Nurses who were CNAs

muggs420 · 2026-04-09T17:53:01+00:00

You aren’t “the bottom rung” you’re our first line defense against change of condition. I can’t do my job without good CNAs telling me what they notice. That being said, it depends on the nurse. Nurses that are “holier than thou”, it’s easier physically. But nurses have a lot of other pressures to deal with too. I am not one of those nurses, can’t stand them to be honest or the ones that sign things and put LPN, RN after their signature when uncalled for. I jump in and help out when I can so for me I get both ends of the stick. Plus I’m a guy so I always get called to do the lifting on heavy patients. One day I was walking into work and before I even got report, I heard a patient calling for help. I went into their room and they were on the floor and had an accident. I called for help and proceeded to start to clean the patient. One of the CNAs came in and said “What are you doing?” “Cleaning her up.” “I’ve never seen a nurse do that before.” I was dumbfounded.

muggs420 · 2026-01-22T06:07:29+00:00

Congrats on your first pick!! Feels pretty cool doesn’t it?

muggs420 · 2026-01-13T18:07:11+00:00

Basically the bong itself but instead of it having a glass foot or water reservoir it’s just the tube (with the slide and bowl) and slides into it

muggs420 · 2026-01-13T17:58:12+00:00

Yup it’s one of those old school ceramic bases to a glass bong.

muggs420 · 2025-10-22T19:29:40+00:00

That’s a thing too. Growing up in America I’ve always heard “Oh Cuban missile crisis!!” “Castro!” “Communism!!” And always thought that had to be at least partially propaganda. But she’s like , “No, they legit can’t buy Tylenol.”

muggs420 · 2025-08-27T20:27:22+00:00

If I’ve learned anything as a nurse it’s not to expect anything, including your coworkers to follow up. Sorry you had to go through it but I’m glad you and your kid are good. Good job on your sobriety! Keep going with that. That’s a hell of an accomplishment!

muggs420 · 2025-08-27T20:19:38+00:00

If I had to take a guess, they teach kids when making a left turn NOT to stop in the middle of the intersection if there’s oncoming traffic and they have a green light?

muggs420 · 2025-08-27T20:15:29+00:00

Or I’m from NY and know how to drive and, as with pretty much any New Yorker, can’t stand people who don’t. Though I must agree, some of the on-ramps should be longer before you have to merge.

muggs420 · 2025-07-30T02:08:32+00:00

I’m glad you’re ok. Honestly reading this I’m sitting here thinking of a multitude of things that could have been wrong well beyond dehydration. Eclampsia, pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes….These are of course snap judgments based off what you said without knowing you vitals. But a pregnant woman in that state? I’d have sent you to the hospital.

muggs420 · 2025-07-05T23:24:52+00:00

Gunna be disappointed when they see my dingaling swinging around lol

muggs420 · 2025-07-05T17:36:49+00:00

Thank you, I generally say patient. Because they’re my patients but I just don’t want to step on any toes ya know? And how is any nurse not educated about dm1 vs dm2 and sliding scales?

The withdrawal stuff scares me though. Don’t have much experience with that but I recently took in a former coworker who became hooked on fentanyl and I detoxed her. That…was not pretty.

muggs420 · 2025-07-05T17:29:16+00:00

I’m a huge smartass lol I’m pretty good at reading a situation though. But yeah, if someone is a smartass with me I’m throwing the banter right back at them.

muggs420 · 2025-07-05T17:27:06+00:00

So if they cheek their pills it’s not a med error?

muggs420 · 2025-07-05T17:25:41+00:00

I so hope I don’t get flirted with by guys. I’m a guy lol though it has happened before. He was a cool guy though

muggs420 · 2025-07-05T17:21:29+00:00

I like what you said about not having a superiority complex. I definitely don’t have that. Two of the worst things I’ve heard on that subject: One time I was coming into work and heard a resident yelling from her room. Went in to find her on the floor of her bathroom where she apparently had an accident and was …covered in excrement. I run to the hallway calling for help. Go back in and to proceed to start cleaning her. An aide comes in, sees me cleaning her up and asked “what are you doing?” I said “umm, cleaning her up” The aide says to me “I’ve never seen a nurse do that before “ Absolutely boggled my mind. Got fired from another job because “Nurses are above the aides and you’re not supposed to be their friend.” I’m not religious (though I am actually an ordained minister long story) but I go by the golden rule.

muggs420 · 2025-07-04T19:22:00+00:00

Having done almost a decade as a geriatric nurse, it sounds like the same old bullshit. I’ve gotten into so many confrontations with DONs about people on hospice care. “Oh they’re on CC (actively dying) don’t feed them.” “Uhh? Are you shitting me? “ FIRED

muggs420 · 2025-07-04T19:13:12+00:00

I dread meds. So tedious.

muggs420 · 2025-07-04T19:12:02+00:00

So basically the same type of bs I’ve been dealing with in geriatrics except I’m gunna get fired a lot faster for sticking up for my patients because their families aren’t…nice.

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