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  1. Is this common with teaching hospitals?

    liketheairport replied to liketheairport's topic in General Nursing

    Then tell me I have no choice or let me know you're coming in. Don't just walk into someone's room, not introduce yourself, and then get snippy when I'm not precisely as cheerful as you'd like. I...

  2. Is this common with teaching hospitals?

    liketheairport replied to liketheairport's topic in General Nursing

    I think doctors, nurses, CNAs, techs, whatever could benefit from learning how to ASK the patient. I wasn't acting out, I was being completely open to treatment, etc., and answering questions. Would...

  3. Maslow's Hierachy of Needs Question

    liketheairport replied to Stormy4894's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Love/belonging, would be my best guess as a former psych

  4. Is this common with teaching hospitals?

    liketheairport replied to liketheairport's topic in General Nursing

    I'm OK with being used as an example. I just would have appreciated being asked about it. I would have appreciated the MD treating me like a person rather than some visual or teaching aid....

  5. Feed me, Seymour! When patients want forbidden food...

    liketheairport replied to TrevyRN's topic in Emergency

    Holy hell, when my blood sugar gets in the 300-400 range I get so nauseous, the LAST thing I think about is eating. My main concern is "please, please, please get my blood glucose down and please get...

  6. What are your pet peeves?

    liketheairport replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

    Gosh, hearing all these stories, I must be a dream patient, then! "I'm having tachycardia, I'm having a bit of trouble breathing, I've been nauseous all day, I'm type 1 diabetic, and my blood...

  7. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    liketheairport replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Someone I knew dragged her three daughters to the ER on a city bus because one of them had what she called a "rash". This daughter wasn't having issues breathing or anything, she just had a flat...

  8. Saw a nurse yelling at a patient in ICU

    liketheairport replied to inspiredbynavy's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm speaking not as a nurse but as a potential one. What I'm going to say about this is: When a child is about to do something dangerous, I say firmly but loudly, NO. With elderly people, their ears...

  9. Has anyone taken Comparative Religion?? What should I choose for Humanities?

    liketheairport replied to NeoNurse2Be's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A low level psych course might be good. I mean, my degree is in something else, but psych was always a good way to fill out my

  10. Milwaukee

    liketheairport replied to berk15's topic in General Nursing

    I've lived in Bay View for about 5 years total, I lived in Cudahy for about a year, I lived in Oak Creek for two years, I lived over close to Wauwatosa for a year-ish, I'm now back on the east side...

  11. Has anyone taken the CNA course through Aurora Healthcare?

    liketheairport posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, I went to an information session for the Aurora Healthcare CNA training class. I have yet to send my application (which I am very nervous about!). My questions are: Has anyone done this course?...

  12. Why become a CNA? Be a Medical assistant instead

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

    Honestly, I feel like some of you must have never worked before. I've spent most of my working life in retail. For me, being a CNA sounds like a better deal. You know why? Because the people have a...

  13. Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hypoglycemia

    liketheairport replied to Brainy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It doesn't use your fat, I believe, in a hypoglycemic state because your liver is producing glucagon. With ketoacidosis, your body breaks down fat for energy because it can't use the glucose,...

  14. two people for hoyer lift-why?

    liketheairport replied to CNA2day's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm not a CNA (yet), but it's kind of like when I worked at Target and we had those "team lift" bright yellow stickers. Yes, you CAN move that dresser in-a-box on your own, but the question really...

  15. "Don't bother talking to residents with dementia.....

    liketheairport replied to Coffee bean's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Most people (not all) like to feel like they matter. Even if a dementia patient can't communicate by speaking, they're certainly not less intelligent, they just have a different way of doing so....