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Thank you so much for all of this! I really appreciated your input.

Why do nurses and everyone cringe when I say I want to be a dialysis nurse and then a dialysis nurse practitioner. They all say that I don’t want to do dialysis. But I do. I absolutely loved my time there in nursing school. I have family that have been on dialysis. I absolutely want to be a dialysis nurse. But why does everyone cringe and tell me not to do it?

I just recently started working as a cna in the icu while I’m in nursing school. I’m the first cna in this icu because it’s just always been nurses. I kinda feel like my job is irrelevant. Advice on how to make things better?

Thank you for this insight!!

I'm a second semester first year student. Just recently I started a job (2 weeks ago) at a hospital working as a CNA in ICU. I have committed my Friday and Saturday nights to this job working 6:30pm to 6:30am. However, a representative from another hospital spoke with my class this morning about a new position they have for CNAs that allows you to make your own schedule to accomadate your own hours. For instance, if I can work 2pm to 9pm on Tuesday then that would be my shift. They are open to all hours and shifts to accomidate my schedule. This is great because we all know how demanding nursing school is! I just wish I would have known about it a month ago before taking this new job. But here is the catch, my job now is in the ICU which is where I want to be when I graduate. The other position is a float pool position and it is not certain where I would be from one day to the next. Should I keep the one I have now or should I go with the one that is going to be best for my schedule?

There is a nurse I work with on night shift. When a certain CNA (whose also a nursing student) works, this nurse tells her to do things outside of the scope of practice for CNAs in my state. Also, it is company policy that CNAs not step foot into the medication room for the CNAs sake and for the RNs sake. However, several nights the RN has told the CNA that she should feel welcomed into the med room and that she can go in there anytime. For instance, we keep a spare container of bleach wipes under the sink in the room. The CNA needed some and instead of the RN getting it, the RN told the CNA to feel free to go into the med room anytime. Well, to cover myself, I got them for her since the fridge was defrosting and medications were on the counter. I don't want anything to go missing and be blamed for such things. There has been other occurrences with the same nurse such as giving a seasoned CNA keys to the med cart so they could get Tylenol, etc. I've tried speaking with this RN about it but she brushes it off like no big deal. The RN has been licensed for going on 25 years where as I have been for nearly two. So I'm a "baby nurse" (the specific RNs words not mine). Should I go to the D.O.N about this?

I've been working the night shift for three months now and have recently started feeling resentment towards my boyfriend. We've never had issues before. He works during the day outside building challenge courses and training staff for them and I'm inside up all night and asleep when it's nice out. I feel animosity because he gets to be outside in the sun where I love to be and I'm asleep all day and up all night and don't get to enjoy it. It's a stupid thing to feel upset about but I just miss being outdoors and especially being outdoors doing fun things such as testing zip lines with him.

I am starting the core nursing program this fall and currently work as a cna. I am leaving that job in a few weeks so I can have something more flexible with clinicals and study hours, etc. My school required students to have their CNA certification and having taken a training course. I have done this as I am currently working as a CNA. However, unless I renew my certification it will expire 2 months before I finish the program and graduate. For the state of North Carolina, do I need to have an active CNA certification to take the NCLEX and apply for my RN? There is a lot of discrepancies between information.