Cashboy's Mom CNA, RN

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1. To my preceptor, future students beware (rant)

   Cashboy's Mom replied to leekun2010's topic in General Nursing

   i had a fellow nursing student who had a similar experience in our last semester of our adn program, only in our program we did not have "real nurse" preceptors for clinicals, we pretty much relied on our instructor (there were usually 6 students). s...

2. New Grad RN in LTC Needs Advice Please!!

   Cashboy's Mom replied to Cashboy's Mom's topic in Geriatric

   can I ask you all too, about signing off on treatments done by the aides? Is this standard procedure? It's hard to tell being new, what's what- what's OK, or what's just something bogus being done in my facility: for example my MNA pulls a set of med...

3. New Grad RN in LTC Needs Advice Please!!

   Cashboy's Mom replied to Cashboy's Mom's topic in Geriatric

   thanks for the replies, and I should have clarified- according to my training materials they expect the AM med pass to be completed by 9:30, which after taking off time to get report, count the cart and give report to aides, leaves 2 hours and 15 min...

4. New Grad RN in LTC Needs Advice Please!!

   Cashboy's Mom posted a topic in Geriatric

   Hi All, I am a new Grad RN recently hired in a LTC/SNF/Rehab with a 25 patient load needing medications, treatments, etc. My question is how on earth can one person pass meds (in typical marge quantities, most crushed in applesauce, several narcotics...

5. Starting Nursing School

   Cashboy's Mom replied to andeam's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   take a deep breath, keep all your handouts, schedules, clinical info-super neat and organized, and try to not get behind in readings etc. And keep an open mind! Good luck!

6. Starting Nursing School

   Cashboy's Mom replied to andeam's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   One N Only JoJo, are you locked in to starting an LVN/LPN program? if not, check into RN (two year ADN) programs). They are only a little longer but less expensive and you'll be that much farther ahead of the game with your RN.... having said that, o...

7. Nursing instructor that reads powerpoint word for word

   Cashboy's Mom replied to mwdw04's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Here's another idea that helped in our classes; get together with some other students to study those slide topics afterwards, and bring up concerns/questions, things that need clarifying, AS A GROUP. This will get results coming from more than one vo...

8. CNA home health aides - are you out there?

   Cashboy's Mom replied to walkingon's topic in CNA/MA

   I think it depends on what part of the country you work in-I'm in Massachusetts, west of Boston/southern NH and $12 per hour is the going rate for home care CNAs...I have only worked in that capacity, they also have us fill in per diem for the local ...

9. Giving Nursing Students a Taste of NICU

   Cashboy's Mom replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU

   I'm curious, was your program a BSN or ADN? In my ADN program our peds/maternity clinical rotation was in a regular nursery.

10. Giving Nursing Students a Taste of NICU

    Cashboy's Mom replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU

    It was great to read all these posts. I too spent 8 weeks as a NICU mom with my first daughter, born at 29.5 weeks in 1999. The nurses were wonderful, and I didn't even realize it at the time but this brought me to become a nurse, and I am graduating...

11. Just getting started

    Cashboy's Mom replied to Javeed's topic in Pre-Nursing

    hi all, I am in my first semester of a 4 semester full time ADN program. I love it (or I should say I know I am going to love being a nurse!) One thing you need to get used to is the multi-tasking that is required...they threw so many different angle...

12. CNA home health aides - are you out there?

    Cashboy's Mom replied to walkingon's topic in CNA/MA

    You're not alone! I am a CNA and LNA (in the state of NH where I trained they issue licenses) and just got my first home health care position. I thought this would be a good job while I am in nursing school getting my ADN. How about you? I like the w...

13. Announce that you passed your CNA exam here!

    Cashboy's Mom replied to jb2u's topic in CNA/MA

    I passed my LNA state exam (NH) last Friday! The written part was easy but man was the skills exam nerve wracking!!!

14. So.... What skills did you have on your exam???

    Cashboy's Mom replied to luvmy3kids's topic in CNA/MA

    what is passing ice water? I am in the middle of my LNA clinical now and I have never heard that one.... I'm learning so much from these posts, but getting very nervous for next months state exam!

15. Did you leave a nice office job to become a nurse?

    Cashboy's Mom replied to kgard7777's topic in Career Support

    i left my nice office job (bank branch manager, not so nice frequently with nasty rude customers, armed robberies and other stuff) to be a stay at home mom.... my husband left me and my two girls (at age 2 and 4) and so i am now ready to start nursin...