tramajunkie

tramajunkie specializes in Emergency, Cardiac, Med/Surg.

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1. CNA in an ER? vs ER tech

   tramajunkie replied to sphinx4's topic in CNA/MA

   Most place distinguish between the cnas and emts/medics using the title tech. It all depends on the facility though. Yes you can get a job in the er. usually the do the vitals, bs, transport, stocking, codes (mind you they usually dont call a code...

2. Thinking About A Career In Nursing Please Help!!!

   tramajunkie replied to Change27's topic in General Students

   Well I originally started out as pre-med when i first started school. Then I decided to get my EMT to help pay my way through med school. That semester along came my daughter. I consaquently dropped out of pre-med and am now going for nursing. It...

3. Acute care PNP

   tramajunkie replied to mark2climb's topic in Post Graduate

   I guess it depends on what you want to do. Case Western Reserve in Cleveland has a ACNP program that is good. More for fight for life but worth looking into

4. Im Totally New To Everything! Need Help!

   tramajunkie replied to PINNIE77's topic in Pre-Nursing

   First thing to do is find out what you have to do to get into the nursing program at your shcool. Some schools have witing list. The school im going to requires you take the NLN enterance exam. If you are going to go full time look at the prereqs ...

5. Jobs while going to nursing school

   tramajunkie replied to Tayloran's topic in General Students

   Other than CNA?? Well I will be working as an ER tech but Im also an EMT. One thing you could look into is getting a unit secretary/health unit coordinator position. You still work on the medical floors but its mainly order entry. I did this while ...

6. physical test before nursing class

   tramajunkie replied to love2nurse4life's topic in Pre-Nursing

   We need one also. You can check into the health department. Also our school has a health office where we could get the labs and shots done for about the same price as the health department. This is me second time around as I had to drop out after ...

7. What kind of jobs can you get while taking nursing?

   tramajunkie replied to love2nurse4life's topic in Pre-Nursing

   our school requires you to have your CNA prior to strating. If not some states will allow you to sit for the CNA exam after you have completed your first semester. I know you can do this in IL. If your wanting to get into a medical position try co...