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  1. Nursing Assistants Responsibilities-I Need Help!!

    mollysn replied to ChattyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I really feel for you the day you had. I think in the time it took you to tell the patient to put the light on you could have had the bedpan under the patient and moved on with your responsibilities....

  2. Just An Aide Venting

    mollysn replied to Nikki69's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hugs to you:icon_hug: I am aslo an aide and I know it is not a fun job and is very difficult many times. I don't have any advice for

  3. Just applied for a PA program

    mollysn replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    To PASomeday- it does have a ring to it :) one of the wonderful things about nursing is that it can take you anywhere- even to PA school. I'm sure you will be a great

  4. Can I still go to the gym regularly (Once I am nursing school)?

    mollysn replied to ARRR10's topic in General Students

    Hi there! Beginning nursing school can be overwhelming. Once you get into the groove and schedule you will find time to have a life! Your time in the gym will be a valuable stress reliever and you...

  5. Can Someone Help Me Understand Delegation

    mollysn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a nursing student graduating next Dec. and I am an aide as well. The BON came to our ethics class and talked briefly about delegation. In the booklet it explains there is a process for...

  6. Can Someone Help Me Understand Delegation

    mollysn replied to mollysn's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your responses. It is more clear to me now. Some RN's will give you report even when you have gotten report from the other CNA. It seems like so much to be responsible for thank...

  7. Medication Nurse Assistants

    mollysn replied to K205's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is a dangerous situation for the patients and any nurse that holds a liscence in these facilities. Another issue here is relying more on unliscensed personell is devaluing nursing....

  8. What do patients say that irks you?

    mollysn replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You could say, "NO but I got a good rate on my car insurance by switching to GYCO LOL" :rotfl:

  9. Nurse presses charges against ER pt and wins

    mollysn replied to Nurse Ratched's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I say good for her! We had a pt that grooped the staff and the CNA's talked about it and were shaken by it but they talked like it was part of the job.. I didn't have this patient and did not know...

  10. How many LPNs IV cert.

    mollysn replied to Jhauserlpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I was thinking the same thing

  11. Our baby was stillborn... Please help me understand

    mollysn replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am too thinking about you and your family.. Cooper Riley is a beautiful name I wish you peace and happiness for the new

  12. Nursing Against the Odds -- Who's reading it, or has read it?

    mollysn replied to Stitchie's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't really pick up LOL :chuckle I took me forever to read because I'd fall alsleep or put it down to think about what she was writing about. It is written like one long term paper LOL. She...

  13. Where have all the experienced nurses gone?

    mollysn replied to mharrah's topic in Medical-Surgical

    In nursing school you always here that Med-Surge is where you go when you first graduate. It's like an extension of school and that is where you really learn the skills that make you a good nurse....

  14. Where have all the experienced nurses gone?

    mollysn replied to mharrah's topic in Medical-Surgical

    LOL!! Nurse

  15. Great News!!

    mollysn replied to Faby's topic in International Nursing

    Congratulations, You now have those wonderful initials after your name!!!

  16. Where have all the experienced nurses gone?

    mollysn replied to mharrah's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am an aide and in will graduate with my BSN next Dec. I have worked on med/surge floors at two different hospitals. I just took a new job in Oct on a med/surge floor and I'll add my 2cents. I did...

  17. Gov't will pay back student loans????

    mollysn replied to dreamBIG's topic in General Nursing

    I know in WV they will if you work in a rural/underserved area. I don't know where you would find

  18. 10 Days 'Til Spring Semester! ~ What Are You Taking?

    mollysn replied to prissy pixie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I start the 9th too! I am taking Pediatric Nursing Clinical and Theory- 8 weeks, Med-Surge- 8 weeks, pathophysiology, pharmocology, and Cardiac Nursing. Good Luck to everyone this

  19. $$$$ to be made!!

    mollysn replied to canoehead's topic in Nursing Humor

    How do you steal all those urinals that would be something very embarrassing to get fired for I used to give away a few extra new urinals at my old job because the man was a frequent flyer. He...

  20. CNA before RN

    mollysn replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Students

    I have worked as an aide at 2 different hospitals while going to school. I graduate next Dec! The job has been good because you get to observe lots of things and you get a taste of the real world....

  21. hyperemesis

    mollysn replied to jeepgirl's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ginger always helps me with n/v and calms my stomach. They sell ginger tea in bag form, I don't if it will work as well as ground fresh ginger. Lipton makes a ginger tea and I always drink that when...

  22. CNA classes??

    mollysn replied to Glimmer's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital where I work offers a nursing assistant class. Hospitals often hiring nursing students with no training to work as nursing assistants. Good

  23. Do I have a fighting chance?

    mollysn replied to CharlotteCNA's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I would call and make an appointment with an academic advisor/rep from the schools you want to attend. Talking with someone will ease your anxiety and show them you are serious. Don't sweat

  24. HELP....I dont know what to do

    mollysn replied to shannonibellen's topic in Legal

    I would definately call your state BON and find out what their process is. The WV BON gave a lecture in our ethics class and talked some about what you did in the past may come back to haunt you....

  25. Accelerated BSN/pursuing nursing career

    mollysn replied to fulwood's topic in General Nursing

    Tencat is right it does take alot of time, I feel sometimes it consumes all of your time. I work as a nurses aid 24 hrs per week and some of my classmates work 40 plus hours per week... they are not...