lilredrunner

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1. Working as a CNA help with RN employement in future?

   lilredrunner replied to MikeDee1234's topic in CNA/MA

   Don't think it helps one way or the other getting a job, but I am of the firm belief that nurses, ALL nurses, should be CNAs first, and have the experience, because it builds the foundation of knowledge and appreciation for all aspects of nursing. Al...

2. PT fell... Now I'm paralyzed with fear

   lilredrunner replied to mevsmom's topic in General Students

   One of the things I've realized, going from a CNA to an LPN and finishing my RN, is that all patients are risks for falls. Every darn one of them. Just because they don't fit all the criteria for higher risk, they are still risks, largely for one rea...

3. IV removal

   lilredrunner replied to melcolbstorm's topic in CNA/MA

   Check the facility procedures and policies. Cover your butt by knowing them before you perform anything.

4. Cna becomg cpr certified?

   lilredrunner replied to 5ummer's topic in CNA/MA

   Many workplaces require BLS as a healthcare provider to even work as a CNA. Depends where you go, but I would take the course to have the background, as even if you don't "need" it; the perspective will help you out in caring for patients.

5. Work Smells

   lilredrunner replied to mstearns09's topic in CNA/MA

   Smell that would NOT get out of my nose even when I got home was an AWFUL sinus infection on an unconscious ICU patient who was on a vent. I had to put menthol chapstick beneath my nose the entire time I was working with him, because the entire room ...

6. Nursing students on medication

   lilredrunner replied to kjnsweets's topic in Safety

   Big, sticky issue there.. Back in the 80's, when my mom went through nursing school, she had to get on Lithium to get control of her anxiety and depression issues. That was pretty much the only thing that got her through, and then she was an RN for 3...

7. Getting Recognized by Former Patients On The Street

   lilredrunner replied to Joe V's topic in Humor

   There are very few patients I remember well enough to know, so most of the time if I see them and they say hello, I just try to play off my lack of memory of them and hope they don't notice. I don't mind seeing them at all in the real world, and usua...

8. Am I too old?

   lilredrunner replied to ollieanne's topic in Pre-Nursing

   We have an awesome fellow in our class who just retired after 30 years of teaching high school before going into nursing school. He's in his 60's, and graduating this May. Plus the youngest person in our class is 22, and she's the youngest by at lea...

9. What should we doing by last clinical?

   lilredrunner replied to leekaye's topic in General Students

   I'm in an Associate's program, and have done pretty much everything except hang and administer blood products. I also can't draw blood from central lines, but have drawn labs peripherally. I've started, run, and maintained IVs, hung secondary lines a...

10. I hated being a CNA.....

    lilredrunner replied to lovelove254's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I think there are some clarifications about being a CNA that I had to do before I went on to being a nurse. I LOVED being a CNA. Loved the patients, loved the interactions, and loved the caregiving. I felt like I belonged in patients rooms, that if ...

11. ABSN, LVN, or BSN 3 year Program?

    lilredrunner replied to poshdoctor's topic in Pre-Nursing

    100K for a BSN?! I have about 25K in a two-year, and at the end of my four year BSN, I'll have about 50K in debt, which I can live with. 100K seems like a ton of money to me for that..

12. What does your username mean?

    lilredrunner replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Humor

    I'm a redhead. One of my favorite songs is a song sung by Sam Cooke called "Little Red Rooster", wherein a rooster keeps everyone in the barnyard upset in every way, and is too lazy to crow for day. The runner part is because I'm a runner.

13. What does your username mean?

    lilredrunner replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Humor

14. Becoming discouraged about becoming a nurse?

    lilredrunner replied to RainbowHead's topic in Pre-Nursing

    You're going to have conditions and workplaces that suck. You'll have coworkers and bosses that just take the life out of you, and you'll even have patients you loathe to the bottom of your soul. But you'll also have some really awesome patients, and...

15. Working as a full time ER TECH while in nursing school.

    lilredrunner replied to thommybee91's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Depending on how your program does clinical hours, it may work, or may not. We've always had 12 hour clinicals, usually at least two days a week. Add that on to two days of lectures that are usually four hours long, and working is VERY difficult to g...