SeattleJess

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  1. Second Semester Nursing Student Educates Staff

    SeattleJess replied to mclennan's topic in Nursing Humor

    So glad to get schooled on how to behave during clinicals before they start for me in September! Thanks,

  2. Nurses with worse spelling than mine are laughable.

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

    Valleydictator!

  3. Skilled Nursing Facility Trends (Current CNA's please reply)

    SeattleJess replied to josebeltran88's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Checking in again. I had my first shift with responsibility for 13 patients in the TCU. However, a few were independent and many were standby or stand-pivot transfers; most were relatively independent...

  4. A calling to help others but give me a good paycheck

    SeattleJess replied to runningcrazy's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, that's soooo familiar from when I worked for the state. Tiny percentage increase in base pay and huge increase on health insurance costs. Premium and deductible. Truth in advertising would call...

  5. General workplace/personal life separation

    SeattleJess replied to MassED's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just the majority of us, apparently. (I hope I get to review the evidence-based practice data on this before I'm too far into nursing

  6. Advice on 1 year contracts

    SeattleJess replied to Raven.poe's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    MissingYou is really, really smart! Do NOT compare yourself to the experienced CNAs! Look at them as the goal you're moving toward. Look over your shoulder and compare yourself to the student you used...

  7. Advice on 1 year contracts

    SeattleJess replied to Raven.poe's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Woot, woot! Congratulations!!! (I really need to start reading all the way to the end of the thread before I

  8. Advice on 1 year contracts

    SeattleJess replied to Raven.poe's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I just read down to this comment. If you're going to nursing school within the year, no way you want to be tied into a work schedule! The best resource I've ever found is at...

  9. Advice on 1 year contracts

    SeattleJess replied to Raven.poe's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    This was my first thought exactly. Lawyers say that any contract can be broken and the only issue is damages. If the penalty is small... However, I'd go for the second job based on the maxim, "If you...

  10. General workplace/personal life separation

    SeattleJess replied to MassED's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And I hafta add, there are plenty of families filled with members who are jealous, insecure, toxic and dangerous to engage... including

  11. General workplace/personal life separation

    SeattleJess replied to MassED's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    WHOA! Someone hit a nerve! I'm guessing there's more going on with the trauma/drama scene at work than you've shared. You may have posted while still awash in the emotional hormones and may be there...

  12. Nurses Med error..How can we help?

    SeattleJess replied to McLewis83's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    TriciaJ is a smart one. To make your own documentation is very, very smart. Brace yourself, though. Management will not like being held

  13. Nurses Med error..How can we help?

    SeattleJess replied to McLewis83's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yes, indeed prnqday! Sadly, it's cheaper and easier to scapegoat and employee than to change an understaffed system. (Also tempting to axe a more highly paid senior worker and get two new green ones...

  14. Input, please? :-)

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

    Excellent comments! I second. You should never, ever, ever act outside your training or scope of practice. When I was a student I was told we were at our LTC training to practice the skills we'd...

  15. Tips for Surviving the 1st Semester of Nursing School

    SeattleJess replied to ArrowRN's topic in General Students

    I need to learn more about DropBox. I thought it was just for photographs. Can you upload word-processed documents, too? (Hope I don't sound like too much of a tech

  16. Nurses Med error..How can we help?

    SeattleJess replied to McLewis83's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Your nurse should talk to an attorney immediately, if not sooner. If there are grievance procedures at your workplace, she might want to file one. As pointed out, medical errors are rarely the result...

  17. Starting to find some aspects degrading

    SeattleJess replied to QuarterLife88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Or the TV

  18. Starting to find some aspects degrading

    SeattleJess replied to QuarterLife88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ben & Jerry's over a can of tuna? Now that IS a strange craving! (At least it's healthier than straight vodka over

  19. Teas V Tips - you need them I have them - 97th percentile!

    SeattleJess replied to mgrenwic's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    Excellent! I especially liked your description of the reading comprehension test. I found that part of the TEAS V to be somewhat arbitrary and stupid - and therefore, the hardest. (Why not test the...

  20. Skilled Nursing Facility Trends (Current CNA's please reply)

    SeattleJess replied to josebeltran88's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm impressed at your hard work and efficiency! I'm also curious about the status of your 13 residents. How many two-person assists? Mechanical lifts required? Total dependents? Dependent eaters? Do...

  21. Skilled Nursing Facility Trends (Current CNA's please reply)

    SeattleJess replied to josebeltran88's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Good luck. It really does depend on your case load. No matter how hard you work, you can be given more than you can do... and sometimes more than you can do to meet minimum care standards. One unit...

  22. Skilled Nursing Facility Trends (Current CNA's please reply)

    SeattleJess replied to josebeltran88's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    OMG, OMG, OMG! I hear bells going off! You're describing my current and first CNA job! I thought float pool for evening shift on every unit of my large, combined long-term and transitional care unit...

  23. I failed my patient and lost my temper. What now?

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

    Thanks for the positive message. And for describing the characteristics of the "broken" team exactly! I will do my best to keep my focus on advocacy and delivery of care. That should let everything...

  24. I failed my patient and lost my temper. What now?

    SeattleJess posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Please tell me what I should have done and what I need to do now. It would be wonderful if you could do that without calling me the names I'm calling myself right now. I am a fresh out of the box CNA,...

  25. I failed my patient and lost my temper. What now?

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

    Duskyjewel, there's much integrity in what you