jwkwildland

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1. old boss just called

   jwkwildland posted a topic in Professionalism

   Im going into nursing, Just finished my CNA cert. Im pretty sure Im just venting, but input would be good. My old fire boss just called and offered me a student position, that isn't even open yet. no prompting, just called and offered. we dont even g...

2. What you love/hate about your assistants

   jwkwildland replied to jwkwildland's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all for your input thus far. Sorry for the extreme usage of my language; I built this thread so I could check it every so often and hopefully pick up tips on how to be a good/great CNA and what not to do. This is great to hear. All the "lit...

3. What do you look for in your CNA's

   jwkwildland replied to jwkwildland's topic in Job Hunt

   looking to improve my resume. would you interview this guy for a cna so far? not finished and slightly altered for identity protection. advice appreciated. objective: improve lives of elderly persons by becoming a nursing assistant; using this as a...

4. What you love/hate about your assistants

   jwkwildland posted a topic in General Nursing

   aaaaaand...GO!

5. How to Become a Leader as a Nurse?

   jwkwildland replied to Little_Mouse's topic in Management

   I would say you just lack confidence in yourself. leaders are not in fact 'born' there is no specific gene for it, or im just ignorant of it. find that confidence, and those things/people that push you into lacking it, then minimize the confidence-...

6. Lost It At Work: Sent Home for a Four Day Weekend to Gather My Thoughts (rant, vent)

   jwkwildland replied to clinicalteach's topic in LTC Directors

   i dont know if this will help but on my old fire crew, we used to have the CrewBoss (equivilant to your boss) > The CB Asst. (like you) > then we had Squad Bosses > then leads > then crew members (like new Techs and CNAs). maybe find a wa...

7. What do you look for in your CNA's

   jwkwildland replied to jwkwildland's topic in Job Hunt

   "yo my numba one custima!" -Arnold S. (jingle all the way) thanks angel.

8. Ch, ch, ch, ch... changes. What are your long term goals?

   jwkwildland replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

   dang it.

9. What do you look for in your CNA's

   jwkwildland replied to jwkwildland's topic in Job Hunt

   lol!!

10. What do you look for in your CNA's

    jwkwildland posted a topic in Job Hunt

    I recently finished a CNA course, and really want to do well, but all the course did was (in my instructors words) "prepare [me] for the test, not the real world" so im feeling a bit naked since the state test is pretty well lax. What do you look fo...