jessamyn

Thanks for the tips, as well as your uploads!

Ugh. Okay. I have a little rant that I'd like go get off my chest here. I was browsing reddit one day, looking in the AMA section. It's a forum where people who may or may not be interesting post and let people ask them questions. I saw an AMA from a nurse who worked with people with intellectual disabilities. I thought neat! That's cool, I might have something to ask. I work as a cna with the same clientele and thought it would be interesting to see what a nurse deals with. Turns out, the woman was a cna too. I was reading her responses, and it occurred to me that she was a cna, and representing herself as a nurse. It infuriated me. I posted, and called her out on it. Her argument basically was that she passed meds, so she was basically a nurse, and that one of the clients called her a nurse. I left it at that, because obviously this woman thought she was a nurse and no one was talking her out of it. I have no idea why this made me so angry, but to this day it still does. I think it was that even when called out, she still defended her position as a nurse.

Hi! I'm starting my first clinical rotation at a ltc facility soon. I want to type up some sort of 'cheat sheet' to keep in my pocket to keep me focused. I was just wondering if you guys had any good ideas. I was thinking about maybe maslows, and a few good reminders of something to keep in my head about my pt. Something teachers ask often! ? I'm super nervous about clinicals, so anything you can give me will be great! Thanks!