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I saw the post earlier about the nurse getting confused as a CNA and the way she was treated, and I just had to say something about it. I'm a CNA, in a nursing home, and I get that kinda stuff all the time. I get treated with disrespect like I don't...

If you could go back to before you started nursing would you still have chosen to be a nurse? And if not what would you have choosen to do instead?

I am thinking about pursuing a career as a nurse. I am currently a CNA and sometimes feel that I am looked down on. I feel this is the biggest downfall of my job. So as a nurse do you feel as if doctors look down on you, and treat you as if you do...

Anyone ever think that what the nursing profession really needs is a union???

The problem isn't about knowing my own self worth, its in feeling I am respected in my job. I would feel a problem would be if I felt something to be the case, and when I brought this forward to the Dr., he would just ignore me, jeopardizing patient...

I think what needs clarification is that in order to get your MSN you need to have a BSN first, though there are schools that offer an accelerated program to get your BSN and then your MSN.

I think the majority of nurses agree that it is all there duties to do basic patient care. But what I see a lot of times is nurses seeming put out, or unavailable when it comes to helping to do ADL's. And I notice the class structure at work probab...

I'm a nursing assistant and when I first started class I was really worried about the "yuckies" I was afraid I couldn't cut it. But I soon got used to it and now I can handle almost any yuck. What I think about is if I don't clean this person up wh...

I'm considering going to school to either be and RN (BSN) or a PA? Which do you think is the better career choice based on your experience? From what I've seen PA's tend to make more money, and get to do more "doctor type" work. Since I am most in...

So the thing is that the program at Red Rocks is a physician assistant program, its not a tech program. Its the same length as the CU Med School program, it just has different requirements. Also CU's program doesn't require you to get a master's de...

I meant to say that the community college does offer a masters degree in addition to the PA training. What is the difference your refering to between the two colleges, when it comes to real life? Thank you

The thing is that nurse practitioner really isn't a route I'm looking into due to the time it would take. First I'd have to get my BSN 15 months, then it would take another 2 years to get my masters. I really don't think I'm prepared to commit this...

In Colorado there are a couple of different schools that offer a PA program. One is the CU Medical School, and doesn't require you to have medical training, but you do have to already have a BA and take quite a few pre-reqs as well as the GRE. The ...

Of subject kinda but did anyone watch Grey's Anatomy last weekend, the entire nursing staff went on strike and it devestated the hospital. Food for thought.

I also should have been a little bit more clear about where I am right now in school. I am going to graduate in May with 2 undergraduate degrees, in non medical fields. But I want to go on and do something in the medical field. I originally though...

Okay so this post really pissed me off. I am not just interested in money, if I was I would be doing something else than what I am. I am currently a CNA, so if you want to talk about taking care of people for the least amount of money thats what a ...

Okay so I started a little bit of heat, and I'm sorry I wasn't more available to respond to the threads. Heres the thing, first off I don't think nurses are lazy. Second I don't think what nurses do is unimportant. Third I understand that your job...

I think it should be ethical to euthanize a terminally ill patient. I am an aide in a LTC facility, and have had to face many patients dying very slowly. Wants a resident stops eating/drinking and has basically reached the last days, sometimes it c...

The best place to get CNA training is through a long-term care facility. But be forewarned that sometimes that training comes with obligations. Like at my facility where I was trained I am obligated to work only for them. For instance I can't quit...

I'm a CNA, in a nursing home, and I get that kinda stuff all the time. I get treated with disrespect like I don't know anything, even though I know the residents better than most anyone else. There are some nurses who help and try not to disrespect...

Try doing your blood pressure using a automatic machine, if you don't have one at work, they have them at the grocery store, you probably just didn't hear the beat. If you had a diastolic BP of zero for real you'd be dead, or you wouldn't have any b...

I actually heard that the lady that did this it wasn't her kid she was carrying it was her daughters.