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    What to Do If CNA Instructor is Hard to Deal With (Advice Needed)

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

    Speak to the director of the program. You've tried to communicate with the instructor and haven't been able to. So take it up the chain. If the director of the program won't talk to you, file a...
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    "Don't bother talking to residents with dementia.....

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

    I believe it. I worked with a LPN who was borderline verbally abusive to a dementia patient. I made sure that I jumped every time his light went off or he called out, to protect him from having to...
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    what are my options

    duskyjewel replied to graciemae36's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Sounds like you're qualified to be an ED tech. Maybe look into that. You could also look into EMT. Where I live, EMT Basic is one semester, and only one more semester after that to get to...
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    Wait to apply for jobs after holidays?

    duskyjewel replied to Theor23's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It can depend on geography. Here in Arizona, the hiring season is fall and early winter, because our population surges in the winter due to seasonal residents, also called snowbirds. If you wait...
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    Piercings and Nursing

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

    With what we do with our hands all day, I would consider those an infection control hazard, especially if they are high enough on the wrist to not be covered by gloves. Newly placed, they would...
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    non accredited CNA program

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

    Is the program approved by your state board of nursing? That's the really important question. Because if it's not, will they allow you to submit your materials and take the exam for certification?...
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    Never before have I been so disrespected by co-workers in the workplace

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

    I'd be interested to know that, too. Because we have threats of retaliation for filing any injury claim before it happens, criticism of her for not revealing information she is not legally required...
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    How many hours do they give you?

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

    As someone with two years of 12 hour night shifts under my belt, in both hospital and hospice inpatient, I don't know whether to , , or at that. I think I'll just and move on. Oh dear Lord, is this...
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    Hate being a CNA

    duskyjewel replied to LadyLeo75's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Whew! If I knew who you were, I'd make sure you were never a nurse to any of my loved ones. You go ahead and try to do your job without doctors..... and see how long your license lasts. If this...
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    Muslim Nurse aide

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

    The dining room thing would have to do with risk of contact with pork. I forget what grocery store chain it was, but sometime in the last couple years, a group of Muslim employees demanded they stop...
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    The student loan bubble is starting to burst

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

    That anyone could say this in a country where, currently and for the past few years, people with college degrees can't even get called back for hourly jobs at Taco Bell and McDonald's, and people with...
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    Am I Missing Something?

    duskyjewel replied to greygooseuria's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would bet there aren't many NPs out there suffering from God-complexes. There are WAY too many doctors who
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    Trying to get back into the hospital after staying home with the kids.

    duskyjewel replied to sarahaldean's topic in Retired Nurses

    As far as I am concerned, anyone who would look down on you for daring to raise your own children and put them before your career should be treated like the human flotsam they are. Scrape it off your...
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    Why more men are needed

    duskyjewel replied to DrkCocoMurse215's topic in Men in Nursing

    First, I love SoldierNurse22. Second, I am SO SICK of this whiny caterwauling about how nursing is undervalued because it's a female profession, and we don't stand up for ourselves because we were...
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    Marijuana and Nursing School

    duskyjewel replied to heather19's topic in General Students

    Where on EARTH do you people live where employers don't drug test?! I've been drug tested for almost every job I've ever held, and that includes crappy minimum wage fast food jobs and one unloading...
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    Muslim Nurse aide

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

    I'm a serious, practicing, orthodox Catholic, which means there are moral boundaries I can't cross in my care. However, it would be completely unfair for me to even bother applying for, much less to...
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    Marijuana and Nursing School

    duskyjewel replied to heather19's topic in General Students

    People talking about whether it's legal in whatever state, by whatever mechanism (all out legal or doc recommendations, etc) are forgetting one very important thing: even people with medical...
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    Difficult CNA's?

    duskyjewel replied to RN&mom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You admit there's been a culture of CNAs getting away with a lot, and you acknowlege the source of that culture as being a lack of authority. You've tried being professional and addressing the issues...
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    Stooopid

    duskyjewel replied to Ciale's topic in Emergency

    Oh my bloody hell..... and I would bet my house that there were three different DNA samples inside them.... this chick will eventually end up with every STD there is and a twin pregnancy with...
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    Do you mind the literally dirty work being a CNA?

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

    All the parts I thought would be the worst are actually the simplest part of my job. Changing briefs, taking people to the commode, bathing and showering them, emptying foleys.....I'll do that all...
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    My First Alzheimers patient and incontinence

    duskyjewel replied to ladybug888today's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    With Alzheimer's and other dementias, the oldest neural pathways are the last to go. He's acting out behaviors that are familiar and make sense to him, even if their execution doesn't make sense with...
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    When assessment skills go wrong

    duskyjewel replied to CheesePotato's topic in Nursing Humor

    Did you miss the 90s and the 00s? Go metrosexual and solve that
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    Three sets of vitals in a 12-hour shift?

    duskyjewel replied to SavingGrace007's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Because of course RNs can't do an occupied bed change, right? It takes more time to come and find you than to just do it and move on! That is the kind of utter crap that used to anger me and make my...
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    Going back to work after an injury.

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

    I think it might be a little awkward at first, but you're all professionals. I think you and your co-workers will be fine if you just give it a little time. As to the residents, make light of it,...
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    EVIT LPN program in Mesa, AZ

    duskyjewel replied to duskyjewel's topic in Arizona Nursing

    The application deadline for the January cohort is September 30th. I've been working on mine. As to job outlook for LPNs, I work for a hospice and we hire them. That's one reason I feel okay with...