sWolfie

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1. nurse aides rules

   sWolfie replied to reylem's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I think you should write the CNA's up. As a CNA, we are not being paid for sleeping or yelling at the residents, we are there for the residents. Some CNA's like to give the new charge nurses a hard...

2. Have you ever been hit by a patient?

   sWolfie posted a topic in General Nursing

   As a CNA, I've been hit, pinched, kicked....ran over by the wheel chair...but the major one was getting bit while trying to bath a resident. I too ended up getting stitches and shots. Sad thing is,...

3. Exhausted night shifter

   sWolfie replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

   My day light co workers say that night shift does nothing except sit around. I tell them that there is an open door policy, if they strongly feel this way, they are more then welcome to come in and...

4. Are Pa nurse still being mandated?

   sWolfie replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

   Overtime is diffently a problem for nurses here in PA, as I am sure in other states as well. We have a major shortage of nurses here. The facility I work for is the lowest paying nursing home in our...

5. Professional appearance

   sWolfie replied to fergus51's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   I work in a nursing home as a N.A. and we had a meeting today about uniforms. Most of the homes in this area let the nurses wear casual clothes, as long as it looks neat. We are probably the only one...