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JMed18

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  1. Unhappy CNA on night shift. Help?

    JMed18 replied to michigan94's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Absolutely, thank you. That must be the default

  2. Alternative ways to get into a provider role?

    JMed18 replied to Lemon Bars's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I think that it is terrifying when some people don't know what they don't know. If that's what you think goes through the mind of a PCP, you are dead

  3. Unhappy CNA on night shift. Help?

    JMed18 replied to michigan94's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm pre-nursing? I come onto these forums occasionally just to see how I can better relate to nurses from the medical side and to understand how things I do on the floors may be

  4. Unhappy CNA on night shift. Help?

    JMed18 replied to michigan94's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Haha what? I worked as a CNA after having a bachelor's in engineering, arguably many-fold more difficult than an RN or BSN. Should I have had the same sense of entitlement? With an MD, should one...

  5. BSN to PA?

    JMed18 replied to allisonkhall's topic in General Nursing

    I know many nurses who went to medical school. There isn't a bias against RNs (with a bachelor's) or BSNs in

  6. why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    JMed18 replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm sure it's the same reason why some nurses like wearing white

  7. Ethics: Does knowledge of a patient's blood borne pathogen change your care?

    JMed18 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure we have all had patients with various blood borne pathogens... HIV, AIDS, Hep B, etc. If the patient is under your care for an unrelated issue, do you find that they may generally be treated...

  8. Ethics: Does knowledge of a patient's blood borne pathogen change your care?

    JMed18 replied to JMed18's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think my hospital's IRB committee would approve of doing "research" (?) on what is essentially an anonymous discussion board with no consenting procedures. I did not come in here looking to...

  9. Ethics: Does knowledge of a patient's blood borne pathogen change your care?

    JMed18 replied to JMed18's topic in General Nursing

    From the medical side (as opposed to the nursing model, I guess) I don't really observe this much any more. A few of my colleagues were discussing whether or not it is appropriate for all members of...

  10. Ethics: Does knowledge of a patient's blood borne pathogen change your care?

    JMed18 replied to JMed18's topic in General Nursing

    I can definitely count more than 5 times that I have cleaned up blood from a confused patient when I worked as a

  11. Ethics: Does knowledge of a patient's blood borne pathogen change your care?

    JMed18 replied to JMed18's topic in General Nursing

    Well, look at a majority of the other posts here. The point I am trying to make is that if universal precautions were taken, there is no need to disclose the PHI... Least of all to PCAs/CNAs. There is...

  12. Ethics: Does knowledge of a patient's blood borne pathogen change your care?

    JMed18 replied to JMed18's topic in General Nursing

    CNAs at your location don't do 1:1 protocol sits with violet/suicidal/confused patients? What about cleaning up blood on the floor from a patient who just yanked their IV

  13. Ethics: Does knowledge of a patient's blood borne pathogen change your care?

    JMed18 replied to JMed18's topic in General Nursing

    You don't think that there is an inherent bias created when disclosing PHI that isn't relevant? Given universal precautions, why should it

  14. WDYT? Sticking up for myself or...

    JMed18 replied to bluemorningglory's topic in General Nursing

    What happens if, while shadowing, you get hurt because you are asked to help lift a

  15. Can scientific types go into nursing?

    JMed18 replied to Young Tangerine's topic in General Nursing

    I think the only ones who perceive healthcare in that manner are ones who are in no way involved in healthcare. The professions are completely different, and I'm so tired of reading posts by people...

  16. But all the Nurse is doing is sitting down. Why cant the help?

    JMed18 replied to downsouthlaff's topic in General Nursing

    While the CNAs at your facility are obviously out of line, fault flows up to you. Do you do hourly rounding and check for incontinence? If so, that patient should not have been sitting in urine for...

  17. But all the Nurse is doing is sitting down. Why cant the help?

    JMed18 replied to downsouthlaff's topic in General Nursing

    The thing is that this situation is not uncommon with the newer generation of nurses; a sense of entitlement. Look back 15 years and tell me the nursing attitude hasn't changed. There are bad eggs in...

  18. But all the Nurse is doing is sitting down. Why cant the help?

    JMed18 replied to downsouthlaff's topic in General Nursing

    As a former aide, you are exactly the type of nurse that I hated working with. Your responsibility is to your patients first. If you see that a patient is done on the bedpan or commode and you aren't...

  19. New way to give shots

    JMed18 replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

    ......

  20. Any RN'S that did PA?

    JMed18 replied to roxystarfire's topic in General Students

    The answer is there: The NP and PA curriculum are more rigorous than RN or BSN. There's no point in comparing them because they are different

  21. Positive PPD and nursing

    JMed18 replied to mishabc's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think that you can be turned away for a positive PPD. PPD can diagnose an infection, but not the disease itself. Unless you get HIV or somehow immunocompromised, it's really unlikely to get...