don_rhonda

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1. Company email:does your facility have it?

   don_rhonda replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

   our small rural hospital has microsoft outlook email. we are able to use it in house and away as well. it is pretty nice. for college students like me, it is a better way to keep updated about going ons when only able to work 1 day a week. regula...

2. Lewis-Clark College

   don_rhonda replied to schooling girl's topic in Idaho

   I go to WWCC in Clarkston, across the river from Lewiston. I like WWCC as it is a 2 yr RN ADN program vs LCSC 4 yr program. I don't think it is a struggle to get into WWCC as long as you have your pre-reqs complete. One yr down and another yr to g...

3. Giving Power of Attorney (POA)

   don_rhonda posted a topic in General Nursing

   Signing your name to any piece of paper binds you to obey the law. Signing over Power of Attorney (POA) requires your choosing of specific delegations and may consist of as little as making health care decisions if you are not able to make decisions...

4. What's your favorite pair of nursing shoes?

   don_rhonda replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Ditto on Crocs for me!! :)

5. Giving Power of Attorney (POA)

   don_rhonda posted a topic in General Nursing

   Signing your name to any piece of paper binds you to obey the law. Signing over Power of Attorney (POA) requires your choosing of specific delegations and may consist of as little as making health care decisions if you are not able to make decisions...

6. Please paint a realistic picture of nursing for me!

   don_rhonda replied to wannabe_sane's topic in New York

   I have seen several people go thru nursing school with grandiose ideas of making a difference in the world. It is not all that! The best advice I could give is to become a CNA (as I did) and take it from there. After years, lots of dollars, stress...

7. Nervous About CNA Classes

   don_rhonda replied to Princess_WannaBe's topic in CNA/MA

   I back your theory of being a CNA before nursing school 100%. Several nurses that I work with say that their CNA years were their best years in nursing. I believe that a CNA gets much more aquainted with the patient and is able to assess the patien...

8. Question numbers in the NCLEX?

   don_rhonda replied to Roy Fokker's topic in NCLEX

   Ditto for me... The numbers were down at the right bottom corner of the screen. I was so nervous that I did not pay much attention to the numbers. However, I did get more-so nervous once I realized I had answered over 75 questions, dreading the mom...

9. The scare of passing LPN NCLEX

   don_rhonda posted a topic in General Nursing

   Seems like there is quite the flow of NCLEX stress suddenly here! I don't know if I could help anyone, but I will tell you my plan, which worked for me. I studied Mon, Tues, and Wed before my test Thurs. I studied from the NCLEX CD, focused on rat...

10. Workload split between RNs/CNAs

    don_rhonda replied to Alpha13's topic in General Nursing

    Ouch! This subject really hits a sore spot! I am a CNA (3 yr), and will be a nursing student this fall. I believe that it should be a requirement to become a CNA before becoming a nursing student. It gives one a whole different outlook on levels ...

11. first CNA clinical worried me

    don_rhonda replied to chicagrl72's topic in General Nursing

    My CNA clinicals were done in a LTCF also. It was very tough to keep up with getting residents to meals, to the toilet, diaper changes etc. Each CNA was assigned 10-15 residents, which I thought was ridiculous. As we were there for clinicals, we j...

12. New Student!!!

    don_rhonda replied to prenurse0902's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Well put Fun2Care!!

13. New Student!!!

    don_rhonda replied to prenurse0902's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Hmm... I still wouldn't encourage taking 2 sciences at 1 time, unless school and science comes easy to you.

14. How many Pt do you take care of?

    don_rhonda replied to Franlpntorn's topic in General Nursing

    What is you Pt to nurse numbers? 1rn:5pt 1cna:5-10pt What state are you in? Idaho Hospital or ECF? 16 bed rural hospital

15. New Student!!!

    don_rhonda replied to prenurse0902's topic in Pre-Nursing

    This just depends on how much of a load you are willing to take on and how well you do in sciences. Me, myself, and I took 1 science at a time with a PE or something light/non-science....call me wimpy!