Luchador CNA, EMT-B

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    Mistakes at CNA Internship

    Shake it off. You won't be there for that long, right? If you keep going you will have to deal with bad clinical situations from nasty instructors to nasty staff at the clinical site. Just keep...
  2. Hell, if you read stuff here it's a wonder anyone becomes a nurse. There will be a lot of opportunities to interface nursing with social work if you continue. For example, there is community health...
  3. Congrats! Your primary doc can clear you. Ignore the mental check. Seriously. Don't state you have mental health issues. If your primary doc knows about any mental health concerna he/she can...
  4. This is why the local RN program here requires that applicants be CNAs. Too many start and have no idea what they are getting into. Crying for hours after the first day? Sheesh. That's horrible....
  5. I don't know what to say about this. How did he not get caught sooner? German nurse given second life sentence for murder of 85
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    PRENURSING STUDENT ANXIETY

    You need to apply to multiple programs and be willing to drive or
  7. I wonder whatever happened. My money is that she ended up wiping grown up asses no matter
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    Nursing School S-O-S

    You got this! Stay focused and learn what works for
  9. Your acumen is matched only by your impressive ability to briefly encapsulate the
  10. Not in my ADN program. 5 rights ➕ documentation is what we learned. But then again we learned what Versed was in the first pharmocology
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    Should nurses join a Union or not really?

    Read the posts on this forum from RNs getting fired for no reason, or lies--- and you will have your answer on whether or not you should join a
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    Notified of call before being on call

    Is she getting paid to be on call from 0500 to 0700 or doing it for
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    Retaliation for reporting abuse?

    If you are fired with cause (even bull-crap, like this case) you are not eligible for unemployment. But filing for it would force them to go on the record with the state that the nurse in question...
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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

    I get the feeling many people didn't read the reports. RV should have never made it past the first semester of RN school, let alone been turned loose in a
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    The Nursing School to Welfare Pipeline

    Why do you feel you can't relocate? You sound like the most miserable person in the world. Maybe try an
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    The Nursing School to Welfare Pipeline

    Ya... No idea why people would think you are
  17. What's not to like about wiping asses, changing diapers and giving showers?! The local ADN program here requires that you be a CNA to apply. Why? They actually had too many people drop out of the...
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    Vaccination for clinical

    Did you ever read some of the several dozen safety studies on vaccines that I linked for
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    The Nursing School to Welfare Pipeline

    There is an amazing amount of bitterness and teeth gnashing in this thread. The students I know that have graduated from my program in the last several years all have jobs as nurses. They all like...
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    ARE MOST RN SCHOOLS LIKE THIS??

    My school is much harsher. If you don't maintain a 77% test average, you're gone. Half of the grade is exams, and half is clinical. So, theoretically, you could get a 76% exam average, a 100% on...
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    Vaccination for clinical

    Why do you think Pertussis has made a come back? Is it because of people like
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    The Nursing School to Welfare Pipeline

    I'm not trying to insult you. A friend from last year started as a corrections nurse right after graduating, with a bonus. Another took a job in Santa Fe-- with a bonus-- and used it to travel...
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    The Nursing School to Welfare Pipeline

    If people aren't willing to locate when there are no jobs in their area they should look in the mirror to see what the issue
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    The Nursing School to Welfare Pipeline

    Everybody in my ADN that graduated the last couple years is working as a nurse. Southern Colorado appears to have lots of jobs for RNs, even those with just an associate's
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    Vaccination for clinical

    In a post full of crazy ignorance, this statement is the "best." You're a liar. Here is a link to a couple dozen safety studies of vaccines....