Meowzers

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1. What was the first thing you learned in Nursing School?

   Meowzers replied to Murse336's topic in General Students

   Congrats! Did your school require you to have a CNA certification before applying? If not, you will probably start with CNA basics such as hand washing, manual vital signs, giving baths, toileting patients, ambulating patients safely and other mobil...

2. Not Applying to Nursing Residency

   Meowzers replied to Meabso's topic in General Students

   In my hospital, it is much harder to get a regular posting as a new grad, particularly if it is a coveted specialty like NICU. Most regular postings on most floors require two years experience in that specialty. New grad positions are a foot in the d...

3. PTO use

   Meowzers replied to sadpandaRN's topic in General Nursing

   I think the hospital I work for has a pretty fair way of doing it. For full time employees, you have to sign up for 6 weekend shifts (meaning a Saturday or Sunday shift) per 6 week schedule. Part time employees have to sign up for 3. You sign up for ...

4. CNA in a hospital

   Meowzers replied to Terran22's topic in Career Support

   I work as a CNA on an Adult Med/Surg Floor. It is a very hands on job, and can be very physically demanding and fast paced. I previously worked at a desk, and I much prefer being on my feet, interacting with people, and being busy for the whole 12 ho...

5. Refusing to change/toilet pts

   Meowzers replied to ShockMe's topic in General Nursing

   Totally did not mean it to come off that way. Over explanation and begging are definitely not necessary for delegation. Was just trying to make a point about communication between co-workers - it's hard to translate when it is a rhetorical situation ...

6. Refusing to change/toilet pts

   Meowzers replied to ShockMe's topic in General Nursing

   Current CNA/Future RN here. I work with a couple of nurses who flat out will not do any ADLs and will page a CNA every time to do it, no matter what. Thankfully, most of the nurses I work with are extraordinary and are the type of nurse I aspire to ...

7. Mission Health & other agencies in West NC

   Meowzers replied to INN_777's topic in North Carolina

   Of course! I live in a town called Waynesville and it is great. About 30 minutes from Asheville, very safe, a neat little main street and a couple of very good breweries. Weaverville and Swannanoa are both great The nurse to patient ratios depend on ...

8. Second degree nursing

   Meowzers replied to Danamarie214's topic in New York

   I am also making the career change to nursing in my 30s! I don't have children yet, so I can't speak to that aspect. My advice would be to 1) Budget some time for studying each day so you don't get behind and have to play "catch up" and miss a ton o...

9. Mission Health & other agencies in West NC

   Meowzers replied to INN_777's topic in North Carolina

   I work as a PRN CNA at Mission while I am in Nursing school, and I love it. They are great about working with your school schedule. If you are a hard worker with good references, it is not difficult to get a job with them, as they have several open p...

10. What is the Registered Nurse Patient Ratio at your hospital?

    Meowzers replied to LinenP's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a pulmonary med/surg unit and for days it is typically 1:4. Sometimes we will have 1:5 if we are short staffed, but they try to keep it 1:4 or below. They do look at the acuity of the patients when they assign them, so that helps. For CNAs...

11. Is this reasonable or just over the top?

    Meowzers replied to Lakeshore18's topic in General Nursing

    I can understand, if the patient is awake, coming in to introduce her day nurse. It can help foster a sense of trust and get rid of any feelings they might have that they are being passed around. Doing bedside report in front of the patient can also ...

12. Told to fake vital signs

    Meowzers replied to gypsierose's topic in Geriatric

    Absolutely not. When you chart something, you are signing a legal document, even for something as simple as vitals. You are legally responsible for what is on that chart, and can be held legally accountable if you purposefully chart something that is...

13. Used CPR on my neighbors toddler today... it wasn't enough... warning, graphic..

    Meowzers replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    So glad this is looking like a happy ending and the child will pull through relatively unscathed. I'm sure that the CPR you performed helped obtain that positive outcome. I can't imagine how scary it must have been - how are you feeling/dealing with ...

14. Pregnant and CRNA school

    Meowzers replied to love2nurseICU's topic in SRNA

    Most programs are able to accommodate pregnant students and work with them unless it involves missing too many clinical days. I would imagine most professors, particularly at the graduate level where there are more older students with families, will ...

15. Having a baby before, during, or after nursing school?

    Meowzers replied to nickymack's topic in General Students

    I'm right there with you, OP! My husband just turned 36, and I will be 31 this year with 2 years to go in nursing school. I know my husband doesn't want to be pushing 40 by the time we have our first kid, and I'm starting to feel like I'm ready to ta...