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

    tiffanycmt replied to babynurse223's topic in General Nursing

    I'm NOT saying you guys aren't right but as i've said before i've worked in four different ltc facilitys and i did cna classes in Nebraska then moved to missouri and re did them here and i have never...

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

    tiffanycmt replied to babynurse223's topic in General Nursing

    Very Well put....... Working as a cna/aide whatever you wish to call it is hard stressful work. As far as dream's previous statement "i have no soiled beds" well consider yourself lucky b/c a soiled...

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

    tiffanycmt replied to babynurse223's topic in General Nursing

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

    tiffanycmt replied to babynurse223's topic in General Nursing

    reading all of these i can relate to both sides. I am a med tech and i also work as a cna depending on the day. When i'm doing meds and someone needs something simple like lifted up in bed,drink of...

  5. MANUAL COUNTING OF NARCOTICS, help

    tiffanycmt replied to hppygrndma's topic in General Nursing

    I am a cmt and from my exp in mo it can be two med tech's, a med tech and a nurse or a nurse and a nurse but you can't just have anyone count narc's we have our uncoming count with the out going...

  6. Nursing Issue - Medication Aides

    tiffanycmt replied to M&MRN2005's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm unclear about something...What do you mean by you license being "on the line" for a med tech mistake. I am a med tech and I have made a med error and I realized my error wrote myself up for my...

  7. Nursing Issue - Medication Aides

    tiffanycmt replied to M&MRN2005's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have posted on many forums on this topic. I am a cmt in the state of Missouri we are allowed to give all narcs (depending on facility) we are allowed to take bs and give insulin(depending on...

  8. Techs and MEDS?????

    tiffanycmt replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    hmm i always thought if you prepared the med you gave

  9. Owe Taxes=loose License?

    tiffanycmt replied to LADYSUN818's topic in General Nursing

    Although i'm in a different situation not a nurse I reallly would like to comment on this. Last year i worked a full time job plus overtime as a cna/cmt @ 8.50 an hour so I decided to get a second job...

  10. I think I'm in big trouble

    tiffanycmt replied to not now's topic in General Nursing

    I work in ltc but were having the opposite problem we (cna's) are being sent home d/t are census being low. yet they are still hiring new staff makes no since but i must say i applaud you for what...

  11. Received this email today and I am steamed!!!

    tiffanycmt replied to MomBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I laughed my but off and i'm not a nurse yet but i work with nurses and i find that to be very true i could even say alot of that applys to a exp cna and a new na God bless

  12. stinking of cigarette smoke

    tiffanycmt replied to sisterfaye's topic in General Nursing

    I am a smoker and can understand how non smokers do not wish to smell my habit that is why I wash my hands afterwards and do everything i can possibly do to minimize the smell. But for the people that...

  13. What if CNA won't work?

    tiffanycmt replied to Josifek's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    applause.....very well put!!! i have not been in the nurse position but when i work on the floor as a aide i try to do my best but nothing makes me more upset then when a nurse is sitting on there...

  14. Anyone work as a Psych nurse with sex offenders?

    tiffanycmt replied to funnygirl_rn's topic in Psychiatric

    That is what I was trying to say i KNOW that i would NOT be good in that type of nursing so i wouldn't apply for a job like that But i don't think that means that i should not be a

  15. Anyone work as a Psych nurse with sex offenders?

    tiffanycmt replied to funnygirl_rn's topic in Psychiatric

    yes i understand this but what i was trying to say is I would NOT be able to apply for a job that i knew would be sex offenders i would be caring for in the er i'm sure they do come in however there...

  16. C Diff

    tiffanycmt replied to Perfectms10's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I worked in one facility that put a resident with cdiff in isolation that seemed a little bizarre to me masked up gowned up the works. Most places that i work they have them on red bag and give them...

  17. Medication Nurse Assistants

    tiffanycmt replied to K205's topic in General Nursing

    I work as a mna and i DO NOT get even close to the pay as a lpn/rn i make 10 bucks and hour that is only 50 cent's more then a cna makes. Also I am NOT allowed to do any kind of iv's the only...

  18. Medication Nurse Assistants

    tiffanycmt replied to K205's topic in General Nursing

    I just talked to a friend of mine that lives in nebraska where i use to live and work and she said starting today 1-1-06 they will no longer be using med aides which is what there called there she...

  19. Meds you hate to give....

    tiffanycmt replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I can NOT stand waking someone up to give them a sleeper or giving someone a pain pill who is alert enough to tell me i'm not in any pain probally the worst smelling one is that keflex when you have...

  20. How do you handle miscarriage/ IUFD?

    tiffanycmt replied to Aneroo's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When i was 16 i was having what i thought was my normal period however i started passing big clots of tissue and for some reason even though i didn't know i was pregnant before i knew i was having a...

  21. Medication Nurse Assistants

    tiffanycmt replied to K205's topic in General Nursing

    I've recently started a new job and my job duties are OVERWHELMING to say the least they have me doing med's for 75+ ppl (not sure the exact census) I talked to a nurse up there and i said i think...

  22. Medication Nurse Assistants

    tiffanycmt replied to K205's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked as a med tech is nebraska and missouri and as far as I know they only use cmt's in nursing homes/group homes i have never heard of them using them in a hospital. I have however heard of...

  23. Medication Nurse Assistants

    tiffanycmt replied to K205's topic in General Nursing

    i've been a med tech for five years now and i use to get on this topic and argue that we have every right to do meds just recently my opinion on this has totally changed. I started a new ltc facility...

  24. treating a visitor of your pt? reprimanded for not doing it....

    tiffanycmt replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Okay i may rock the boat here by having a different opinion i'm not saying you did the wrong thing but i dont think it would of hurt just to take her b/p but OF COURSE you can not administer...

  25. Anyone work as a Psych nurse with sex offenders?

    tiffanycmt replied to funnygirl_rn's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm just a cna/cmt but I also wonder how in the world could you put your morals behind you and take care of sex offenders. i would find that to be very challenging i'm not trying to down grade or...