CoraNary

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About CoraNary

CoraNary has 20 years experience.


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!

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  1. Refusing a case in home care

    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...
  2. Is nursing school REALLY that hard?

    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!
  3. Best MD note

    Oh, and the eccentric MD who stated that the patient's tumor was on her "posterior chest"....
  4. Best MD note

    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...
  5. College books are the biggest scams ever

    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..
  6. College books are the biggest scams ever

    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
  7. Sad story of an ex-new grad nurse

    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.
  8. Weed and work.

    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...
  9. Patient Bathing...or Not.

    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 ...
  10. why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    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...
  11. why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    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...
  12. Be honest, what pt behaviors do you find annoying?

    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...
  13. Am I too old to start a new career in nursing?

    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....