GLORIAmunchkin72

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  1. Christopher Reeve--did decubiti kill him?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to NurseFirst's topic in General Nursing

    I am sure he had the best medical care money can buy. You can only turn someone so many times. If his circulation was severely impaired you could turn him until you're blue and he would still somehow...

  2. Nursing Issue - Medication Aides

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to M&MRN2005's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thank God I don't have to do all that. I give meds and (do treatments) to 2 halls (approximately 36 residents-some of them skilled). I am going to give it a good try. Hopefully with time and tenacity...

  3. Nursing Issue - Medication Aides

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to M&MRN2005's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I don't disagree with you at all that the more education the better. I would rather get my pills from a doctor and an experienced one at that! My point is that I have great confidence in the veteran...

  4. Nursing Issue - Medication Aides

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to M&MRN2005's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    LPN1974, in our facilities we have QMAs who have been there for years. Every year they have "adhered" successfully to the rigorous inspections of the State Surveyors. I cannot speak for any other med...

  5. Nursing Issue - Medication Aides

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to M&MRN2005's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm a QMA at an LTC. I had 60 hours classroom and 40 hours practicum. I have to agree, it doesn't seem enough. Fortunately I worked closely with a nurse at first until I got routine

  6. I Quit (Long Vent)

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to ImAnMa's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Hang on to your raft Lorraine, the waters are still churning. Maybe something will come up that is suitable for us but in the meantime I am going to enjoy my husband, my kids and extendend family (and...

  7. I Quit (Long Vent)

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to ImAnMa's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I'm actually a "CQ" (CNA-QMA) I pass meds to 34-36 residents (they come and go). It was a readily attainable goal and I needed to do something different. I still do some CNA work. I still enjoy the...

  8. I Quit (Long Vent)

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to ImAnMa's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I am glad that you finally made a decision (becoming an MA). A while back, on another forum, a few of us were kind of deciding what to do next. I became a Q. Regarding this matter: I respect knowledge...

  9. Your Worst Mistake

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    It's probably not going to be my worst mistake but I gave "breakthrough pain" oxy instead of routine oxy. There was only one pill left of the routine oxy that I was supposed to give until pharmacy...

  10. I Quit (Long Vent)

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to ImAnMa's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Holy Cow! If you know how to do all that why don't you become a nurse? The pay will be commensurate to the

  11. opinions on in-services

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to zuchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We once had this long inservice where we had to read long paragraphs and answer numerous questions that had to match with the details in the story. One of the questions was something like: If a...

  12. Dilemma with Narcotic Med Count

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    Once you hand over those keys your responsibility

  13. Phasing out LPN's.

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to BJ, LPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You got it right on the money. Our nurses sometimes are so overwhelmed by paper work, telephone calls, families, CNAs asking questions, needing something, pressure from "up above", etc...etc...I pass...

  14. What do you think is a major problem in nursing?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to sweetyjen's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When people decide to sue they go after the money. It's usually the hospitals, nursing homes or rich doctors that get it first. But I have seen many CNAs being let go. Same with nurses. The only time...

  15. What do you think is a major problem in nursing?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to sweetyjen's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Trust me: THEY ARE. You don't see too many of them hauled into court for the same reasons you don't see too many nurses in handcuffs even though they make their share of mistakes. All persons are...

  16. About Mantoux Shots: Correct me if I'm wrong

    GLORIAmunchkin72 posted a topic in General Nursing

    My understanding is if you have a positive reaction for any reason you take a chest x-ray. If the x-ray is negative then instead of getting a yearly shot you just fill out a symptom-check list and...

  17. What do you think is a major problem in nursing?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to sweetyjen's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    LADY, nobody said anything about being "legally licensed". CNAs and QMAs are legally LIABLE. That means get can get sued and taken to jail. That's what liability

  18. how to handle a coworker under the influence of an unknown substance

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to teemarie's topic in General Nursing

    Suppose you didn't report anything knowing what you did and he had an accident with the hoyer lift with the patient in it, then what? Wouldn't you be in hot water too for not reporting? YOU DID THE...

  19. About Mantoux Shots: Correct me if I'm wrong

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in General Nursing

    This doc never gave a rationale for retesting. When my teacher (an RN) found out about it she had a fit. She told me that I should have never caved in and should have taken steps to openly challenge...

  20. What do you think is a major problem in nursing?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to sweetyjen's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    CNAs and QMAs are legally liable for their actions or lack of them. But ultimately the person in charge, in this case the nurse, is responsible. That is what BEING IN CHARGE means. Ultimately the DON...

  21. About Mantoux Shots: Correct me if I'm wrong

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks

  22. About Mantoux Shots: Correct me if I'm wrong

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in General Nursing

    My problem was not with my facility. It was with a local doc who insisted that I have another shot or he wouldn't sign my papers to start class. He is from the same clinic where I had my NEGATIVE...

  23. Nurses wearing white

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to rnmaven's topic in General Nursing

    I think hospitals are trying to regain that once impeccable and dignified look that put nurses on a pedestal and separated them from everyone else. I think it's also for the comfort of the public....

  24. Phasing out LPN's.

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to BJ, LPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    "MY DAD IS BIGGER THAN YOUR DAD" kind of argument kids have in 3rd

  25. I'm going to write up a CNA tonight.

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    There was this one CNA who worked at our LTC. She was telling us that where she used to work she would always get "wrote-up". They told her that after so many she would be fired. After she got what...