JennyBeans

JennyBeans specializes in I hope to specialize in pediatrics.

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1. Hey, CNAs.......got a question for all of you!

   JennyBeans replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

   I am a CNA in a LTC facility right now, and we never need stethoscopes. The nurses take the BP's and I am sometimes asked because they know I am a nursing student and they have stethoscopes at work. In my CNA class we were taught how to take BP's.. b...

2. Lower back pain anyone?

   JennyBeans replied to marilynmom's topic in General Nursing

   lower back pain SUCKS.. mine started on sunday and I have no idea what i did. I worked my lower back at the gym on friday maybe that has something to do with it. THen sunday at work I lifted a few patients and was fine, passed the breakfast carts and...

3. Importance of being a CNA before RN

   JennyBeans replied to sail81's topic in General Nursing

   Im not saying if u dont work as a CNA it makes you a bad student. Yeah, we did lose people, but some of them were CNA's too. I was just saying how its a tough field and tough schooling that for ME (like i have said, it is different for everybody) I f...

4. Importance of being a CNA before RN

   JennyBeans replied to sail81's topic in General Nursing

   I suppose it is different for everybody. I am not an LPN or RN and still have some time to go.. for me it is a good paying job (I make $12.48) because I am only 20 so all minimum wage jobs (7.15) seem pointless to me. Also, if you get close to some o...

5. Importance of being a CNA before RN

   JennyBeans replied to sail81's topic in General Nursing

   I am currently a CNA and I find that it helps me. I have 2 years left before graduating BSN and my first clinical last semester was pretty much all we do in the nursing home so that clinical and semester was a breeze, but sadly we lost about 10 peopl...

6. Schools in connecticut

   JennyBeans replied to jmspnt's topic in Connecticut

   I am not too sure about any of those schools. I go to western ct state university. I took a couple of general classes at gateway, and it is a nice school. I have talked to some people that are in the nursing program there and they love it. Studying d...

7. The State Surveyors are Coming IN!

   JennyBeans replied to smokeyoaks82358's topic in Connecticut

   Im not sure of what you can expect as a nurse. I am an aide in a nursing home and the state came for 4 days. I was only there on one of those days (thank god, everybody said it was VERY stressful) and it was their last day. For the aides they ask que...