hisgeogal

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1. Voluntarily refusing food and fuids to hasten death

   hisgeogal replied to 4treasures's topic in Hospice

   I'm not a hospice nurse (or a nurse yet) but if it helps, you can add my comment to your paper. My mother had terminal colon cancer. We were blessed to be able to care for her at home while she passed. She was on TPN for a couple of weeks but then he...

2. TEAS TEST HELP

   hisgeogal replied to dorothyrose's topic in TEAS

   I think the best way to study for the science section is to do lots of practice tests. There are a few websites that have free sample tests if you google. The book helped me immensely with math, english, etc., but did very little to help with the sci...

3. Attn current nurses - does nursing assistant or student nurse get best experience?

   hisgeogal replied to hisgeogal's topic in General Nursing

   Wow! I'm overwhelmed with all of the great feedback! Thanks SO much to you all for responding, it's really helping me to think things through!

4. Clinicals- The most profound experience ever.

   hisgeogal replied to L&DWannaB's topic in General Students

   Thanks so much for sharing that beautiful story and kudos to you for having such a compassionate perspective; I agree with one of the other posters, you're going to be a great nurse! Having the privilege to take care of my mom when she was passing is...

5. Attn current nurses - does nursing assistant or student nurse get best experience?

   hisgeogal replied to hisgeogal's topic in General Nursing

   Boog'sGirl724, classicdame, husker_rn, thanks so much to all for the input! This is the type of info that will help stear me. If anyone else reading this post has comments, please don't hesitate to share them, it's truly appreciated and will be conis...

6. Attn current nurses - does nursing assistant or student nurse get best experience?

   hisgeogal posted a topic in General Nursing

   For those of you who have had experience as both a nursing assistant (CNA) and/or student nurse OR for those of you who oversee/work with either position in a hospital setting, is there any advantage to being a CNA over a SNE or visa versa? After my ...

7. Advantages of CNA over SNE or visa versa?

   hisgeogal replied to hisgeogal's topic in Indiana

   Hmm, you could be right about that. Thanks for bringing that up! My biggest concern is experience. I want to have as good of quality experience as I can get before graduating and taking the NCLEX, although it would be nice to hear some input regardin...

8. Advantages of CNA over SNE or visa versa?

   hisgeogal posted a topic in Indiana

   For those of you who have experience as both a CNA and SNE or for those of you who oversee/work with either position in a hospital setting, is there any advantage to being a CNA over a SNE or visa versa? After my first semester of clinicals, I want t...

9. Indianapolis Ivy Tech Nursing Program Advise Needed.

   hisgeogal replied to JRenihan's topic in Indiana

   I agree! IvyTech has a 100% placement and the health care facilities actually come to them! The market in Indy is good