wilbur's mom

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1. Dementia Activity Documentation for CNAs

   wilbur's mom replied to m.k.a.u.'s topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Hi! I am a recently retired LPN and CNA instructor. Your goals are admirable and I have a few suggestions. My last two years at school, I had two classes of 11/12th graders all graduate with their NYS...

2. How do you manage to get to work in snow storms ?

   wilbur's mom replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

   Hi! I live near Buffalo,('nuff said) and once stayed at my nursing home as charge for 3 days. Biggest job was actually staffing the tray line and organizing one diet tech and myself to feed 125...

3. CNA with Autoimmune disease

   wilbur's mom replied to Riley1234's topic in Nurse Disabilities

   Hi! Everyone, It is nice to see this thread pop up in my mail. I would like to share one thing I have learned the hard way: living with autoimmune illness means we can go days without ever feeling...

4. Nurses, where do you see yourself in 5-10 years?

   wilbur's mom replied to learning08's topic in General Nursing

   Hi! Barbyann and Everyone, I'm with you, except plan to bribe the seagulls not to poop on YOUR tables.....save yourself some work. The last day I worked a perdiem shift in my ICU, I left in tears and...

5. CNA with Autoimmune disease

   wilbur's mom replied to Riley1234's topic in Nurse Disabilities

   Stay in touch! :-)

6. Can I make it in Nursing school?

   wilbur's mom replied to KT08's topic in Nurse Disabilities

   Hi! Kt, and everyone, I think two things, first, you need to do what you have to do to find your way to a dr. for a diagnosis. A neuro specialist at a big teaching university hospital is the way to...

7. CNA with Autoimmune disease

   wilbur's mom replied to Riley1234's topic in Nurse Disabilities

   Hi! Riley, As a nursing instructor with years of teaching experience and years living immunocompromised.... I say follow your dream. I would encourage you to go to nursing school in a heart beat. If...

8. Nurses with Lupus (SLE)

   wilbur's mom replied to wilbur's mom's topic in Nurse Disabilities

   Hi!D, So sorry for the delay in this reply. Go for it! and you don't even have to tell anyone your health issues, and the ADA provides protection for that. Healthcare is one of the professions where...

9. Welcome to the New Nurses with Disabilities Forum!

   wilbur's mom replied to Brian's topic in Nurse Disabilities

   Hi! Cowmom, I absolutely loved the way you said you had Parkinson's but work very hard not to let the disease have you! Thank you for putting it so well, I have lupus and that statement fits me, too....

10. Infuriating Responses To Questions

    wilbur's mom replied to ADPIE10's topic in General Students

    Hi! Everyone! Guilty as charged!!! And proud of it! Yes, I am a nursing instructor who does answer (selected) questions from students, LPN, CNA , both adult and high school secondary ed, with a...

11. Why do people go into nursing? Is it just the money?

    wilbur's mom replied to zoo*moon's topic in General Nursing

    Hi! I am a nurse instructor and thinking about retiring soon. I became a nurse to care for my pts. The money was NEVER there. In fact, the only reason local nurse pay is getting better now is because...

12. Define Nursing in 3 words

    wilbur's mom replied to FutureNurseSaga's topic in General Nursing

    Not much longer. Fewer do more. Retirement, can't

13. How much difference in pay do two year rn's get than four yr??

    wilbur's mom replied to bigmac018's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Last I looked, about a year ago: at our big University teaching hospital..... $0.24./hr, where I work, no difference in pay at all. The cost of a BSN in a AAS bridge program is @$25,000 for the one...

14. Do you say you're a nurse...

    wilbur's mom replied to picurn10's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hi! Generally, I say I am a nurse. I teach LPN and CNA students and wearing our name tags with our role plain to see is a state DOH requirement. Then I say RN Instructor. I tell my class, that...

15. How much is your pay?

    wilbur's mom replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

    This cloak of secrecy is part of the reason we get taken advantage of! In NY our hospitals hand out flyers, and nursing homes advertise their pay, with everyone's salary steps spelled out clearly. I...