veroniicaxoxo

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1. Hurricane Sandy - Wishing Everyone To Stay Safe

   veroniicaxoxo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you! I have to be in monday night at 11pm not looking forward to that drive, right when its at its worst. HOwever i am covering for someone and it is overtime so i am hoping to maybe be canceled however I doubt that.

2. why did you want to be a cna?

   veroniicaxoxo replied to mee9mee9's topic in Technicians

   I didn't really know that I wanted to be. I was in my third year of nursing school when I lost my job as a vet tech. So I was applying for anything that would work around my classes. I was working at petco when I got the call that I had gotten the jo...

3. Iguana Med Scrubs

   veroniicaxoxo replied to EDjunkie's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I just actually bought my first pair was able to try them on and everything. I wear a size 5-7 jeans and 36dd bra size and i was able to get small bottoms and medium top. I made the big mistake of getting small cherokee bottoms and wishing for the xs...

4. How is the NA night shift in a hospital?

   veroniicaxoxo replied to chariot's topic in CNA/MA

   I work on a busy PCU floor, with tons of admits during the night. Basically the same as day shift minus having to feed the patients and bathe them. Vitals q4, changing, bathroom assistance, chem sticks, call bells.

5. Why did you choose oncology?

   veroniicaxoxo replied to PlourdieRN's topic in Oncology

   I really want to work in peds oncology. I feel I chose this because I want to be able to use my learned skills from school to make them feel somewhat better, however I want to use skills that cannot be taught in school such as my bubbly personality, ...

6. peds oncology

   veroniicaxoxo posted a topic in Pediatric

   I want to start off by saying that i'm a senior in nursing school. I work as an aide on a PCU floor and an ORTHO nuero floor. I've known since high school that I wanted to do some kind of peds nursing. I thought PICU, but after thinking about it and ...

7. PCT/CNA Patient Load in Hospital Setting Question

   veroniicaxoxo replied to RedneckGrl's topic in CNA/MA

   we have rrt's and codes they are announced as the same thing over the speakers so basically some protocol as code blue, little less severe. However we've had a few code ice's come in and ICU be full and the code ice had to stay on our floor. which re...

8. Work shoes! Please help

   veroniicaxoxo replied to joshsmother's topic in Technicians

   I wear crocs on my 12 hour night shift on a very busy PCU floor. I first bought nurse mates to wear but after about 4 weeks they killed me so much that i switched to the crocs. And I'm very happy with them!

9. PCT/CNA Patient Load in Hospital Setting Question

   veroniicaxoxo replied to RedneckGrl's topic in CNA/MA

   I would love nine. I work on a very very busy PCU floor. On any night we get 2 to 15 admissions, about three codes a nights, many code greys involving security due to angry family members. We have to do vitals every 4 hours, so thats three times a sh...

10. What color do you wear?

    veroniicaxoxo replied to Lorien_LPN's topic in Med-Surg

    I work at two different hospitals as of today. As an aide and a PCT. The one hospital I have to wear all hunter green. The aides wear hunter green and the RNs wear burgundy or white or a mixture of the two. For the PCT job I'm going to have to wear w...

11. Patient care tech challenge quiz.

    veroniicaxoxo replied to veroniicaxoxo's topic in CNA/MA

    I found the test very easy, interviewed well. I just got a call that i scored and 86% which is passing and was offered the job!! Wooohooo

12. Patient care tech challenge quiz.

    veroniicaxoxo replied to veroniicaxoxo's topic in CNA/MA

    It's for patient care tech. I am in nursing school. I have one more year left. I don't know too much about reading telemetry monitors yet. I took a phlebotomy class over the spring because i'm really interested in working for the iv team. So its basi...

13. Patient care tech challenge quiz.

    veroniicaxoxo posted a topic in CNA/MA

    I've been working for a few months as a nurses aide on a pcu floor, basically q4 vitals, emptying foley bags, and JPs, assisting with ADLs. Feeding patients who cannot, blood sugars. Basically the normal aide jobs except that its a pcu floor so all t...

14. My heart is set on the emergency field but...

    veroniicaxoxo replied to KLBatchelor's topic in Emergency

    Did not say you offended me just pointing out the irony in that statement.

15. My heart is set on the emergency field but...

    veroniicaxoxo replied to KLBatchelor's topic in Emergency

    I did it for years it has nothing to do with loosing so many, I worked emergency general, and large animals. Like you said agree to disagree but one final question which has probably answered your own question right from the beginning "Maybe the loss...