HopeM

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1. Introductions:"New" and "Old" Students.

   HopeM replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Students

   Will do k9! :) I am hoping this week will help me get things figured out a bit better... have my RN program orientation Thurs/Fri... working Mon/Tues PM (7-7) this week and then again on Sat/Sun. I am hoping they will let us know which day our clinic...

2. Introductions:"New" and "Old" Students.

   HopeM replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Students

   Thus far I have been alternating weeks of 3 12s and 3 12s plus an 8 as a Tech... all night. Where I work you are either day or night... the evening people occasionally will do a day or night if needed. In all reality, I would have to recommend trying...

3. Introductions:"New" and "Old" Students.

   HopeM replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Students

   I'm Hope... 36 year old divorced mother of two (11 and 6)... starting ADN program in January and currently working as a CNA/PCT in a hospital on a med/surg floor. I absolutely love where I am now and am planning to work through school and continue as...

4. how many patients do you have

   HopeM replied to The Bell Jar's topic in CNA/MA

   I am working in a hospital on a primary care unit right now. Fully staffed there are 4 RNs and 2 Techs (CNA or Nurse Techs) to 18 patients, but generally there is only one Tech per shift. When we are fully staffed we are busy and moving the entire sh...

5. worry about job

   HopeM replied to chadash's topic in CNA/MA

   Congrats!!! :)

6. Wait list in South Florida?

   HopeM replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Students

   I don't know much about starting $$ in south FL, but in the Tampa area at hospitals GNs start right at $20/hr (base, day without differentials) for new hires... until they pass NCLEX, then it goes up a little for the base with the official RN. That s...

7. Single Mom needs advice about school desperately!!

   HopeM replied to fayethlove's topic in General Students

   Hi Kira! I think going the LPN route would probably be the fastest route to doing what you want and better finances... many of the programs in my area offer LPN-RN bridge programs so you could do that after you start working... and many (if not all)...

8. Advice

   HopeM replied to KaraBear1121's topic in CNA/MA

   Hi Karabear! I live in FL also and took the CNA exam as a challenger (no official training). If you look through the list of skills that you may be tested on online and are comfortable with them, go ahead and send in the stuff to take the test. Out o...

9. I take the licensure test tomorrow!

   HopeM replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in CNA/MA

   That's GREAT Sara! :)

10. I take the licensure test tomorrow!

    HopeM replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in CNA/MA

    Good luck! Don't stress yourself out about the test... just be confident in your abilities and knowledge and dive right in tomorrow! :)

11. ADN students with previous bachelor's?

    HopeM replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Students

    I got my BA in political science and sociology in '92 and am starting an ADN program in January '07. From what I have been told, I'll only have to take one leadership course after that to be able to go directly to MSN (I did take a couple of extra cl...

12. See-thru white scrubs

    HopeM replied to blueberry21's topic in General Students

    LOL on this one! I was reading the handbook (online) for one of the local nursing schools and it was HIGHLY specific about cut/color of underwear that was allowed to be worn under uniforms. Hilarious! I loved the instructions I received when I asked ...

13. Becoming a CNA with a BA degree?

    HopeM replied to katoosha's topic in CNA/MA

    Hi Marina! I am 36, have a BA from my first trip through college and have just gotten my CNA as I will be starting an RN program in January and wanted to learn from the ground up AND learn while working through school. I just got hired at a local ho...

14. Nurse Aide or Pharmacy Tech?

    HopeM replied to manofbess's topic in CNA/MA

    I just got my CNA license at the end of July and was hired Friday as a PCT (patient care tech) in a huge hospital here in town. The nursing school where I will begin my RN program in January uses this hospital for one of their main clinical sites and...

15. Calling All CNA's!

    HopeM replied to nightingale's topic in CNA/MA

    Not sure about Mass, but in FL you have to be 18 to sit for the test and they require a driver's license or state issued picture ID to sit for the exam. Hopefully someone from MA has an answer for you! Good luck!