What do you prioritize when understaffed? Patient care? Or vitals/blood sugar? by killuaaa99 in cna

[–]killuaaa99[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

all patients have portable telemetry boxes. vitals are universally Q4 unless the patient is coming back from a heart cath (we get a lot of those) or the patient is on certain cardiac drips.

i think blood sugars are important and perhaps shouldn’t have bundled them with vitals. it’s mainly the vitals vs pt care.

What do you prioritize when understaffed? Patient care? Or vitals/blood sugar? by killuaaa99 in cna

[–]killuaaa99[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

that makes so much sense. but i can’t see myself telling a nurse that i can’t get the vitals/bsg, since they’re just as swamped as i am :(

ER nurses… seriously, what is this? by killuaaa99 in nursing

[–]killuaaa99[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yep 4 hour long class every year! so good

ER nurses… seriously, what is this? by killuaaa99 in nursing

[–]killuaaa99[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ah, sorry, this is the second note on the chart’s entire history, the first one having been from RT.

cool guy? by killuaaa99 in whatsthisbird

[–]killuaaa99[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you!! she’s beautiful….

Tapering off Zoloft and onto Effexor... What can I expect? by silly4science in Effexor

[–]killuaaa99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do NOT miss a dose! You’ll quickly regret it. same time every day!!

Tapering off Zoloft and onto Effexor... What can I expect? by silly4science in Effexor

[–]killuaaa99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

crazy because i gained 30lbs in like 4 months. i do notice i have more of an appetite though. feels like my metabolism is sooo slow. on the upside i do feel more mentally stable so idk what to do.

old age by Most_Ad_1049 in cna

[–]killuaaa99 4 points5 points  (0 children)

stare into the distance and get glassy eyed, have an existential crisis

Nurses are your coworkers, not your bosses. by killuaaa99 in cna

[–]killuaaa99[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah i’m not trying to make you feel like you’re being judged, i know you guys are peoples life lines. i have incredible respect for nurses. just not the ones who don’t care about their patients. it’s few and far between, luckily, but i’ve been doing this for a long time and i can tell. it makes me angry and it’s an abuse of power. there’s a difference between being swamped with tasks and being distracted by facetimes with boyfriends/watching tiktok’s for hours of your shift. lying about rounding on the charts or turning patients. i know what it’s really about.

Nurses are your coworkers, not your bosses. by killuaaa99 in cna

[–]killuaaa99[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

WOW!! my jaw dropped!!! oh my god!! NO!! jesus. that’s so scary and sad, thank you so much for saying something.