chacha82

chacha82 ADN, BSN

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  1. Can you refuse to give care to a resident in LTC?

    chacha82 replied to CNA2016:)'s topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Speak to your charge or whoever about a "buddy system" when providing care for this patient. To do AM care or answer a call light, have another staff member in the room with you. Do the same for...

  2. How to deal with a bully patient?

    chacha82 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    One thing I really like about my floor is that we do not "dump" on travelers or float staff routinely. If we get a nurse four hours into the shift, we can peel off a patient but the charge is careful...

  3. How to deal with a bully patient?

    chacha82 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with other posters. The biggest mistake was that he was allowed to do things that other patients weren't permitted to - whatever that may be. If you have a mentor nurse on your floor you...

  4. More than one job at once

    chacha82 replied to Alexxoxox's topic in General Nursing

    Very. Usually one of the jobs ends up being the "less than," in that there are less meetings and demands, while the other one seems to encroach on everything. OR is very difficult to break into if you...

  5. duties of a radiation therapist? Pros and cons of becoming one?

    chacha82 replied to briannad's topic in General Nursing

    Research the job market. I believe most of the $$$ in radiation also involves getting your medical dosimetry degree, so look into that as

  6. Help! Desperately seeking advice before I turn my life upside down!

    chacha82 replied to Tempest626's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    "I just spent two years going through a difficult and demanding program to become an English teacher, I am in debt and the whole reason I went into the teaching program was so I could get a job right...

  7. Seeking Financial advice

    chacha82 replied to HalfBoiled's topic in General Nursing

    I can help with this! 1) Put money into an emergency fund pronto. People go into debt because of expenses they didn't see coming - car repair, health care, etc. Funneling $$$ every month into this...

  8. Discouraged nurse

    chacha82 replied to GWLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    ( I didn't go into the hospital or acute because I did not like it during nursing school and I knew I wanted to go into ltc or clinic nursing) BOOM, as another poster said, here you have it, this is...

  9. Discouraged nurse

    chacha82 replied to GWLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    If you like where you work and like the kind of work you do, care not a flying flounder for what others have to say. You work your job, make your $$$, pay your own bills. I agree with other posters...

  10. Does anyone else ever envy their patients?

    chacha82 replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Sending hugs to you and your mom, Pixie. Never once envied my patients, what an odd thing to say. They don't "wake up with nothing on their agenda." They have to go by OUR agenda. I don't think they...

  11. What's wrong with me??

    chacha82 replied to vxxen's topic in General Nursing

    Use face sheets, make "to do" lists and scratch off as you go along. Review as the day goes on. My preceptor taught me that during my capstone and it has proved super useful, especially if you're...

  12. Pt family pocket narcotic

    chacha82 replied to pikachu715's topic in General Nursing

    You can't leave a narc at the bedside. You can't leave ANY medication at the bedside. I've had patients be on the phone when I came in with meds and just point to the table. I always say, "I'm sorry,...

  13. Community college or technical college??

    chacha82 replied to Jeannabug94's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Before you do either, research the market for LPNs where you live, or be prepared to move. I went to nursing school at a hospital program in a community where jobs for LPNs were THRIVING, and they...

  14. Please help, this is complicated.

    chacha82 replied to Cruella de ville's topic in General Nursing

    If YOU feel better being at work, that is one matter. Grief is different for everyone and everyone goes through the process in their own way. But I would seek counseling through your employer or ask...

  15. Told to fake vital signs

    chacha82 replied to gypsierose's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Stop, do not pass go, do not collect $200...time to turn in your notice and work somewhere else. Even if it's Pizza Hut or a car wash, totally non-healthcare, do that until you find a better...

  16. Straight to FNP

    chacha82 replied to jodyjcj's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The market is saturated with NP grads who have several years of acute care experience, multiple credentials, and good connections. They want acute care inpatient hospital jobs and I don't blame them,...

  17. It is a broken system - rant

    chacha82 replied to nutella's topic in General Nursing

    "Consider the Conversation" is a really good documentary about this

  18. Too much facebook

    chacha82 replied to orangelate's topic in General Nursing

    If you're not the one posting, don't think about it at all. You know it's unprofessional. Nitwits are everywhere. Keep doing your

  19. Responding to annoying co-worker who asks you to work for them every week?

    chacha82 replied to NurseUnforgetable's topic in General Nursing

    If you want to play it smart, you set your own limits. If she asks and you can't, just say, "I'm sorry, I can't." Broken record syndrome. Don't give her a reason and don't go into it. If there's any...

  20. I need a loan but can't get a cosigner

    chacha82 replied to kendleh's topic in General Students

    For anyone else lurking in this thread and thinking "But I will work a ton of OT to pay off that money or get a second job" 1) As a new grad you are on orientation for awhile (one would hope) and you...

  21. I need a loan but can't get a cosigner

    chacha82 replied to kendleh's topic in General Students

    "My parents already cosigned on my first degree's private loan so they can't cosign again" Full stop. I do not mean to be unkind, but if you already have one loan out, do not take a second loan out...

  22. Accusation Against Male Nurse (Me)

    chacha82 replied to Lapzs's topic in General Nursing

    I think this has been explosive enough and I would personally wait for management/HR to do their thing. Throughout the process, I would recommend being polite to Jen and apologizing. But any...

  23. Accusation Against Male Nurse (Me)

    chacha82 replied to Lapzs's topic in General Nursing

    I think unfortunately you escalated the situation when you tried to talk it out. If you weren't going to wrap the IV yourself, I would have asked her, or any other CNA, to wrap the IV. "Please wrap...

  24. Accusation Against Male Nurse (Me)

    chacha82 replied to Lapzs's topic in General Nursing

    Late to this post, I will just say.... Holding up the meds and telling the family "I have meds to pass" may have been your attempt to explain why you are busy. In the future, I wouldn't do this....

  25. What is your dream job?

    chacha82 replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    A 20 bed unit where we all have 1:4 ratio. We have a charge nurse, a unit secretary, and 3 CNAs. Admits are simple: We ask, "Do you want to be treated in our hospital?" If they say yes, they stay....