I was wondering if I could get a general census on my situation.
I have been a medical assistant for five years and this year I became a CNA. I am hoping to start the nursing program this Jan 2012, and was wondering if you think that taking the skills and knowledge from both professions I would be ok?
My cousin is a RN and she hates it very much. My extended family laughs behind my back with the route I am going, but hello my cousin calls me from the bathroom to ask which tubes she should use to get a GHP.... This makes sense to me... I know correct positioning,lab values, how to take x-rays, bed baths and, remove stitches!!she doesn't know to use a lavender and tiger top!!i guess. I'm just looking for encouragement. I believe I will be a darn good nurse soon... Idk, it just sucks. I wish the best for my cousin but come on..
Some people in my nursing class had NEVER done patient care and hit a kind of wall the first time they had to do something personal like toilet or bath another adult. CNA experience can help you get that baseline comfort (as long as you don't learn too many bad habits, that is...)
Technical stuff can change from place to place, so don't put too much faith in detail oriented particulars. It may actually mess you up if you're used to a certain protocol from your previous job, and it changes at other places...
the OP asked for opinions, she got them. just bc she and some others dont agree, it doesnt make our opinions and experiences wrong. if the op continues with what comes across as her "attitude" she will have a tough time as a new nurse. MA is not anything near RN, CNA is not anything near RN. i never was a cna or MA, and looking at what a cna does in comparison, i cannot see how thatd make one more "well rounnded"
i was wondering if i could get a general census on my situation.
i have been a medical assistant for five years and this year i became a cna. i am hoping to start the nursing program this jan 2012, and was wondering if you think that taking the skills and knowledge from both professions i would be ok?
my cousin is a rn and she hates it very much. my extended family laughs behind my back with the route i am going, but hello my cousin calls me from the bathroom to ask which tubes she should use to get a ghp.... this makes sense to me... i know correct positioning,lab values, how to take x-rays, bed baths and, remove stitches!!she doesn't know to use a lavender and tiger top!!i guess. i'm just looking for encouragement. i believe i will be a darn good nurse soon... idk, it just sucks. i wish the best for my cousin but come on..
pot meet kettle....so exactly what are you doing? hmm judging? exactly. i'm not judging people i'm simply stating that as for me having experience already in the medical field has helped me when it comes to my classes and the skills we are learning as compared to some who don't have experience.i'm not putting them down.. i'm stating my opinion. you don't know me from tom, do you know i stay after class and help some of the students with the skills they are having trouble with because they ask? do you know that i volunteer in the nicu and have been since i was 16? do you know anything about me? stuck up.. seriously?!? you are very offensive and extremely rude. i am saying that my family praises my cousin for being an rn but now my cousin hates it.. that it's not what she expected. do you think being a tech in the ed is helping you out as far your nursing program? are there skills and med term knowledge that you use as a tech cross over in some way shape or to your nursing classes? i'm sure it has. do i think that you being a tech in the ed will benefit you as a nurse? yes, i do. you have experience being in a very fast paced dept. you are probably well under pressure and can cope.
see was that hard? that is what i'm asking. not putting my cousin or fellow nursing students down. good lord.
for real though i thought this was one of the sarcastic, "lets make fun of them thread". you sound so puffed up (know it all) and so insensitive of your cousin. if she hates the job why do you think you would like it or be better. why make fun of her because she does not know what top to use (red quote)
the quote in blue makes you come off like those who post (i am so pretty i know it all). you didnt say that but then...
and then before you finish your nursing program i would implore you to tone down the attitude because no one wants to deal with a know it all.
you state that its all just your opinion but guess what we are all stating our own opinions. we dont like yours, you dont like ours. we are all at an impasse. suck it up
back to the topic at hand: do i think it would benefit you: no, why?
1) most people that have worked on the floor come into nursing thinking they know it all and for the most part are hard to teach
2) most of what happens on the floor in real life does not match with what goes on in nursing school
if you can avoid mixing real life with book life then i think you would be good
I wonder if your classmates would appreciate you help as much if they knew you were posting about them "slacking " because they're not at your pace in the clinical skills. And I'm still confused about why it matters that you cousin doesn't like being an RN.
nursejoed
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Some people in my nursing class had NEVER done patient care and hit a kind of wall the first time they had to do something personal like toilet or bath another adult. CNA experience can help you get that baseline comfort (as long as you don't learn too many bad habits, that is...)
Technical stuff can change from place to place, so don't put too much faith in detail oriented particulars. It may actually mess you up if you're used to a certain protocol from your previous job, and it changes at other places...