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  1. Dementia Activity Documentation for CNAs

    Hi! I am a recently retired LPN and CNA instructor. Your goals are admirable and I have a few suggestions. My last two years at school, I had two classes of 11/12th graders all graduate with their NYS CNA certification. May I suggest you borrow or or...
  2. How do you manage to get to work in snow storms ?

    Hi! I live near Buffalo,('nuff said) and once stayed at my nursing home as charge for 3 days. Biggest job was actually staffing the tray line and organizing one diet tech and myself to feed 125 people. Wow, that was challenging. The town cops and sh...
  3. CNA with Autoimmune disease

    Hi! Everyone, It is nice to see this thread pop up in my mail. I would like to share one thing I have learned the hard way: living with autoimmune illness means we can go days without ever feeling better, and that it means balancing out our energy ex...
  4. Nurses, where do you see yourself in 5-10 years?

    Hi! Barbyann and Everyone, I'm with you, except plan to bribe the seagulls not to poop on YOUR tables.....save yourself some work. The last day I worked a perdiem shift in my ICU, I left in tears and with a big chunk of my heart behind. The grueling ...
  5. how much do you make an hour/year?

    Hi! All, I am a RN with 33 yrs. of ICU, supervisory and teaching experience. Personally, I believe salary transparency is an important, GOOD thing. Clinical ladders are gaining in popularity, (more pay for greater experience and coursework), and the ...
  6. CNA with Autoimmune disease

    Stay in touch! :-) sue
  7. Can I make it in Nursing school?

    Hi! Kt, and everyone, I think two things, first, you need to do what you have to do to find your way to a dr. for a diagnosis. A neuro specialist at a big teaching university hospital is the way to go. And then, follow your dream, but know that with ...
  8. CNA with Autoimmune disease

    Hi! Riley, As a nursing instructor with years of teaching experience and years living immunocompromised.... I say follow your dream. I would encourage you to go to nursing school in a heart beat. If you make a proactive plan to stay as well as you po...
  9. Nurses with Lupus (SLE)

    Hi!D, So sorry for the delay in this reply. Go for it! and you don't even have to tell anyone your health issues, and the ADA provides protection for that. Healthcare is one of the professions where CNAs and nurses can basically pick their hours and ...
  10. Welcome to the New Nurses with Disabilities Forum!

    Hi! Cowmom, I absolutely loved the way you said you had Parkinson's but work very hard not to let the disease have you! Thank you for putting it so well, I have lupus and that statement fits me, too. I think you were put in a difficult situation unne...
  11. Infuriating Responses To Questions

    Hi! Everyone! Guilty as charged!!! And proud of it! Yes, I am a nursing instructor who does answer (selected) questions from students, LPN, CNA , both adult and high school secondary ed, with a question. Why would I do such a thing you might ask??:ch...
  12. Why do people go into nursing? Is it just the money?

    Hi! I am a nurse instructor and thinking about retiring soon. I became a nurse to care for my pts. The money was NEVER there. In fact, the only reason local nurse pay is getting better now is because there are so few nurses willing to do the job. And...
  13. Define Nursing in 3 words

    Not much longer. Fewer do more. Retirement, can't wait.
  14. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

    Dear Katie91, I am so sorry you lost your children. I know the hurt never goes away, but the memories stay. And I am glad you had them for however long you did. Thank you for sharing about them. And thank you especially for serving our country. Witho...
  15. How much difference in pay do two year rn's get than four yr??

    Last I looked, about a year ago: at our big University teaching hospital..... $0.24./hr, where I work, no difference in pay at all. The cost of a BSN in a AAS bridge program is @$25,000 for the one day a week/18 month deal last I looked, and I would ...