nursen06

I'm currently in the Peace River area in Northern Alberta. :)

Medical assistants take vitals, have to know medical terminology, assist the MD with office clinical tasks, filing & form procedures etc. I've never heard of any medical assistant program lasting more than a year. It is a certificate program here. Hope this answers your question. :)

not surprising at all. if there's an opening anywhere you can contract mrsa. to the op, i've seen mrsa and non-mrsa residents share a room. this infuriates me because when the mrsa resident leaves the room she/he runs her hand along the other resident bed, thus spreading the germ. here in ltc the mrsa protocol is listed on the door, we have to glove & gown up when we are in there. but, the mrsa resident can leave the room and roam around the nursing home because management states that ltc is their home and we cannot keep them quarantined??????? i no longer work at this facility.

OMG!

welcome! you can make your dreams come true if you put her heart and soul into your studies. congrats on reaching for your dream of becoming an lpn. :)

i totally understand how the op feels. when i worked in an md's office i hadn't had too many dr's yelling at me, i've had a few charts tossed at me.......from the younger docs having little temper tantrums. then they lamely try to apologize later by 'trying' to joke with me. puhleeze...

Definately out of your scope. I would never chart for a physician. Don't put your license or rep on the line.

Tell me about it, i'm quitting in march. Sadly, i've talked to the DON and have gotten nowhere. Thinking about home care until i get my licence.

I work in the continuing care unit and i do alot of night shifts as well as evenings. I find the hardest part is around 0400 just before residents start ringing. I always feel run down at that time. I don't get too much sleep at home, two kids under 6 is always fun. I do have my stash of coffee and iced mochas to keep me going. :chuckle

Sadly at my place of work, about 90% of the nurses & aides are smokers. I don't have a problem with their smoking habits, to each their own.....but what i do have a problem with is the fact that the aides that smoke in MY facility are ALWAYS gone for a "5 minute" smoke break(once every half hour on eve shift).............guess who's left watching the floor???:stone

Our facility would not function without CNA's. I heard one LPN say yesterday that she usually doesn't 'work the floor' just does meds & the like?! Of course she was the minority. Alot more experienced LPN's and RN's that work there help c everything. It's a team effort people! :)