taylynnfree

What city are you in where a cna makes 15/hr after 1 year. And 18-20 for dialysis? In stl, mo >>>> cna ltc 8+/hr pct hosp 10+/hr. Dialysis 12+/hr ..these are starting pay figures

Congrats on your upcoming graduation... And thx for the info..do you work ? ..is the program hard? Are you at the met center or south tech?

Thx for your post :)

Thx for understanding :) . Im looking forward to learning more about end of life care ....

Thx for sharing your experience :)

You cherry picked my post and added your own context . Good Job.

Absolutely not how you address me or anyone on the web or face to face . So check your comments when you address me. Thx To all the other constructive posts thanx for your input and motivation. I dont have any anger..if I did I wouldnt want to be a nurse. I dont argue so im not going to respond to any assumptions about my feelings or ignorance...Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Im looking forward to reading more post about how they(emotionally) handled situations like this when it was still new to them.

I have plans to relocate from stl to the LA area after I graduate lpn school. How hard is it finding a job as a new lpn/lvn? Any advice on getting a California lvn license?

I agree those long-term cnas really keep the floor running smooth... thx for your response and the info

I think all of it bothered me ..and the fact she was basically euthanized ..I never got the memo in school lol that that happened..and me being a float pool tech and not an icu tech it just took me off guard ..it was nothing new to the icu techs..and also how the nurse kept coming to check her vs every 10 min then go push more morphine ...and actually she told me the order for morphine was q5 or 3 mins (which made me feel she was basically killed) ..so just all of it was foreign and I couldn't wrap my mind around the lady literally signing her life away. This was just a post to just I guess tell my side of the story and some of the emotions I was feeling on the outside of nursing looking in. I do have an interest in end of life care and critical care nursing that doesnt mean my emotions turn off. And the fact that the nurse seemed unphased by it I just wondered how other nurses dealt with things like that.

I didnt add this to my story but the husband really didn't agree he felt like she was being killed.he didnt protest too much just made those few comments. but it was her decision and yes there are worse things than death ...it just shook me a little

First this is the pov of a tech /nursing student..I thought this might be the place for this post. I have only had one terminal wean patient and the patient was concious and she made the decision to remove her vent. This is my biggest issue w/becoming a nurse..the whole experience did not sit well with me at all and still doesn't 2yrs later. So here is the story from a techs pov: I show up to work to find ive been pulled to the icu ..I get report from the tech and she tells me that one of my pts is about to be taken off the vent ...I say what!? (This lady has been in the icu for about 6weeks and I knew her..she was totally alert and would ask for things used the call light etc.) Im a float pool tech so I wasnt familiar w/ the process. This lady was on dialysis , masthenas gravitas , had a gaping abdominal wound with a wound vac that wasnt healing..she wasnt mobile and was incontinent, couldnt eat and had ards ...so after report I go to her room and the process was under way ..her husband ,two daughters, her nurse and the doc were in the room ..so I just kinda peeked in and saw the pt sign a paper the doc had....I never entered the room I just sat at her monitor to watch her vs as things "progressed" about 10mins later I see a respiratory therapist enter the room ..the RT leaves and gives the husband a long hug outside the room..then the doc comes out and sits near me to put in the patients "final med" orders....the nurse comes out of the room very chipper and Normal every 10 mins or so to check the pts vs ..she makes a comment to me "shes lookin real "smurfy" in there" as if shes excited the pt will be dead soon. ..Finally the pt passes ..her family leaves very shortly and the nurse comes to get me for the post mortem care I enter the room and see 15 or so little bottles of morphine on the counter ..i felt sick and really didnt want to be apart of it ..but of course i did my job and helped..I could see tons of sores in her mouth that I never noticed which aluded to the intense suffering she was going through....during the whole time the nurse just seemed to happy and not phased by any of it. Im not sure how I would feel after something like that as a nurse. It was the fact the patient was of sound mind that really disturbed me.

Do you think being aware your headless for a few secs ... is worse than being on death row for 14yrs ..or a botched hanging or firing squad ..ppl suffocate in the gas chamber..the chair seems horrible..idk...maybe the "exit bag " would be best ... or nembutal that suicide clinics use