Mr Sacdiff

That's about what was done. Except they got rid of our secretaries so the nurses did it. Thanks for all the responses.

Everything is documented on paper. I'm told it has to be duplicated in the EMR for billing purposes. We are now being told there will be hell to pay if we do not do it.

My workplace currently underwent a downtime where our electronic medication record was unavailable. Now that it is back up two days later our supervisor is requesting that we chart medications that we did not even administer. I been told by seasoned nurses that this is illegal. Can anyone show me the proof of this. I do not like the idea of charting medications that I never gave or never witnessed being given.

The trick worked for me. They changed it so you must submit a payment, but if you passed it will not charge you and it will give you the good message. If you fail, it will charge you. I had an old card with 0 balance otherwise I wouldn't have risked it. My school also was able to find out 24hrs later. Also my name appeared on the BON site less than 48hrs later so I didn't need to pay for early results anyway. Everyone thinks they failed. You probably did great!

Raises are 1.5%, but based on reviews, an FA can give some teammates less and others more. It's funny how many people complain about this, but don't go elsewhere. Most places aren't giving as good of raises or any raise (see: economy) and if they are, you don't get the bonuses with it.

Getting paid a LOT more to do a tech job is not something I would complain about in the current economy.

Totally depends on your state. Here in Florida you don't even need to attend a program. You can just challenge the test.

I'm pretty sure the only one you NEED gloves for is foot care, but I wore gloves for any skill. They cannot fail you if you wear gloves. :) And in the real world, I wear them all the time, because I deal with people who have all kinds of nasty stuff going on.

Sitting is typically pretty easy at my hospital. The aides cover the sitters for the most part. If you have a combative patient or one that refuses to remain in their bed or chair and is a fall risk, it can be very frustrating. If they have a sitter case on a quiet patient, I wouldn't mind, because I can get school work done. :) Otherwise, put me on the floor!

Once in awhile (especially now, during "season" here in Florida) our RN's will fill in and do "Aid Work". Most of them do not mind, because they are simply helping with ADL's and such and can report things off to the nurse responsible for that patient. Regarding "Aid work", if a nurse "delegates" (I hate that word) something to an aid, like cleaning and incontinent patient, and it doesn't get done, both parties are at fault. The nurse has to know that an aid is performing their duties, and if not, they need to make sure it is completed.

So glad my wife is with Davita and she loves it. She has always gotten some type of bonus as a floor nurse, but now she's an FA and the bonuses are a huge help now that I'm in between careers. From everything I hear, it is extremely hard work and the pay isn't much different from anywhere else, unless you're in a great clinic with good bonuses. Many people seem to burn out quickly and would rather have less stress. That's just my unexperienced opinion.

Southwest Florida has schools that aren't as competitive as other areas. And you will not beat the gulf coast beaches of southwest Florida.

I am currently in nursing school and have a bit to go, but I thought I'd ask this here. How do you go about getting into endocrine and more specifically pediatric endocrinology? I don't believe there are too many doctors in my area that practice this specialty, so I'm guessing it is probably even more competitive than other fields. What is a work day like for those that work within an endocrine practice? Thank you!

Wow. You are going into the medical field. This isn't world of warcraft kid.

With this thread and the "taco" thread that the OP posted, I cannot take him seriously. Not to mention, if you're referring to a lady parts as a taco on a health professional site, I would call you out in the middle of class too. I'm all for instructors being professional and not singling people out, unless someone is being a "class clown" in what is a very serious situation. This isn't high school anymore. All that being said...I can joke with the best of them. Just not sure what you're going for here...serious or not?