CNA for 20+ years, currently doing nursing prerequisites.
Lots of experience in different settings, I absorb information like a sponge...and sometimes I can translate that into a good test score!
CoraNary replied to Katesp91's topic in Private Duty
As a home health scheduling coordinator, I understand the need to get a patient covered... but as a caregiver/human being I understand that some people just don't mesh with others & I always tell my staff that if they aren't comfortable in a situ...
I know quite a few nurses, and I have decided that none of them have Stephen Hawking like super intelligence, they're just normal people, and if they can pass nursing school, then I can too!
Had a LTC patient whose ER H&P stated she was "covered in cat crap" on arrival... it was a sad abuse/neglect by family member, but that was the best H&P I had ever read...
CoraNary replied to LPNtoRNin2016OH's topic in Pre-Nursing
I found an International Edition of my A&P textbook online for $55, the bookstore wanted $305 new... look up ISBN numbers and check prices online...p.s. most international versions have the exact same stuff in them but are usually soft cover..
CoraNary replied to LPNtoRNin2016OH's topic in Pre-Nursing
something to do with a mixture of the acids & carbonation I guess...I've only seen it done with Coke, but I bet you could use about any soda... diet if the patient is diabetic I would imagine
I would definitely recommend home health or hospice nursing for you right now, lots of one on one patient time and you have the ability to kind of set your own schedule & accept the client load that you think you can handle.
CoraNary replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing
I worked at the same nursing facility for 11 years, never once was I drug tested, not even upon hire...I've never been drug tested anywhere else either... but as a staff supervisor for home health caregivers, I feel like any time someone begins to di...
I was thinking back to my last hospital stay (large ovarian cyst 15 years ago) I was in the hospital for 3 days due to a rash post surgery, and to be honest with you, I don't recall being offered a shower, but I didn't ask for one either...sometimes ...
CoraNary replied to murseforever's topic in Relations
I worked in a facility that went to color coded scrubs for all staff & i threw a fit, mostly because I didn't want to wear the same color scrubs EVERY DAY and I didn't think housekeeping, maintenance & dietary should be in scrubs at all (uni...
CoraNary replied to murseforever's topic in Relations
I've been a CNA for 20+ years, usually if someone asks me if I'm a nurse I say, "No, but I play one on TV" with a big smile and then explain to them that I am a nurse aide. I am studying to be a nurse, but there is no way in heck I would want nursin...
CoraNary replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing
I work home health, and we rotate who gets the after hours phone...the ones I hate are the person who calls in the middle of the night because they want to ask the nurse if they should go to the hospital because something is bothering them. I always...
I started working on my prerequisites when I was 40, if all goes well, I will complete my Associate RN degree when I am 45, then on to a BSN.... I am pretty sure I won't work in acute care when I graduate, but that is quite all-right for me....