Danianne

I got one last year and my eyes got all puffy, the nurse at the Dr office told me it was probably a reation to the shot I am not sure if I should get one this year!

First of all I am from canada and our medical doen't cover circs. we also do not have pediatricians UNLESS your child has medical issues and once those are resovled you go back to a "family Doctor" I have told my Husband that if he truly wants this done then he has to take DS and have it done but I wont have any part in it (besides this doc (whom I really don't like, or trust) the doc from this practice who I do trust went next door permanently) would probably try to do it like you do for a newborn )

okay you guys please help me with this argument. My husband wants our 2.5 year old circ'd he was a preemie 27 weeks so we couldn't do it when he was born I told my husband that I think it would harm him psychologically and I said that it doen't really matter he got mad and was like what if it matters to me and my beliefs (we are christians)? this man is impossible he doesnt seem to care if it harms our son as long as their parts match!

so I guess it is the same for all drugs? My orignal question was asked because of a patient that was becoming resistant to benadryl.

I realize that they didn't even look that is what I am talking about we had this funny cover on the isolette that covered the whole bed like a bird cage cover. HOWEVER it was only two or three nurses that did this and DS was on two babies to one nurse assignment. I agree that it is not a good thing to do and I also realize that MOST would die if they saw a co-worker do this.

does drug tolerance go away? such as if someone was on narcs for a long time and needed high doses for the med to work and then went off the drugs would the eventually get back to having "normal" doses that would work?

Acutally I just declined a job offer on this basis alone. I was told that i might have a "hard time" with some of the more experienced staff members.

NOPE not at all :) they just roll you around in the dirt a bit and kinda just nibble a little. Just kidding hope you are okay

I agree er can be silly HOWEVER my son was a 27 weeker and i had NUMEROUS nurses turn off othe monitor and tell me the probe wasn't picking up.

I am a CNA and heres one for ya.... I have seen this at not one but two LTC facilities. NIGHT shift that does "Change rounds" but don't change gloves OR wash hands between each resident... example 55 residents that need a change at 0500 and one pair of gloves to do it all.....

ME two nights ago my daughter fell and smashed her face on the tiles in our bathroom and bit her lip it bled and swelled up so bad I was sure she was going to need stitches....well after two hours we find out nope no stitches

I am not a nurse and I agree. I spent many a day in the ED (my doctors wouldn't "fix" my gallbladder) and I saw many many stupid things happen because people are impatient.

I am from canada but the facility is a EDEN facility. It is great! Some people don't think that it works BUT I know it does. PM and I will give you some ideas that won't cost the managers more money and may even save hem some :)

I hust thought that I might point out that 02 will not "blow up" all it does is allow a fire that has started to burn more intensely and if it does get too close to the tank then there could be an explosion due to the pressure on the tank no the O2 itself

Everybody break out the goofy hats and Bermuda Shorts

I have to say that it is really sad that errors like this can happen. I am a CNA and if I made an error that caised harm to a resident then it is MY fault and I would not LET the R.N. take any responsibility. Our facility just started to use the barcode system. I have had med erros happen to me personally (student) gave me tylenol#3 instead of reg tylenol even though my chart stated allergy to coedine and I had a massive bad reaction, also I had a bad kidney infection and told them I was allergic to Cipro and they "knocked me out" hung bags of Cipro for three days and were wondering why I was covered in hives and scratching my body until it bled. mistakes happen BUT try to avoid it when you can :)

At our facility we use a combination of techniques to deal with our residents. If they ask where they are we tell them. If they think they are at ****** then that is where they are. There is no point in messing with the few memories that they have left. Imagine you have a new baby and go to sleep on night and then you wake up to some stranger telling you to get dressed and that your infant son was not in the room next door and that you are infact an old lady then they show you pictures of some old lady that you don't recoginize. Why would you want to distress them more than they already are?

I am sorry I was led to believe that you had to have some sort of education to be a CNA my bad. I get paid very well for what I do and then again there are CNAs who get paid very well to do nothing. Yes tell them that someone has herpes or scabies. ohhh wait worms...there are more than 15 million people in the U.S. that are infected and don't even know it

Here are some good ideas.... 1. Inform them of policy and results of not wearing gloves/washing hands. (it is not your job to babysit them, if they are worht their salt they will realize the importance of infection control, not only for their safety but also for the patient/resident's safety.) 2. I actually work in a LTC facility where 95% of the care staff have been working there for 25+ years long before there was such strict infection control policies in place and yeas I don't care if they are old enough to be my grandmother I WILL tell them the put on gloves and wash their hands if it seems that they are going to skip those steps. 3. Please don't take offence but there are some CNA's that do care about their jobs and are just a professonal as most Nurses can be. We may not have a degree but we are taught infection control and MOST of us do use our education.

[EVIL]EXCUSE ME?[/EVIL] I would appreciate it if you did not lump ALL of the CNAs in with the complete idiots. SOME of us are extremely careful about infection control.

I am a Long term care aide and I worked in a extended care facility. I had this resident that as soon as she was awake she was asking "what should I do now?" I woke her up for lunch and she cracked an eyelid and mumbled somthing but it was very slurred so I tried harder to get her to make eye contact with me and she just wouldn't so I got the LPN and told her that somthing was extremely wrong with Mrs. X she came down and tried to wake her. The LPN got the same slurred response and accounted the sound of her voice to the fact that her "mouth was dry". I argued and got the other care aide that I was working with to confirm my suspicions, the nurse still disagreed and left it at that. THREE days later Mrs. X son came in and said that his mom was not the same and wanted her to be sent to ER. So the nurse begrudginly sent her. DX? MASSIVE CVA. Mrs. X spent 4 days on tube feed (she pulled it out) and then anothe 12 on TPN. She ended up in ICU for another 6 days before passing away. The care aides that were working on the day that she had the CVA got hauled into the DOC's office and supremely reemed out for not dong our jobs and accurately assessing our residents at all times:trout: Oh yeah I forgot... We TOLD the LPN that we thought that she was having a CVA

I am a nursing student and I work in Long term care. I wear my scrubs out on errands yes even grocery shopping ACK! I even give my kids hugs after work :icon_hug: BEFORE I change. BUGS DON'T live long after they leave their warm hiding places and any warm snugh hiding places they have found on My body surely will NOt be shared with the general public. Wash your hands and arms and stop worryiing about it because we contact a million bugs a day and never know it there is better things to do with your time than to worry about germs.

nah I live in Canada. I just started at this current facility. The rec director is only interested in taking the higher functioning people to activities. I am going to talk to the director of care tomorrow. It is just sad that they sit in the living room ALL day long no kidding and watch T.V.

How about putting your residents in fron of the T.V. for most or all of a 8 hr shift? Our facility has a barely functioning activity program, it is designed for people who can hold a convesation or transfer themselves on to a bus seat or walk unassisted, however the trend of our facility has been heading towards moderate to advanced dementia. So therefore a majority of the residents cannot go on outings. Also the music programs have been shuttered to one VERY small "activity room that is designed for 6 people in wheelchairs max because the "noise" is agitating for one or two residents out of 40 instead of the music being in the common area of the facility. the only "pet visit" we get is one dog once a month and only visits " select" residents. It is VERY frustrating.

I too used to puke b/c of cat poop then..... I worked in LTC and now I can change that poopy mess no prob.