brettswife

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1. cna in hospitals

   brettswife replied to brettswife's topic in General Nursing

   I live in the state of nevada. And yes they call us licensed out here. It cost me $279.00 for the class and another $150.00 to the state board of nursing to apply for the certificate and to take a state board test. I went ahead and applied at 2 hospi...

2. cna in hospitals

   brettswife posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have a question? I am a newly licensed unemployed cna. I want to work in pediatrics or in a ob unit. I was told that before an acute hospital would hire you had to have a years experience working in a nursing home. Can someone tell me if this is tr...

3. blood pressure

   brettswife replied to brettswife's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all so much for the pointers and encouragment. I practiced all last weekend on my husband. By sunday night he was running from me.

4. blood pressure

   brettswife posted a topic in General Nursing

   hi, I have just finished the cna program waiting to take the state test I am having a very hard time with blood pressure. I get the dyastolic ok but the systolic is giving me heck can any one give me any pointers how to tell when you have an accura...