bradycakesmom

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1. Hostility towards diabetics

   bradycakesmom replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   There is also the difference of type 1 and type 2, a type 1, the pancreas stops working and producing insulin. How can you blame that on the person? If you have a stroke and can't use your arm, are they going to complain about those ppl because the...

2. failed my boards because i couldnt find mans apical pulse neither could the observer!

   bradycakesmom replied to bradycakesmom's topic in General Nursing

   there were other students testing after me, and the observer said she needed to leave immediately after testing. My head nurse said that there should be some kind of time limit on something like that. The other students had the same actor, but none...

3. Failed state skills, retook yesturday

   bradycakesmom replied to Juliamine's topic in CNA/MA

   hi I also live in Oregon and took my test on the 20th. I failed apical pulse, because I could not hear the mans heartbeat anywhere on his chest!! Neither could the observer or the actor. We had 35 min. to complete 5 tasks and I search for his heart...

4. failed my boards because i couldnt find mans apical pulse neither could the observer!

   bradycakesmom replied to bradycakesmom's topic in General Nursing

   this was for cna, and we took 2 written tests plus the boards where an observer watches you and checks off a list of step-by-step procedures you perform in front of her. We had 5 tasks to complete in 35 min. and had to perform each step by step with...

5. failed my boards because i couldnt find mans apical pulse neither could the observer!

   bradycakesmom replied to bradycakesmom's topic in General Nursing

   thank you!! i live in Oregon, and this was my first time taking the boards. I have found an apical pulse many times on residents and others, and as you know the whole procedure is a little over a min. long, yet I could not hear his heartbeat anywher...

6. failed my boards because i couldnt find mans apical pulse neither could the observer!

   bradycakesmom replied to bradycakesmom's topic in General Nursing

7. failed my boards because i couldnt find mans apical pulse neither could the observer!

   bradycakesmom posted a topic in General Nursing

   I failed my boards because I could not hear the actors heartbeat during the apical pulse, he said his doctor has trouble finding it and he is on meds that affect it too, my observer tried to listen for it, couldnt find it, gave the stethescope to th...