duskyjewel

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    I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

    duskyjewel replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, because telling your friend that her hideous new hair color looks fine is completely equivalent to cheating on a
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    First job, and its in Peds!

    duskyjewel replied to GingerRN17's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Wow.....nice job landing that. I only occasionally work peds inpatient hospice and respite so I don't really have much to offer by way of advice, but congratulations.
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    What would you do?

    duskyjewel replied to RookieRoo's topic in General Students

    I dunno, having sat through classes with people like that.... I think dropping an anonymous note in the professor's mailbox and encouraging your classmates to do the same if it bothered them, is...
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    Work and School...What do you do?

    duskyjewel replied to Asmyth12's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm a hospice CNA and I work 3 NOC 12s a week. I plan to continue once I start school.... assuming they ever send me that dang email. I too am married with school age
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    possible angel of mercy?

    duskyjewel replied to renly88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is all so nebulous. Right now all you have is a social worker's opinion and nothing to back it up. If it really was a totally unexpected death, it will be investigated. If the social worker...
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    Employee abuse?

    duskyjewel replied to Cnappy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes, of course we are warned that patients might do unexpected things. But this patient has now injured THREE employees, at least one to the point of being unable to work, with violent attacks and...
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    Why nurses eat their young?

    duskyjewel replied to yayita's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I also do think there is a higher percentage than before of younger people who can't take any criticism without perceiving it as a personal attack. So all the older nurses must just be
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    Most Frustrating Thing ?

    duskyjewel replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    Wow, as the parent of several athletes I can't imagine ever acting like that, even before I worked in health
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    Totally Online Spanish Courses

    duskyjewel replied to SMOKEY2112's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In a lot of ways, Spanish is a heck of a lot easier than
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    Healthy Nurses?

    duskyjewel replied to OnlyDreaming's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think it's always best for someone who will be educating others about their health to be as healthy as they can. That's going to look different on different people. I think attitude is more...
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    CAN WE TALK???

    duskyjewel replied to Esme12's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Yep, apparently he did exactly that. Joan Rivers was not my favorite celebrity by far, but she was funny. How sad for her that she couldn't get past being a celebrity and just get treated like a...
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    My experience as a NS and CNA

    duskyjewel replied to prettyboyswag's topic in General Students

    In a lot of places.....I wouldn't bet on that.
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    My experience as a NS and CNA

    duskyjewel replied to prettyboyswag's topic in General Students

    I would quit that too. What, are people never allowed to quit jobs and move on? Weird perspective. My thought on it is this: I can't stop the awful places from existing (wish I could) but I'm not...
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    Would you like your job more if you were paid more?

    duskyjewel replied to proud nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Plus your tax withholding would go up and you might get bumped into a higher bracket. Which might end up meaning you actually take home
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    Totally Online Spanish Courses

    duskyjewel replied to SMOKEY2112's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Rio Salado (mentioned above) also has a two-semester course in Spanish just for health care
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    How difficult is it?

    duskyjewel replied to OnlyDreaming's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It's OJT as far as I know. They hire you then train you at the
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    How difficult is it?

    duskyjewel replied to OnlyDreaming's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It's a specially trained nursing assistant type position in inpatient psych facilities. A lot of times I'll see in the "preferred qualifications" that they want a degree in psych as well, so it seems...
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    Employee abuse?

    duskyjewel replied to Cnappy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Seems to me a locked geri-psych unit is where she should be until they can get her behaviors under better control. Your management is awful. I'm sorry they don't seem to care. Are you able to...
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    NIGHT SHIFT

    duskyjewel replied to jar312's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes, I eat well and exercise in addition to the coffee. I think that makes a difference. I'm also very protective of my sleep time, because that's important staying healthy. And I use actual sugar...
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    Funny - Tech Broken, Use "Old School" Sphygmomanometer

    duskyjewel replied to MidLifeChg2Nursing's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Never mind, Arizona wasn't one of the mentioned states.
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    NIGHT SHIFT

    duskyjewel replied to jar312's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Guess I'm an outlier then, because coffee has been working for me for the last three
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    Going "Above and Beyond" UGH

    duskyjewel replied to SubSippi's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow....did you just say I have no humanity? You really are a piece of
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    How difficult is it?

    duskyjewel replied to OnlyDreaming's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Psych degree + CNA.....have you considered working as a psych
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    Funny - Tech Broken, Use "Old School" Sphygmomanometer

    duskyjewel replied to MidLifeChg2Nursing's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Yep. My own personal health history includes nearly being classified as pre-hypertensive based on an auto BP. When re-done manually it was within normal range. This incident did serve as my weight...
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    Failed test 3x???

    duskyjewel replied to PattySorto's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm wondering if being challenged by English is your main problem. Maybe brushing up on that before testing again is your best