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    Reporting meds to the Police when a patient dies....HIPAA?

    duskyjewel replied to tewdles's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Haven't you all been paying attention to the news? With all the efforts to get mental health records into gun background check databases, it's clear HIPAA doesn't exist
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    How aggressive is too aggressive?

    duskyjewel replied to stewartfamily2010's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I don't know where you live, but in some areas, health care can actually be a seasonal business. I know that sounds crazy, but I live in Phoenix Metro, and once Spring hits and the snowbirds go home,...
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    Im a new hire and im pregnant

    duskyjewel replied to newnurse1986's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just some advice: don't use your pregnancy as an excuse not to do your job. You knew you were a nurse, or about to be one, when you got pregnant. You knew the risks of the job. Don't be that nurse who...
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    How to handle bad management

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

    Bail. If they really cared, they would have done something about it by now. Start looking for other jobs. No employer is perfect, but some are much better than
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    Random drug tests in nursing school?!

    duskyjewel replied to Yolopilas's topic in General Students

    Or rationalization from a drug
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    Working Full Time and a Student Full Time

    duskyjewel replied to NurseBre94's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Is that 75 hours per pay period? Because 75 hours a week would be more than six 12 hour shifts per week. How would anyone do
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    Worried that I might be over qualified for HHA or CNA job because of college degree

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

    At the bottom of every application you sign is a statement saying that everything you've put on the application is true to the best of your knowledge. If you omit your college degree, you would be...
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    What do RN's want out of CNA's

    duskyjewel replied to forbidden2know's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    For the nurses who have been very detailed about what you want from your CNAs, we need you to advocate for us (and yourselves) for sane and reasonable patient ratios. The times I didn't have VS done...
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    I keep going back and forth with myself about becoming a nurse

    duskyjewel posted a topic in General Students

    I am currently a CNA working for a hospice, and I'm pretty satisfied with my job. I've been working as a CNA for almost a year and a half. My first 7 months were spent on a hospital telemetry floor...
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    Kicking a bad habit

    duskyjewel replied to missmollie's topic in General Students

    Good for you, stick with it! Be careful with Chantix, it can cause major mood disturbances. My brother had to get off it because it made him feel so rageful and violent he was afraid he would hurt...
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    What do RN's want out of CNA's

    duskyjewel replied to forbidden2know's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Warning! Jaded comment follows: A good RN will want your assistance in patient care, maintaing a clean and orderly environment, and your notification of changes in patient condition or behavior s/he...
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    People really believe this????

    duskyjewel replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Nursing

    If I could make THAT MUCH as an RN, I would have told my husband there was no way in hell he was getting his MBA before I go to
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    People really believe this????

    duskyjewel replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Nursing

    CNA over here dying LOLing! It is incredible to me just how stupid people can
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    Stress of being an LTC aide CNA just too great for the pay!

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

    This is why, unless my family were going to starve to death, I swore I would never work LTC and I haven't yet. Look around. There are better situations. Find one! People talk about hospital jobs like...
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    Having issues with death anxiety

    duskyjewel replied to amberdawn85's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This might seem flippant, but I really mean it: perhaps you should consider working for a hospice as a CNA during school. I'm a hospice CNA, and I have to tell you that it has utterly changed my...
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    If a patient wants something but an RN says don't do it, whom do you follow?

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

    I can tell you right now that if my child tried to call me and anyone stopped him, I'd have all your asses in slings before you could say "lickety split!" Just who the ***** do you people think you...
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    I am the only nurse getting high blood glucose numbers

    duskyjewel replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We need clarification here. OP, are you in fact wiping away the first blood droplet with an alcohol
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    Getting in the profession for the wrong reasons? (long, sorry)

    duskyjewel replied to bonjournurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    This is one of those situations where we do our growing up. Growing up doesn't mean achieving a certain age, or even financial independence of our parents. It means making our own decisions and...
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    LVNs going extinct? MAs taking over?

    duskyjewel replied to kristakay7's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Looks like someone just needed to find a way to brag about her paycheck. OK you make $10 more an hour than me and I am appropriately impressed and jealous. Happy now? Next time you post, how about...
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    Charge nurse asking me to lie

    duskyjewel replied to julz68's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is a very insightful comment. When I worked in the hospital, there were certain charge nurses who were notorious for "forgetting" their Vocera on the desk and being impossible to find. At least...
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    Charge nurse asking me to lie

    duskyjewel replied to julz68's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Really? You're giving her "TL: DR?!" Get over yourself, I read it just
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    Why can't I get a job as CNA?

    duskyjewel replied to AM326's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Have you had somebody critique your resume and cover letter? Get someone you trust to read it and give you feedback. Your CNA instructors would be a good choice for this. When I was applying to the...
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    Night Shift and workouts?

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

    I work out on my days off and the day of my first shift before I go in. I go in the morning after I get all my kids to
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    LVNs going extinct? MAs taking over?

    duskyjewel replied to kristakay7's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    What is the point of this post? Just feel the need to poke the hornet's nest tonight, or what? Besides, if you really had any balls, you'd put this in the LVN/LPN
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    The nurse and patient's family yelled at me. I feel horrible.

    duskyjewel replied to mamacita2's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    No, the nurse was completely unprofessional and threw a CNA under the bus. She probably felt safe knowing the CNA is a float and she won't have to see that person regularly. Chump move, if you ask...