shannon5555

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1. Mds-rugs

   shannon5555 replied to RondaS's topic in MDS

   Correction to my post: It is aanac.org, not aanac.com. Sorry! click on the "discussion group" link near the top right. That will prompt you to enter your email address and then click "subscribe." Simple!

2. Mds-rugs

   shannon5555 replied to RondaS's topic in MDS

   HI! I just joined this group last night. I am a MDS Coordinator in OH and have been doing MDSs for one year. aanac.com has a free case mix discussion group email list serve which I have been getting for free for most of the past year. Just go to ...

3. Need help deciding...

   shannon5555 replied to Alice b.'s topic in General Nursing

   You will be fine. Lots of people do it! I just think it is harder when people see you as an aid and then "boop!" you are now a nurse. There is some jealousy and there can be some lack of respect, but it is probably just based on some underlying je...

4. Dreading clinicals

   shannon5555 replied to flwannaB's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   That is horrible that your misery is due to a instructor with a bad attitude! I hope that you will report this! And I hope that your program will have better instructors for you in the future! That will probably determine if "it gets better" or no...

5. Need help deciding...

   shannon5555 replied to Alice b.'s topic in General Nursing

   It did help me to be a better RN! Some nurses won't lift or provide any personal care. That is not the nurse I want to be! I am glad that I learned to do the lifting and the personal care. I am also glad that I had to learn how to treat patients ...

6. Dreading clinicals

   shannon5555 replied to flwannaB's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   What do you hate about it? RN or LPN program? My first clinicals were also in a LTC facility, but I don't remember hating any part of them. We were just learning to do vital signs, baths, pericare, straight caths, foley cath care, Finger stick blo...