constructiongal

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1. Its really NOT a fate worse then death

   constructiongal replied to KRSLPN's topic in Geriatric

   I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE LTC. I have since I was a CNA at 16 in TN. Once I received my RN I thought I had to work acute care, but as the Lord would have it no would hired me. I started work as a charge nurse and loved it. I was able to teach CNAs, CMTs, fa...

2. How to get hired as a ccm

   constructiongal posted a topic in Case Management

   Hi to all case managers. I am very interested into getting into the field, but I am unsure what exactly will get me interviewed at least. I am an ADN graduating from BSN in May 2014 with 3 years experience as follows: 2 years LTC 1 year SDC I hav...

3. Nursing School Must Haves??

   constructiongal replied to Servingshots's topic in General Students

   I personally suggest a good quality digital recorder. I record my readings of the saunder's comprehensive review and my lectures. I then load these onto my laptop, change them to mp3 files and play them back at double speed on windows media player. I...

4. When to start the first job

   constructiongal replied to constructiongal's topic in New Nurse

   I have never been one not to work, so this is a foriegn concept. However my husband and I have both noticed that every week it gets a little bit harder to hold my emotions in check so I can focus. Fortunately we have been living carefully on my husba...

5. When to start the first job

   constructiongal posted a topic in New Nurse

   Well here's the senario. I graduate in May with my ADN. Yeah!! The road has been challenging, as most know. Sadly, my mother was diagnosed with Breast cancer and passed away during my first year. My husband and I chose to get married so she could be ...

6. Opinions on therapeutic communication

   constructiongal replied to constructiongal's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for the comments thus far. I have to say I think my school has done a good job of helping us realize the level of stress we will see during our nursing careers. We had a class called nuring issues that dealth with learning how to manage job...

7. Opinions on therapeutic communication

   constructiongal posted a topic in General Nursing

   As a nursing student getting ready to graudate my school has us individually identify a need in nursing and develop an intervention. First I am gathering insight from you the experts and I will truly apprecitate all input. Many thanks. 1. How importa...