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    Mandatory CNA!!!!

    casi replied to henryswife's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's just another way to weed out the applicants. The school I got into that requires applicants be a CNA and have so many hours paid experience in Health Care. They got over 500 applicants...
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    nursing fiction/nonfiction

    casi replied to GeauxNursing's topic in General Nursing

    Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife by Peggy Vincent We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese by Elizabeth M. Norman And If I Perish:...
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    New CNA on New Rehab Job (LONG)

    casi replied to grid_iron_gurl's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Sounds like you are going to be awesome. Of coorifice the first week is going to be overwhelming, heck expect the first couple of months to be overwhelming as you're still learning, and expect to have...
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    Silliest thing you ever did after a long shift...

    casi replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    I'll stop at stop signs and sit there trying to figure out why no one else is waiting for the light to turn green, and are just going. I've done this a few times. Each time it takes a couple of...
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    casi replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I’m flattered that you want to hit on me, but the fact that there are seizure pads on your bed because you’re having seizures due to withdrawal from a variety of drugs just isn’t
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    Pimples, blackheads and acne

    casi replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm Casi, and I too am a popper. The bigger the gush of gunk the
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    How Do I Get Through This? Or Should I Quit?

    casi replied to DesertRain's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I think when you're in clinicals you really don't see the true LTC, you're just an outsider looking in on oddly organized chaos. During my clinics I was horrified too. I was trying so hard to keep up...
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    Are you comfortable being a CNA?

    casi replied to pumpkin1984's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm very comfortable with what I do. I've been a CNA for 3 years and recently started a new job in a hospital. I think the thing that makes me the most comfortable with my job is that I'm comfortable...
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    Just want to be a nurse =)

    casi replied to FutureRN718's topic in General Nursing

    I come from a family where my parents are unable to help me pay for school, so I kinda know my way around financial aid. The first thing you need to do is fill out FAFSA and see if you are eligible...
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    Valet Parking

    casi replied to Roseyposey's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital has valet, and I kinda think that it’s a nice service to have. Think of the age of our patient population, and then think of the age of their visiting spouses/family/friends. Even with...
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    Nurses have the right to give and recieve information as a professional right?

    casi replied to bluekermode's topic in General Nursing

    We get 90 minutes of non-approved internet site slack off time. When I sign on a site such as ikea.com (which I will admit to surfing while at work and slow), I get a pop up asking if I want to use my...
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    Help....How do you Protect yourself?

    casi replied to TonyFl's topic in General Nursing

    What about mild sexual abuse? As someone who loves working with people with dementia I've had quite a few 80 year old men grabbing things I'd rather they wouldn't grab. Also going hand in hand with...
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    Is it possible to be allergic to my scrubs?

    casi replied to edmia's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Could it be that you're just allergic to
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    short cu0o\ts for giving care?

    casi replied to snoflake929's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It all depends on what shift you are working and where you are working. The first thing you should do when you walk in a room is turn your water on full blast, wake up the patient (if am shift), and...
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    Mannequins or REAL ppl?

    casi replied to Wi5eguy's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Pretty much everything except for peri-care was done on a real person for the
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    CNA trouble.. again!?

    casi replied to lvlissl2ebecca's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work a facility that had mandatory overtime. Sadly they kept pointing out that it was perfectly legal and they would put names in a hat if no one volunteered to stay. As a CNA who’s been...
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    Book explaining dementia/Alzheimers?

    casi replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    Have you been to the Alzheimer's Associations website yet? They have lists of books that are aimed at different age groups.
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    Changing a patient's diaper while they are standing ?

    casi replied to EmBeMap's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    dl it sounds like the CNA you were paired up with was a nasty peice of work. Keep doing what you are doing and treating the residents with the dignity and respect they deserve. On the briefs note...
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    Changing a patient's diaper while they are standing ?

    casi replied to EmBeMap's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'll definately stand a person if they are strong enough and it's appropriate to do so. I've found that standing people is faster and quite a bit cleaner than putting them in bed. I'm always afraid of...
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    Only Geriatrics?

    casi replied to chavaries's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    There is always a chance to work somewhere else as a CNA. I started out in geriatrics working on a dementia unit. I thought I would never like the geriatrics either, and I absolutely fell in love with...
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    Mary Jane Crocs

    casi replied to ChargeNurseAmy74's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen people wear them and they are absolutely adorable. I would just never wear them at work. My shoes have been showered in too many different kinds of body fluids to risk wearing a shoe that...
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    Do you run to bed alarms?

    casi replied to TiggerBelly's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I tend to respond to bed alarms at a brisk walk. If it's someone I know is unsteady I'll
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    cute, non-tacky scrub tops?

    casi replied to emersushea's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    http://www.marcusuniform.com/ is where I do all my scrubs shopping. Fast shipping and really great
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    Walkie Talkies on Your Unit?

    casi replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital uses the Vocera too. We don't use it at night on our unit, but from what I've seen of it it seems rather effecitve, well except when you call respiratory therapy and get an RT at a sister...
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    What kind of LTC resident will you be?

    casi replied to squeakykitty's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'll be the demented biter that everyone loves. I'll also be the night owl that spends the night folding laundry and sleeps all day. Damn years of