SleeepyRN

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  1. why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    SleeepyRN replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    EXACTLY!!! Please, people, proudly boast that you are a CNA, an MA a PCT, WHATEVER. But also stop implying that you have the same role as a nurse or "basically do the same thing." I sure was proud to...

  2. why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    SleeepyRN replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    am27 "Why do you feel the need to put down other professions? I worked in a clinic that did not employ nurses on site so yeah, I was the one administering first aid. without another clinic at the very...

  3. Board of Nursing (IL) Review..New Grad

    SleeepyRN replied to kellyk21's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    That really stinks :/ I'm sorry. I remember what it was like as a new grad, ready to just start working already. And then I had that hold up. Thing of the past. I never even think about it anymore,...

  4. PICC Line: Flushes, But No Blood Return

    SleeepyRN replied to SleeepyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I felt so bad for the Access nurse a few weeks ago, because she had driven 2 hours to get to our location to unclog a PICC. I was told in report that she would be coming. I hadn't even had a chance to...

  5. PICC Line: Flushes, But No Blood Return

    SleeepyRN replied to SleeepyRN's topic in General Nursing

    THAT'S the word she used. Valves. I couldn't remember. Very

  6. why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    SleeepyRN replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It personally doesn't bother me having to wear a certain color scrubs. But that's only because I like the ceil blue the nurses wear. The aides though, bleh. I would have hated it if I had to wear that...

  7. why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    SleeepyRN replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree and can relate. We wear color coded scrubs, from nurses to housekeeping and even dietary. We introduce ourselves and our titles. Makes no difference. Dietary still get asked by patients to...

  8. missing clonazepam set up please help asap

    SleeepyRN replied to Nurses-give's topic in General Nursing

    Example of simply having some fun. We tied recent threads and social media postings together. Deleting this was just an example of how easy it is to offend someone. We poked fun at controversial...

  9. missing clonazepam set up please help asap

    SleeepyRN replied to Nurses-give's topic in General Nursing

    As a nurse, an intelligent professional, I think OP should have known better than to put that as her post. Less of a post and more so a declammation of "somebody wronged me!" and end of his/her

  10. Motivation

    SleeepyRN replied to rocioromero's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    To answer how to keep yourself morivated, it's important to understand what is un-motivating you. Is it your grades? Is nursing school so far not as appealing as you thought it would be? (I was bored...

  11. why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    SleeepyRN replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm right there with you. My well meaning good friend has told me on numerous occasions that she doesn't understand why I don't go to medical school. She says this because she sees how studious I am...

  12. Can this be put on the homepage or SOMETHING?!

    SleeepyRN replied to SubSippi's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. I stated precisely this on SMYS. Twice the amount of signatures to cancel a show than to petition for a step to safer care that affects us all, nurses and patients. I've been sharing and...

  13. PICC Line: Flushes, But No Blood Return

    SleeepyRN replied to SleeepyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, no...I didn't take it that way at all. My sentences weren't strung very well together there. No worries. It DID irk me a tad that other nurses I would generally say are very on top of things, left...

  14. Board of Nursing (IL) Review..New Grad

    SleeepyRN replied to kellyk21's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Yep. Illinois nurse here too. I was arrested 5 years before applying to become a nurse. I was arrested for driving on a suspended licence. (The suspended license was due to not having emissions...

  15. Firearms

    SleeepyRN replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. That's why psych nurses have specific training in areas such as de escalation

  16. PICC Line: Flushes, But No Blood Return

    SleeepyRN replied to SleeepyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all very much! We call the access RN to unclog them, so I'll make sure I get an order to do so if not already done before my next shift. I gave that in report, but I don't think the oncoming...

  17. Can this be put on the homepage or SOMETHING?!

    SleeepyRN replied to SubSippi's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, except TWICE the amount of people have signed a petition to cancel The View as the petition for staffing ratios. Just

  18. Deadly medication errors!

    SleeepyRN replied to Nurseling Kathy's topic in Patient Medications

    Another one: I don't recall at the moment the exact med, but one of them was amoxicillin. The other was a look alike ABT. I had one patient getting amoxicillin and another pt getting the other ABT....

  19. why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    SleeepyRN replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    LOL an ex-friend of mine said that too! We hadn't seen eachother in a long time. When we reconnected, she told me she had gone to med school but didn't complete it for financial reasons. When she told...

  20. why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    SleeepyRN replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Darnit. It won't let me open it to

  21. why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    SleeepyRN replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    True that it's disrespectful, but I'm secure enough in myself as a nurse to not be personally insulted. It does however, irritate me that the general public has no clue what a nurse is or does. On...

  22. allegation

    SleeepyRN replied to Salebow's topic in General Nursing

    That does sound just so....bogus. The situation is being set for you to be ganged up on. You walk in, they tell you the allegation, and you're emotionally and mentally prepared to snap. Which is NOT...

  23. Nurses behavior towards CNA's?

    SleeepyRN replied to x0xerika's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I would never actually say that. I work very closely with the CNAs where I work and trust most of them very much. I even go into detail that technically should not be discussed such as medications. I...

  24. Ignoring your education?

    SleeepyRN replied to dinah77's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. I clicked on the given link, and only just started reading how the poster didn't want to give certain meds. I already didn't like what I was reading. So I stopped. You're not going to...

  25. Vent about toiletting patients

    SleeepyRN replied to SleeepyRN's topic in General Nursing

    On top of that, no matter what, we ALL end up looking bad. I can't believe that someone complained that I, the nurse actually answered a call light. But the majority of patients don't know the...