Working4ALiving

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1. Does nursing school teach you how to react to a dead/dying patient?

   Working4ALiving replied to RainbowHead's topic in Relations

   No, nursing school did not prepare me for this situation but the death of my parent last year did. You may learn in nursing school what to look for/do when your patient is dying, and what you may say to the patient and/or his family...but it's just s...

2. Does nursing school teach you how to react to a dead/dying patient?

   Working4ALiving replied to RainbowHead's topic in Relations

   I had to laugh at this remember last year when my father died after a battle with terminal cancer. I had the privilege of being with my father last year when he died, and soon after my sister-in-law (who had more experience than I as a nurse...I was ...

3. med pass

   Working4ALiving replied to fairyluv's topic in Geriatric

   I had 42 residents the other night who had 6 a.m. meds. It took me 2.5 hours to finish my med pass :/ which is actually considered SLOW at my facility. I do not pre-pour, do not sign early...I do my first check at 12 a.m. when I am passing those meds...

4. What do Nurses think about CNA's

   Working4ALiving replied to powers2704's topic in Relations

   I am a new nurse and love most of the CNAs with whom I work. I would have had a much more difficult time adjusting to taking care of 50+ residents if not for them. Most of them work their butts off the entire shift and do not complain! Being the only...

5. Racism in the workplace

   Working4ALiving replied to einnil's topic in Relations

   On my first night at a LTC, a woman who was known to be hostile, screamed at me that "You don't speak English". I calmly said to her that "I am speaking English right now and you seem to understand what I'm saying". She continued with hostile comment...

6. How much is too much?

   Working4ALiving replied to alth's topic in Relations

   And then sometimes I will talk a lot about non-personal things, if the resident really pushes it....some of my residents just want to know what's going on with the rest of the world outside the facility....some are really that lonely and wish to temp...

7. Lying about licensure on social networking sites

   Working4ALiving replied to Working4ALiving's topic in Relations

   Thank you for your assistance. Yes I understand this is not my concern, but this happens to be my best friend from nursing school who may be hurting himself by calling himself "registered nurse" on linkedin. I have another friend who was asked to int...

8. Lying about licensure on social networking sites

   Working4ALiving posted a topic in Relations

   A nursing school friend is listing his job on social networking sites as "registered nurse" at a very popular hospital in area in which I live. This man has failed the NCLEX-RN twice and has since signed on as a CNA at the popular hospital with inten...

9. How much is too much?

   Working4ALiving replied to alth's topic in Relations

   I don't volunteer much information about myself, but will answer personal questions on a case-by-case basis. For example, I will answer the question, "are you married?", "how long have you been a nurse?", "where did you go to school"? However, I do n...