This happened to me! It was a teaching hospital, and they were fine with student doctors, but God forbid a student nurse touch them/their mother. People do have the right to refuse students, so if...
I've been working at my first nursing job in LTC for 8 months now, and I hate it. I am alone on the floor most times with 2-3 CNA's for 20-30 patients. Pool nurses from other floors come and ask ME...
Oh, definitely. I worked so hard for that license! My thought now is to seek some kind of office nurse job, where I can still use my medical skills but without the stress of running around on a busy...
Yep, that seems about normal. Speak up if they try to schedule you for something you can't do, or if you need more orientation. I was also the weekend supervisor right out of school ... just make sure...
autumn_october replied to autumn_october's topic in General Nursing
Whoa. I've never thought about it but yeah, those bath basins must be a haven for germs. I had no idea there were so many variations in washing people up! Wow. It's good that you have backups but I...
I recently started at a new facility, and I had to do a treatment that involved washing someone. I looked in the patient's basin for his soap, and couldn't find anything. I looked in the supply room,...