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1. What to study?

   ahosoda replied to ahosoda's topic in Emergency

   Thank you Lev

2. What to study?

   ahosoda posted a topic in Emergency

   I found out my practicum will be in the ED! I am beyond excited, but I feel at a loss when it comes to what I should be studying. This particular ER is very busy, but there is a higher level trauma center right down the road so I may not see too many...

3. My GPA is trash. What to do now?

   ahosoda replied to wpm7231's topic in Pre-Nursing

   One thing you can do is complete all of your nursing prereqs at your current college. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like your previous GPA is from a different degree so you probably don't have many of your nursing prereqs from that school. I...

4. Clinicals - What Not to Do?

   ahosoda replied to meganec17's topic in General Students

   I find it funny that so many people on here say, "don't be afraid to do bed baths, dirty work, feeding patients, etc." when I was going to say the opposite. My first few weeks of med surg clinical I was excited to try new things... inserting catheter...

5. The Dreaded Group Projects

   ahosoda replied to naptimeRN's topic in General Students

   I feel your pain. This pretty much sums up my experience with group projects so far in nursing school: "When I die, I would like the people I did group projects with to lower me into my grave so they can let me down one last time." However, I would ...

6. So torn between Nursing and Social Work... advice?

   ahosoda replied to nybsn's topic in General Students

   At my school you also have to get 100% on the med calc test. However, it is the easiest test you will have in nursing school. Let me give you an example of what the absolute HARDEST question on a med calc exam would look like (most are easier than th...

7. Medication Aide exempt?

   ahosoda replied to neuron's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I doubt you would be able to be exempt from pharmacology. Pharm isn't just about memorizing drugs and their side effects. Its more about HOW drugs work, which you can't just look up in your drug guide whenever a patient asks. I was a medication aide ...

8. Unethical?

   ahosoda replied to ahosoda's topic in Geriatric

   I worry about this too. Luckily this was over the last 3 days so I hope the delay isn't too long to cause an issue. Also I did report it to the nurse supervisor after the first night but I think that made things worse.

9. Unethical?

   ahosoda replied to ahosoda's topic in Geriatric

   Thank you all for your responses! I truly appreciate every single persons input. I will definitely start writing down everything she says in a notebook. Luckily I still have all of the dates of when she said/did all of these things. She has said oth...

10. Unethical?

    ahosoda replied to ahosoda's topic in Geriatric

    She said "take your pill(s)". Then they would say "I want to take this at ___ time." She would say "you can't do that, you have to take them now". Then she would grab the residents hands, dump the pills in their hands, and guide their hands toward th...

11. Unethical?

    ahosoda posted a topic in Geriatric

    There is a situation at work and I just don't know how to handle it. I work in LTC as a CNA, and I've found that the majority of nurses in my facility refuse to participate in a lot of care because it is for "CNAs", not nurses. Usually I can just la...

12. Tips on Nursing School

    ahosoda replied to bdarden07's topic in General Students

    This depends on a lot of different factors: 1) Your school/clinical hours. During my prereqs, I always had the option of going to class in the morning, then working an evening shift (2pm-10pm). I was able to do most homework and studying between clas...

13. cnas and end of shift med. count

    ahosoda replied to Schwenn813's topic in CNA/MA

    My points were: 1) OP should look up the laws in their state. Then I stated Washington's laws since some people think CNAs are never allowed to give medications, count, etc. when in fact they are allowed under some circumstances. 2) Even if their st...

14. cnas and end of shift med. count

    ahosoda replied to Schwenn813's topic in CNA/MA

    Look into what your state does or does not allow. In Washington state, nurse delegation allows CNAs to pass medications if they are properly trained. I am required to do a narc count at the beginning and the end of my shift as a "med assistant". I am...

15. Wedding Planning & Accelerated BSN - Bad mix?

    ahosoda replied to SKay226's topic in General Students

    Congrats on the engagement! Very exciting. I am sort of in the same boat as you although I am not in an accelerated program. I think it all depends on the type of wedding you want. My fiance and I never wanted a big wedding to begin with, and our bu...