ConfusedAmanda1

I have been a PCT for about 13 years now, since I was 17. I am signing up for fall classes to become a licensed PTA, as most of my experience has been in Physical Therapy hospitals. I do have an eclectic background, though. Never ER. It is very diff...

I have choked my ass off many times. And I never ever tried to make any nurses feel like I don't think they are important. If you read my very first post, you would see,.that I said how much respect I have for nurses. Period. I have never ever said I...

I do not understand why this is being questioned. I said I am not a nurse. I am not trying to down play the knowledge of a nurse. I am telling you the scope of practice each team mate has in my hospital ( which btw just to brag, we are a level 1 trau...

Like I said one of you give me your email address. I will email you my place of employment and you are more than welcome to call and inquire about an ERPCT Corpsman scope of.practice. Give me your name and.I will allow release of my job title.

What is so difficult to understand. I chart chart meds taken, official DX. Meds prescribed,.allergies, symptoms for which they presented to er, dx communicable diseases. Usage of illegal drugs,abuse of any medications.

Nurses informally read them as well. It is not legal or within in their scope of practice to chart on this or offically read them. That is the Drs scope of practice. Not even are the PAs are allowed to officialy interpret them and sign off on the doc...

Are you kidding? LPNS go to school for.6 months here. I never said I can chart an interpretation of an EKG but neither can a nurse. Only a Doctor can do this. I can read an EKG and know if my patient is stemi. At which time I leave the patient , page...

I work in an ER. I went to for almost a year for this as well on the job training.. If you want email me, I will tell you where I work and you may call and inquire

Also, being there are things my.techs.are unable to do, should I.put off the.work, I am able to do,.just to find a tech and tell them to do it? Because I would never ever do that. If I was busy and it was a burden, I would do the work and next time ...

Just to make it clear. I have a new phone and I don't know why it keeps throwing in random periods.

Yep ALOT of CNAs suck. No argument. Tell me this though, if you are in a facility with medicine aides and wound care nurses. What do you have.to do that couldn't possibly wait for a.few minutes to shower a patient or to change an incontinent or invo...

I work in ED. I triage (ED term for assessing a patient) When labs are brought up , I read what is in range or out of range for each particular patient. I draw labs. I do EKGs, I can read them as well, I know if I have a stemi, however, only a DR can...

I might have a chip on my shoulder. It.is from past experience as a CNA. 75% or nurses in LTC, treat CNAs like garbage, like they are the personal slave to the nurse. Do you know how many.times I had seen a nurse stand under a buzzing call light? Is ...

One last time. The word "delegate" is being misused. To delegate is to allow another person to represent you. You are using it, to describe authority over another person, in a sense of telling them what to do. You can ask the "assistant " to do som...

Who will get "their feels hurt"? My title is not CNA, far from it. I do everything an RN does, aside from IV meds. I start IVs and can hang saline, but that is as far as I can go with IVs. Everything else is within my scope of practice. Your sarcasm ...

Please forgive me,as I am fairly new to this site. I do not know how to quote a comment,to respond to. Anyway, I am still confused. If their job.was to assist you, as a nurse, why weren't they called CNAs? Also why would you refer to them as your as...

Some places I've worked have called nurses' aides "personal care technicians". And most of those people weren't even actually certified. So why are you calling them "nurses aides" if that is not their job title? My title is Emergency patient care tec...

Well I don't know what to tell you about that. I went to school for almost a year for my title. I work in ER and make 18.75 an hour with awesome benefits. I am not a child and I am not subordinate to nurses, only my manager. I am currently in my ju...

Techs are not, I repeat, are NOT a nurses assistant. Just saying,incase any power tripping nurse,.feels that way.

I'm a tech and I actually prefer,that they call me their tech. It's more respect than "the tech" It means they see you as their teammate. I say "my nurse" all the time. Don't be offended.

No, unfortunately, we do not carry phones. Yesterday was my first day back, since that particular event. This girl pretty much ignored me. Yay! I think the threat of going to our boss to ask questions actually worked. She is still lazy but I don't ...

I'm, I don't see how this could be legal. When I first became a PCT, I was also a medication aide. We could pass out narcotic meds, but never wrote a script for anything! Not even RNs can do this.

Emergency department..woo..never done that before I'm excited

I start there on the 16th too! What department?

Have you found work, in a hospital yet? Brooks is great if you like rehabilitation. Their shift differencial for nurses is 5.00 extra an hour and more when you work weekends, plus you can ladder. I also live in St.Mary's. I am a PCT for now, going to...