ARLadyRN

Don't get me started with semi-private rooms. I visited family members who had the roommates from you know where. The old man who kept urinating over the bedrail, the cougher who kept coughing up stuff. The alzeheimer patient who kept putting his noisey bed up and down. Now, you can't tell me that anyone could be very nice and put up with it, without complaining. You certainly can't get any rest. If they are to be double rooms, try putting similiar people together, not a real young one with an old one, not a good match!! (I probably would have unplugged the phone too, but I wouldn't admit to it-:) )

I've been on the other side. Patients do get tired of having to explain exactly how treatments, turning, dressing changes etc. need to be done. It seemed that everyone did it differently when they came into my room. They all ask the same questions over and over. There is no excuse for yelling and firing though, calling people names that's childish. You also have to put yourself in their position, how awful it would be not to be able to use your limbs. They are also very tired and people get irritable when they are so tired. A care conference needs to be done and then go into the room and discuss it with them in a non-confrontational way.

If the patient doesn't want to lay down flat, then I don't take it out. I will explain to the patient why I would do it and usually 10 out of 10 times they will do it if they know why.

Do you have an isolation room where they could be, away from the other patients? Maybe give them some rules, in and out 3 times only, maybe. I feel for you.

What kind of position were you interviewing for? :)

Go for it!! If you are unsure about leaving, can you keep working prn at the old place for a while? That will give you a foot back in the door without having to reapply. Sometimes change is better.

You might work nights for a while, thats what I did. Have your husband get them ready in the morning. Do they catch the bus or walk or do you take them? Maybe a neighbor could take them with hers. Work like weekend option, fri, sat, sun or sat, sun, mon. 7p-7am. then it would only be 1-2 mornings. Or do like I did, just work part time for a while. good luck, you have to juggle it sometimes. Or does their school have a before or after school care program if they are still in elementry?

Try the post partum floors, less stress, less high paced. New born nurseries is nice, but don't get into NICU--too high stress. You might like teaching--like for new nurse assistants etc. Insurance companies like to have nurses to audit charts. On the floor, there are nurse educators. Maybe work in a doctors office (although that might be stressful, I don't know for sure) You could do Kidscare where they go into schools and teach elementary health stuff. Try switching your hours, go to evenings or nights for a while.Good luck, and God bless I have also thought of quiting, then I think about $5-8 an hour and it snaps me back.

I agree with unikuelady. always dc if you feel it isn't right, it probably isn't

That's about what it is at my hospital and usually the eval is late, but the back pay is nice in a lump sum.

Oh, that just makes me mad. Yes, she thinks she can get it for free and she will. If she is working full time at the hospital, then she has insurance on herself. She doesn't want to pay the co-pay for it, she wants to spend that money on herself. I have been abused one time with someone like that, but never again. When you see the big picture on what they are spending their money, then it just doesn't make any sense. Insulin is only about $30 a bottle.

This really tells people about the importance of insurance. Try to at least have some with a hugh deductible on the wage earner. I'm so sorry for you all. Do you have family members that could help you? How far are you in your nursing program? Awful things happen and you might have to quit for a while and go to work. At least talk to the hospital. I don't think that anyone would give you loans while no one is working. Good luck and God bless.

Sorry, I didn't see that it was crna school, but just remember, the more you make the more you spend sometimes and it will still be hard to pay all that back later even if you do make more money. What kind of work does your husband do?

YOU want to be in that much debt for how long? 30 or 40 years to get caught up. I want you to just think about how long that it would be for you to pay it off. Your children are so young. They need their mother and I am sure if you went to school that they would not see much of their mother. Would it be possible for you to wait until they were in elementary school and then go Maybe you could take a couple of courses now and get some out of the way. I would love to see you become a nurse, but you have to think about the cost of your family or the money. I have a relative that took so many loans out and now is paying it back and they are barely making it--

I also think that you need to get your CNA training. This is too big of a undertaking for you. (I'm thinking that you are very young). ITs a lot of work and responsibility. (I know I am taking care of a relative). If something goes wrong, you will be held responsible. Like someone said, you could do little things, like errands, washing the dog, maybe just sitting with him, not doing the lifting, bathing etc., if you feel that you want to help.

Why don't you just wait and raise your children until they are in school and then go back ,or were you working also? I think children need their mother more when they are little. Enjoy them now, and nursing later. It would be less stress on you and them. Or you could take one class at the university at a time. I know now that my children (all grown and gone) would have done better. They got stressed when i did with the work and the overtime and the crazy schedules.

If she came in with this one, I would just say--"I'm a pro at this now since this is my third breastfeeding baby and I remember all your help from the last two babies and I will call you if I need you. Thank you, very much. If you need to see the baby nurse, that would be fine, but I think the other mothers need you more and since there is just one of you to help with all these new mothers I'm sure that you are very busy and don't need to waste time with us experienced ones.----:)

I started using cloth diapers with my first, and found out that I hated to rinse the dirty ones in the toilet. I started throwing those out. Then went to the disposible ones--much nicer if you are working a lot, less diaper rashes.

I make notes all the time and sometimes others do to in the hospital. They do it for various reasons, hopefully to help them to remember later. Just do your best if they are taking notes. I had someone in the hospital lately and I did that, but after they left, but not for bad reasons but I could have when the nurse wanted to take out the central line sitting up

Do like they did on "Desperate Housewives" on TV. There was a woman at one of the housewives work who was still nursing her 5 year old and everyone thought that she should quit. The "housewife" gave the little boy a carton of chocolate milk and after that the child didn't want the mother. It might work, I wish that I had thought of it. I nursed for a year and half and recommend it highly.

It's a 3 year hospital based program. Mine was 1 year academics in a community college and 2 years clinicals. I don't think there are many of these around anymore. Mostly 2 and 4 year programs.

Just started to read this thread. I was in a fast food place my teenage son was across from me with his back to the table where a woman who who had a tiny baby, completely lifted her blouse and with both breasts hanging out put the baby on the breast. Here was I, someone who nursed for a long time and helped other mothers nurse was completely shocked and embarrased, I couldnt talk. I was wishing my son would not turn aroundand he didn't. It gives everyone who wants to nurse a bad name. I nursed with a blanket.

I'm sorry for the nurse, but that's very serious for that poor patient more so.

Don't laugh. I have seen babies born with tails and they do look a little funny. They are not very long. They remove them later.

Just what I was going to say yvonnemuse. Get the frosting tube. A relative of mine is diabetic and thats how they get.