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    Ever work with people who talk about church all the time?

    duskyjewel replied to Nola009's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ha ha, yeah, I love my dogs too, but there is one person I work with who thinks I need a detailed update on her neurotic dog and its self-endangering antics every time I see her. Thank goodness for...
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    Assignment of isolation pts

    duskyjewel replied to delphine22's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh....I worked with a pregnant VSS nurse on a telemetry floor. Twenty times a shift we'd all hear, "I can't go in THAT room! I'm *flutter* pregnant!" It disgusted everyone on the unit, except...
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    Ever work with people who talk about church all the time?

    duskyjewel replied to Nola009's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh gross. She's doing it
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    Ever work with people who talk about church all the time?

    duskyjewel replied to Nola009's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Meh. I'm about as Catholic they come, but that rarely comes up at work. Every now and then someone will notice my crucifix and ask. I work with a bindi-wearing Hindu nurse who reads devotional...
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    peeves

    duskyjewel posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Why yes, Nurse, yes I can go and swab out your patient's mouth, from whose room you just came and barged in on the bed bath I'm doing alone on an actively dying patient, now that you've walked the...
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    Need help! Scope issues!

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

    Yeah, in my state "certified caregivers" who take a course lasting a weekend or two can administer meds, yet I can't. They make dang near minimum wage, too. It's absolutely
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    Need help! Scope issues!

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

    Okay, what about family members who take them out of the sorter into a dose cup, and tell me, "Give her these at X o'clock." I'm pretty sure that's still outside scope. I just want to have my ducks...
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    Having such a hard time moving forward

    duskyjewel replied to HeartRN13's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I sincerely hope you have, because it sounds like you need a new workplace. I'd hate for you to repeat whatever your contribution was at a new place and have the same problem all over again. Four...
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    Teaching High School students about STI barriers

    duskyjewel replied to Murse91's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    And when their kid ends up at the doctor with a blood clot from hormonal birth control you put their child on without telling them, of course YOU'RE going to pay that bill, and the ones for...
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    Postpartum CNA

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

    Wah! Thanks for the input, both of
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    I feel like I'm backsliding

    duskyjewel replied to Swellz's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Saw this on the Weight Watchers Facebook page yesterday, but seems appropriate here. Progress isn't an even, smooth line. Can you identify anything that might have precipitated the setback in your...
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    From construction to nursing, has it been done?

    duskyjewel replied to jerc47's topic in Men in Nursing

    I work with a nurse who went to school when the economy crashed and all the construction jobs went away. He's a good nurse and co-worker. Go for
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    CNA's - What hours do you work?

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

    I work three NOC 12s a week. I'm in the float pool so my days are different every
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    Skills Test questions

    duskyjewel replied to mee9mee9's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In my state pericare is a critical skill and one of the two guaranteed to be on the exam every time. If you fail it, you fail the whole
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    I. Just. Can't....

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

    I was hoping that was
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    rainbows and unicorns

    duskyjewel replied to ceccia's topic in General Nursing

    "Schwartz created a slight breach of etiquette by skipping the triple dare and going right for the
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    Disabled seems to have some new meaning!

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

    Attitudes like this are why police have such a hard job. Not only do they have worry about criminals, but also the technically law-abiding with crappy
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    rainbows and unicorns

    duskyjewel replied to ceccia's topic in General Nursing

    I totally thought the same
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    When being a patient...

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

    ^^^^People for some reason think I'm lying when I tell them stuff like that happens. How I wish I
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    Cna programs

    duskyjewel replied to FutureRN101's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I went to AMTI in Mesa three years ago. Highly
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    Should male nurses put the toilet seat down?

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

    Are said colleagues not responsible for looking before sitting? Should they be considered incapable of
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    peeves

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

    Guess you missed this part of my post. I did not, in any way, demean the nursing profession. I criticized one nurse. If you've never met the nurse who will seek out an aide to do a task for three...
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    Dizzy during circumcision

    duskyjewel replied to RavensNation's topic in General Students

    I'm just gonna leave this here: http://childrightsnurses.org If/When I become a nurse, I'm joining
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    It's Wrong! (A night shift perspective)

    duskyjewel replied to Sixtyseven's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How do these poor people ever get a good night's sleep? Because they've entered long term care, do they suddenly have no right to expect that
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    peeves

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

    BTDT, because I said something you didn't like on one thread, you're now searching out OLD threads of mine so you can resurrect them and criticize me? I mean, honestly, don't you have a