Aightball

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1. HELP! I DON"T WANT TO GO THROUGH CNA first...

   Aightball replied to lookingforward's topic in General Nursing

   Being a CNA is a very rewarding thing! I've been a CNA for 9 years and have never looked back. If you can't get past the duties, perhaps you are not ready to be a nurse. The nurses in the hospital I work in do just as much "clean up" as the techs go....

2. Calling All CNA's!

   Aightball replied to nightingale's topic in CNA/MA

   YAY!! I've been a CNA for 8 years now and I work as a tele tech. It was getting to be too much on my back and hips to work on the floor =(. Welcome to the best time of your life to the new CNA's. One word of advice: throw out the book and learn your...

3. Thinking about nursing school

   Aightball posted a topic in General Students

   Hi all! I am going to be getting an applicationg package for nursing school and am contemplating going. I've thought about nursing since I first became a CNA 8 years ago and am now working telemetry. My question is this: I have a learning disability...

4. VERY weird code today

   Aightball replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

   I had this happen to me twice in one night! I was sitting tele and someone had come down to take a couple second break from the floor (we're in our own seperate room). We were chatting and we both looked up at the same time to the monitor and she wen...

5. Telemetry Techs vs. Nurses

   Aightball replied to Jubei's topic in Cardiac

   We have two places for tele: my ward and ICU. ICU can watch both theirs and ours and we can only watch ours. But I know that when I watch tele, the nurses are relying on me to catch changes in their patients. I sti in my own room, with two monitors. ...