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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 CNA certification. May I suggest you borrow or or...

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 people. Wow, that was challenging. The town cops and sh...

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 better, and that it means balancing out our energy ex...

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 with a big chunk of my heart behind. The grueling ...

Hi! All, I am a RN with 33 yrs. of ICU, supervisory and teaching experience. Personally, I believe salary transparency is an important, GOOD thing. Clinical ladders are gaining in popularity, (more pay for greater experience and coursework), and the ...

Stay in touch! :-) sue

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 go. And then, follow your dream, but know that with ...

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 you make a proactive plan to stay as well as you po...

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 CNAs and nurses can basically pick their hours and ...

Hi! Everyone, I am a nurse with SLE. I have alot of nq1(oops, kitten on the keyboard problem...) neuro symptoms like falling, tripping, banging into walls,.... and speak openly of my Lupus in great part because I would hate to have anyone worry I had...

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. I think you were put in a difficult situation unne...

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 question. Why would I do such a thing you might ask??:ch...

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 there are so few nurses willing to do the job. And...

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

Dear Katie91, I am so sorry you lost your children. I know the hurt never goes away, but the memories stay. And I am glad you had them for however long you did. Thank you for sharing about them. And thank you especially for serving our country. Witho...

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 day a week/18 month deal last I looked, and I would ...

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 usually, when a pt. puts their call bell on, they just sa...

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 was horrified to hear there are still agencies out ...

Hi! New update, our 22 yr. old LPN program closed in July. Couldn't hire faculty because of inadequate pay and the almost unbelieveable number of hours of unpaid required work time, so that we could increase the enrollment to make the budget. Vicious...

I am a nurse instructor and refer to this wonderful place regularly and gratefully, that there is a forum like this for all, CNAs and Nurses alike, without regard to levels of educational prep. Thank you.

Hi! I teach high school CNA students and this caught my heart. I am honored to be able to share it with my kids. Your post will help them learn to be better caregivers regardless of their level of educational prep.

Hi! I am an old :bugeyes:nursing instructor. A teaching standard is that up to .2cc of air can be drawn into the syringe prior to administration of some types of meds. The air bubble 'floats' to the end away from the needle by rule of gravity and is ...

Hi! Everyone, and Eliana, Good Morning! and it has warmed up to 10 degrees outside, and I ache in joints I didn't know I had! I teach high school 11th and 12th grade, a Health Occupation and Nurse Aide curriculum, after ICU nursing and RN and LPN ed....

Hi! Twix, and everyone, Please don't despair and good luck with your boards! The opportunities in nursing for people with disability are awesome. You will find your place. I was an ICU nurse for over 20 yrs. and now do classroom teaching. I have Lupu...

I think the cheap trinkets are more insulting than just a thank you. One year a few of the docs sent big fruit baskets. Most years, nothing. And longevity pins or anything with logos make me feel sad, like, this is my worth? Gift cards are really nic...