pcelest9

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1. A&P I or II - Which Is More Difficult?

   pcelest9 replied to KristinWW's topic in General Students

   Like I said level 1 was more challanging for me. However, I did end up dropping the class because I was in A&P 290. This was a course for pre-med students. I probably could have gotton a "C", but admission to nursing school's in chicago is ver...

2. A&P I or II - Which Is More Difficult?

   pcelest9 replied to KristinWW's topic in General Students

   A&P1 was more more difficult for me. Level one is mostly anatomy.

3. Nurses who let NAs Boss them around

   pcelest9 replied to PhePhe's topic in Relations

   Wow, lots of negative things regarding NA's. I wonder how much response I would get from my fellow students/NA', if I started a thread entitled "Why do some (Some), not all} know how to communicate with there SUPPORT STAFF! Some clinical personnel ...

4. Nurses who let NAs Boss them around

   pcelest9 replied to PhePhe's topic in Relations

   Yah, I hear you frogglyleg! As the current prof. that I consider myself to be(CNA), I truely would never invite a coworker outside to duke it out. Just jokin!! However, my repsponse to an assault situation would not be pretty. professional license or...

5. I hate microbiology

   pcelest9 replied to twarlik's topic in General Students

   I agree with happy stu. In addition, if your taking micro at a college known for nursing, your proff. will relate everything to a clinical scenario. I work in a rehab hospital, but every now and then take a look at lab reports drawn on patients. ...

6. I hate microbiology

   pcelest9 replied to twarlik's topic in General Students

   Oh, oh , Oh! I just finished micro 3weeks ago. Let mmme tell yoouuu! This teacher is a Bacteriologist at a major teaching hospital. Oh, my God. Need I say more. I think I will. This instructor turned micro into a disaster. My brain was fried d...

7. Nurses who let NAs Boss them around

   pcelest9 replied to PhePhe's topic in Relations

   Oh man, what's up with that assaults on nurses by NA. I guess being male I don't understand what these nurses are doing to get assalted. There are ways to let your nurse to know that it is time to "back off a little" without assaulting her/him. Oh...

8. Nurses who let NAs Boss them around

   pcelest9 replied to PhePhe's topic in Relations

   Yah, I agree allot with phe phe and Mandi. Oh you look great Mandi(if that is your picture) I wish I worked with RN's that look like that! Oh, yah, I agree that Agency people get screwed for the most part. But, the staffs sometimes get screwed babys...

9. Nurses who let NAs Boss them around

   pcelest9 replied to PhePhe's topic in Relations

   I agree, that the support should not get to friendly with Doc anyway. It usually comes up to bite ya in the you know what! As a CNA I am fully aware of my position, support my patient and RN. I remember once a paitent asked me how safe was Trip by...

10. Nurses who let NAs Boss them around

    pcelest9 replied to PhePhe's topic in Relations

    Sorry, to see what some nurses think of CNA's. However, for the most part we do our jobs and quite well. I work in one of the "highest ranked" rehabilitation hopitals in chicago, and tend to work well with the RN's. In fact, most new grad RN's ten...