yuyu75

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1. Would you nurses like me better if......

   yuyu75 replied to yuyu75's topic in General Nursing

   Oh, thanks so much all of you for the quick responses. That is actually what I was thinking but wanted to make sure. I will definetaly (sp) start working on my pre-reqs while hopefully finding a job as a CNA and making you nurses proud!! thanks ag...

2. Would you nurses like me better if......

   yuyu75 posted a topic in General Nursing

   So i am in my 2nd week of a 5 week CNA course. I am in a little dilemma. After this CNA course, I was thinking about getting my phelbotomy certificate when I was finished...would I get a better job opportunity with a CNA with a phelbotomy cert or s...

3. MHT vs. Mental Health CNA

   yuyu75 replied to yuyu75's topic in Psychiatric

   OMG... I WISH it was that easy. You are so lucky. Here in Chicago, IL it is so hard. There are not alot of free standing psych facilities, mostly hospitals with psych units and you need a bachelors in psych/socialwork etc to get into mental healt...

4. anybody here work at Christ hospital or Palos hospital?...

   yuyu75 replied to yuyu75's topic in Illinois

   Ok, Ok,....truce.. Please I don't want any enemies here. You are right, she was probably busy and I should not have taken it personally. I am just so frustrated! I have been a stay at home mom for 8 years and I am scared I will be making the wrong...

5. anybody here work at Christ hospital or Palos hospital?...

   yuyu75 replied to yuyu75's topic in Illinois

   Thanks for the reply but I would like to say a few things Snickerdoodles, I have had a hell of a time finding out what I need for a mental health tech at palos/christ hospital. Yes i have googled, researched, emailed etc and i get totally differen...

6. I am so upset...

   yuyu75 posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I am from a suburb right outside Chicago, IL. I just called my local hospital to see what I needed to become a mental health tech (school wise). The girl they transferred me to was so mean and ignorant, told me i need to "google" what I was looking...

7. anybody here work at Christ hospital or Palos hospital?...

   yuyu75 posted a topic in Illinois

   I am so upset. I called Palos hospital to speak to someone in their psych unit because I want to know what i needed to gain an entry level employment position (CNA or mental health tech) and the girl who they transferred me to was really rude and ig...

8. MHT vs. Mental Health CNA

   yuyu75 posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I am stuck between returning to school for nursing or mental health counselor. I need an "entry level" job, to kinda get my feet wet and see what I would like. If I got my CNA license, what would I be doing on a inpatient psych hospital unit? Or d...

9. Moraine Valley Nursing Program...

   yuyu75 posted a topic in Illinois

   Can anyone who is going through the program or has went through the program tell me how hard it is? From the admission process, to the classes, to the clinicals~! thanks

10. Psych nursing postions in IL?

    yuyu75 replied to Fashnsobe's topic in Illinois

    Wow...I am stuck between nursing or social work/psychology. Can you tell me why you are switching from counseling to nursing?

11. Psych unit job descriptions

    yuyu75 replied to yuyu75's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks so much for the reply. I can probably learn alot from you, You have the best of both worlds...RN and MSW!!! So can you tell me a little bit about the schooling. Which do you think was harder NS or going to school for MSW? Please let me kn...

12. Psych unit job descriptions

    yuyu75 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    As a psychiatric nurse, who has more contact with the patients on a floor, the nurses or the social workers? I am deciding between nursing and social work and can't makeup my mind. I guess what I should be asking is, what does a social worker do on...

13. Can you guys please help? So sick of this...

    yuyu75 replied to yuyu75's topic in General Students

    Wow...thank you...I couldn't have asked for a better reply...Thank you. You should be so proud of yourself. I hope in a year or two I am in the same "place" (mentally and physically) your are...because it sounds like such a happy place! Thanks

14. Can you guys please help? So sick of this...

    yuyu75 posted a topic in General Students

    So here we go...this is a long one. I have written on this forum many many times. To the nurses forum, pysciatric nurses forum, first year nurse forum, BUT I don't think i have written to the nursing students, and I probably should have first, beca...

15. Really stuck.....

    yuyu75 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Can you tell me what a CNA does in the psych or mental health unit at a hospital or inpatient facility. I am stuck between going back to school for nursing or social work. I need a cna license as a pre-req to get into the nursing program and i abso...