has anyone else...

Wow. I don't even get $10. That's amazing!

By using the search bar. I was looking becuz a coworker nocall noshowed and was wondering how others dealt with coworkers that did this.

That's exactly what she did and I don't blame her. I blame the giant A-hole that didn't show up to work and didn't call to say he wasn't coming. I tell ya, if I met him in a dark alley I'd teach him about good workmanship!

As a cna that gets paid peanuts I have some things 2 say on this issue and my comments are based on my personal experience. Where I work they hire new grad cnas, lvns, and rns so they can pay bottom wages. The upside is a new grad can get some experi...

Sweetheart, my heart goes out 2 u. I have been a cna at an ltc for 2 years now, and like you I was very nervous about working with dementia pts. It can be physically, emotionally, and spiritually draining. I agree with the other posts. Ask for advice...

No call no show won't hurt management, just your shiftmates and your patients! Case in point: last night a cna ( who was probably gonna get fired anyway) no call no showed. This left only 3 cnas for 74 patients. We were scheduled 5, but because of pa...

I'm in total agreement. I have a coworker that is always leaving her patients soaked. My gripe is with the cnas who come in early to check if the patients are wet, only to complain if the patients are the tinniest bit wet.

I'm tired of the oncoming cnas complaining that their patients are wet. As if they were all dry when I recieved them. They are ”incontinent” people! Just shut up and change them already!

But of course. This happened bcuz of her neglect. I just wish he would've painted her with his poo too!:lol:

She wasn't thinking. Typically, when this patient is sleeping, we don't wake him. He is a combative geri-psych patient. However, he always wakes b4 2am and we all know it. The lazy cna just simply doesn't care. Maybe next time she'll think twice b4 l...

Yes, poop and pee are a large part of the job. Depending on the shift, you will also be feeding, bathing, ambulating, and cleaning. But there will also be times when the patients will be sad and need a soft hug and a warm smile. The elderly love to t...

While caring for a male stroke patient with a g tube, I said,"Would you like me to give you oral care now?" He looked puzzled . When I came out of his room, my supervisor said," If you are gonna be ORAL care you should at least get paid extra. No wo...

Thanks to all who have replied to this thread. We will try these tactics and see what works. One of the biggest problems with the problematic nurse is that, while she treats her fellow lvns and cnas like crap, she is a fabulous brownnoser with manage...

I have 3 stories that make me question my sanity for working as a cna. Story #1 involves a very large patient in her early 50s. Aside from being obese and very lazy, there is nothing wrong with her. She can transfer herself to and from her bed and...

And he calls ME a whore? See if I let him grab my ta- tas again!: