Hi, So i'm in nursing school and I just started. I keep hearing that "Med-Surg" is SOOOO hard. But what exactly is Med Surg nursing and why is it supposedly soooo hard, what's so hard about it in nursing school. I can't seem to get a clear answer. Me...
adampricecna replied to NatashaCNA85's topic in LPN/LVN Students
IT WILL HELP YOU, once in school, I'm currently in a LPN program and my being a CNA for 4 yrs has helped me. The familiarity with the whole "nursing" technique is extremely helpful. And if you were paying attention to the nurses you were working arou...
adampricecna replied to MisMatch's topic in Geriatric
I'm not a nurse....yet, but I am a CNA and my charge nurses always call the doctor and get a psych consult and they are send to something of a mental hospital....but they ALWAYS come back different...changed I guess. I don't know if it was medication...
Hey So I start nursing school in May, and I work a full time job as a CNA. The program frowns upon people who work full time jobs, and they discourage it. But I have bills that require me to work full time. I was thinking about switching to 3rd Shift...
OMG they are doing this at my job...We work a rotation, and we have rotated off days and weekends. But lately they have been taking our off days and making us work. But they said if you refuse, they will call it a "no call no show" which they can ter...
adampricecna replied to nurse2b013's topic in CNA/MA
Patience is KEY!!!! Never give a alzheimers patient a large task. Break it up into small tasks. Ex. (Patient is in bed) You need the patient up for breakfast. Don't Say: Let's get dressed and go to breakfast. Say: Let's get out of bed. Let's go to...
Okay so I'm a C.N.A and my facility just changed the dress code about two years ago. At first all the CNAs and nurses had to wear white, but the nurses had to wear hats. Then the CNAs had to change their uniforms to blue. Now we can wear what we want...
Use my method....the next time they patronize you....go off!!!! One of two things will happen, they will fire or discipline you...OR...they will start to respect you. Trust Me....I've only been fired once.