NicInNC

NicInNC CNA

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  1. Pet peeves!

    NicInNC replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    UGH!!! I hate that too! I'm constantly having to lotion up my residents legs because of that

  2. Pet peeves!

    NicInNC replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    I would have to say that a pet peeve of mine (I'm a CNA) is when my residents don't get proper mouth care. What is so hard about scrubbing the dentures or at least soaking them??!! The majority of the...

  3. Stuck by HIV infected blood

    NicInNC replied to NicInNC's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just as confused. This is my nephew by marriage and I'm not very close to him or his parents. I see them on holidays when we go to my inlaws and stuff like that. I think he's going for something...

  4. Stuck by HIV infected blood

    NicInNC posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just a quick question. My nephew was in the lab at school yesterday and he was holding a tube of blood. SOMEHOW (I haven't had chance to talk to his mom....just going by what my mother in law told me)...

  5. Stuck by HIV infected blood

    NicInNC replied to NicInNC's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you....that's what I'm saying. His mom keeps saying she doesn't know what good a law suit would do. Um, HELLOOOO.....it doesn't matter what good it would do! It matters because the college is at...

  6. Stuck by HIV infected blood

    NicInNC replied to NicInNC's topic in General Nursing

    No, not high school....college age. They said that HIV tainted blood is not supposed to be in their campus labs though. Thanks everyone! I'll do a search on the meds listed. It's comforting to hear...

  7. Not sure if nursing is the right field for me...

    NicInNC replied to jgriff650s's topic in General Nursing

    What about becoming a CNA first? I think that ALL nurses should have to be a CNA before getting into a nursing program. Thankfully, that's how it works at the school that I go to. I'm a CNA and while...

  8. Is it ever ok to force a resident to change?

    NicInNC posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is being asked from a CNA that works in an assisted living facility (that has residents that SHOULD be in a skilled nursing facility). Resident with Alzheimers refuses to change heavily soiled...

  9. Bad Flu Shot?

    NicInNC replied to daisybaby's topic in Infectious Disease

    I had a similar reaction this year. My arm hurt for almost a week. The 2nd and 3rd day were the worst. So bad that I could hardly lift anything. It also made my neck hurt and I had a bad headache for...

  10. OBOY!....did I date myself today!!!!!

    NicInNC replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    LOL...the residents do that all the time at my work. The Med tech will be beating the pills and residents will be yelling in their rooms "Come

  11. Is it ever ok to force a resident to change?

    NicInNC replied to NicInNC's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    UPDATE: I had the BEST night last night! My resident is doing so much better. They have put him on Ativan for showers only. The stuff must have stayed in his system for a while though because he was...

  12. Automatic blood pressure cuffs

    NicInNC replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

    Get this...when I had my CNA training, the automatic ones were the ones we were TRAINED on. I had to teach myself how to manually take a BP. Imagine how freaked out the Med Tech at my facility was...

  13. do you feel like the CNA's run the floor?

    NicInNC replied to babynurse223's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a CNA working on my nursing degree and also getting ready to start Med tech training this week and I must say that I would hate working with someone like you! You are the kind of person that gives...

  14. *protecting our teens from internet predators*

    NicInNC replied to amgo24's topic in General Nursing

    I emailed myspace last week about one mof my nieces friends. She had lied about her age on there and then posted erotic pictures of herself. She's 14. A very well endowed 14 year old, but 14!!! That...

  15. Is it ever ok to force a resident to change?

    NicInNC replied to NicInNC's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    i brought him cranberry juice all throughout the day/evening yesterday. he is drinking fairly well. so, that's a plus. when i would take him his drink, he would scream at me to get out of his room....

  16. Is it ever ok to force a resident to change?

    NicInNC replied to NicInNC's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    One thing in your post stood out. I'm not familiar with the med names, so forgive me, but I DO know that they took him off some kind of alzheimers medication and also his anti-depressants. Why? I have...

  17. Is it ever ok to force a resident to change?

    NicInNC replied to NicInNC's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I did not cange my resident once during my 3-11 shift tonight. There is no nurse on duty at my facility. Just a med tech. The nurse is only there on weekdays from 8-5. There are 2 med techs and 2...

  18. How do they post DNR in the patients rooms at your LTC

    NicInNC replied to dinkymouse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In the LTC facility that I work at, there are nameplates beside each doorway on the wall. If the patient is a DNR, then they'll have a little red round sticker beside their name. The stickers are...

  19. Scheduled toileting not being done by certain CNAs

    NicInNC replied to old rural nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    True. I see it all the time where I work (I'm a CNA). A CNA will chart that they toileted a resident, when I know for a FACT that she didn't. (For instance, the resident wasn't even THERE all day!)...

  20. High Protein levels in urine

    NicInNC posted a topic in General Nursing

    What else could be a cause of protein in the urine besides kidney disease, diabetes or Lupus? My 14 year old niece had to go for a physical today for softball. They found extremely high amounts of...

  21. shaving cream to clean dirty butts??

    NicInNC replied to old heart's topic in General Nursing

    MOUTHWASH????? It's all I can do just to swish with mouthwash because of how bad it burns. I bought some of that new Crest mouthwash that isn't supposed to burn at all, but it still burns my mouth....

  22. What is a "Sitter"?

    NicInNC replied to august_snow's topic in General Nursing

    One of the women that I work with (she and I are CNA's) gets "private duty" jobs when one of our residents gets admitted to a hospital. The family pays her under the table to "sit" at the hospital. I...

  23. sister baby was just diagnosed with downs

    NicInNC replied to gthurma's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I just recently subbed during lunch period at my kids school. First I had the 1st graders. I was ready to pull my hair out by time lunch was over. Then the 2nd graders. They were ok. A lot better...

  24. what is a med-tech

    NicInNC replied to lynnie17's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if that's what she's reffering to. I thought she was talking about someone that passes meds (you know, the new position). We have Med Techs at my facility and they are CNA I's with some extra...

  25. working on Christmas?

    NicInNC replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    I'm working Christmas Eve AND Christmas Day. Why? Because it's my responsibility. When I got my job, it was for every other weekend. Well, my weekend happens to fall on Christmas weekend. Yeah, it...