Posted by beachbum on December 27, 2007, at 7:41:04
In reply to Re: Silly Doctors!/Ace » ace, posted by Phillipa on December 25, 2007, at 14:05:15
I haven't been here for a while, been feeling good and too busy. Feeling lousy this morning and 'surfing' and saw this. Phillipa is right. I work as a CNA at a hospital; I take out IVs, insert and take out catheters, clear IV's at end of shift, dressing changes, anymore there isn't time to take care of patient, turning, bathing etc. As far as the dynamites for blood pressure, I personally agree they aren't as accurate. If one has an irregulat heart rate the machine can't 'pick' it up and machine fails or the numbers are way off. Many times I will get a number I know isn't correct, way too low in the 80/30 or 40 something or way to high. Taking it manually USUALLY [[99%] brings up way different numbers. I'm amazed every day that the docs think they are fine.
Nursing, I don't have time to go on about that. Personally if I was a nurse I would want to do my own blood pressures manually. Seems so many don't care anymore, and yes there is still some very good nurses but I see the numbers declining every yr. They depend on me to assess the patient way too much IMO. One of the main problems is ech yr state requires more and more charting and they don't have time to do pt. care and the duties that were once theirs are being passed on to the CNA's and then basic things that are important like baths, turning, and having time to feed are neglected. When I already have 9 people, some days all 'total care' I rarely go home feeling good anymore about my care. After 26 yrs of changes I'm ready to throw in the towel.
I'm done rambling.Long story short, don't think Phillipa said anything wrong.
Peace
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