lizbet86

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1. CNA position as a stepping stone into nursing?

   lizbet86 replied to MissMcCoy's topic in CNA/MA

   I had experience when I started nursing school and it did help at times. Not enough to where I'd say it was even close to being necessary though. It helps with confidence during clinical in nursing school cause you know how to handle patients. After ...

2. Never share pay rates!!

   lizbet86 replied to Queen33FutureLPN's topic in CNA/MA

   Yes, you definitely don't ever share your pay rate. Only after I had been in my last job for months did I ever talk about what I was making at the hospital with another brand new tech. That's just a rule of the professional world. The people you work...

3. Training in hospital?

   lizbet86 replied to cmm4ever's topic in CNA/MA

   Nobody but a nurse will ever pass meds. You usually don't get trained to do anything else other than what you're allowed to do when you start. The hospital has a scope of practice for each position (as do states, but hospitals can cut things out of t...

4. Hope I make the RIGHT decision!!!

   lizbet86 replied to cmm4ever's topic in CNA/MA

   I worked on a tele/cardiac floor, and in all the hospitals I've been in, the tele is a little box that goes in their pocket and a monitor tech watches it all. Our patients never had an actual EKG done on the floor. Doing EKGs really isn't that exciti...

5. Advice for nursing assistant in hospital?

   lizbet86 replied to cmm4ever's topic in CNA/MA

   I've worked in two hospitals and never had a uniform allowance. Buy a pair of walking shoes from the store. Wal-Mart sells scrubs. I say just work hard and work fast. Learn how to manage your time. I worked med surg for 8 months and never stayed late...

6. Student Nurse - Clinical skills questions - IV's

   lizbet86 replied to MsHomeSlice's topic in General Students

   I've never seen a prefilled syringe with 3cc of air in it. The bubble is maybe 1/2 a cc, and won't kill a patient. I usually push the air out, otherwise when you turn the syringe over, the air goes to the back and I just don't push it in.

7. struggling :(

   lizbet86 replied to Dshine's topic in General Students

   In my program, if you missed more than 7 hours per semester, they could drop you from the program. Therefore, we didn't ever miss much... If you missed a lot, I'd consider redoing the semester. It could really affect you next semester.

8. Younger Nursing Students

   lizbet86 replied to lhabin's topic in General Students

   I started nursing school with an 18 year old male. He had CLEPed his way into the program and had never taken a college class before in his life, and over 800 people apply for this program. I was shocked. We're done now and I was with him the entire ...

9. accepted into the nursing program---now what

   lizbet86 replied to nique281's topic in General Students

   My advice- don't start studying now. I never got people looking ahead. Nursing school is so stressful. ENJOY YOUR TIME OFF! You will lose your sanity if you don't learn to enjoy the breaks you have. Get your books, prepare friends and family for the ...

10. New RN's do you have a job yet?

    lizbet86 replied to pat8585's topic in General Students

    I have to take my boards still, but I have a job as well.

11. I feel like quitting...

    lizbet86 replied to Despareux's topic in General Students

    Don't quit. You put your family through this much, so why quit and having nothing to show for it? Kids are resilient. They'll hate it for one more quarter, and then they'll have their mom back. And when they grow up, they'll look up to that. You're s...

12. rounding up grades

    lizbet86 replied to ro2878's topic in General Students

    The percentage you need to pass the NCLEX is 75%, or so I've always been told. That's why the scale is elevated, and that's why they don't round. The NCLEX doesn't round up. We needed a 75% on tests and then other grades were factored in... If you di...

13. 12 hour shift clinicals

    lizbet86 replied to angelah11's topic in General Students

    Loved it! I only got to do 12 hour clinical for 7 weeks and I wish my whole program had been that way. It made time go so much faster!

14. Rejected and Im not sure what to do? ),:

    lizbet86 replied to uhohbube's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Girl, CALM DOWN! You are 19! I told myself exactly how I wanted my life to go about a million times, and now I realize it's pointless. Don't set age limits on anything. I had a 3.3 when I applied to nursing school the first time and I didn't get it. ...

15. Am I setting myself up for failure?

    lizbet86 replied to pinkpega's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I took A&P in the summer. I made a B (one person made an A). I was fine with it. I also didn't study for my TEAS and I scored an 89%. I bought a book, looked at how hard it was, never studied, and took my TEAS and was grateful that it was so easy...