meerkate

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1. Nursing Interview for school

   meerkate posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone! I am a CNA taking pre-requsite classes so I can go to nursing school soon. In my writing class, I was assigned an essay that requires conducting an interview with somebody. Since I want to be a nurse someday, I decided to interview an...

2. Two quick questions about blood pressure

   meerkate replied to meerkate's topic in CNA/MA

   Well I just epicly failed the test for a second time because of my inability to take blood pressure. I have heard every tip out there for taking it and been practicing for months but I just cant get the diastolic pressure right. I guess I don't get t...

3. Two quick questions about blood pressure

   meerkate posted a topic in CNA/MA

   My cna test is tomorrow and I have two things I'm still unclear on: Which side of the stethescope do you use for BP? And how do you identify diastolic sound? I just can't figure out if it's when the sound starts to fade away, or when it stops complet...