EmBeMap

EmBeMap

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  1. need to interview someone that is a phlebotomist

    EmBeMap replied to Felisha's topic in General Nursing

    Yes a nurse can be a phlebotomist with further training. My instructor was both a lab phlebotomist and an oncology nurse. ASCP is a certifying authority for phlebotomists. There are like 12 last time...

  2. Frustration & No RN Job Opportunities

    EmBeMap replied to LuvScrubs2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    guys, while waiting for a position post nclex, work on your certifications, some can even be done from home like hiv nursing, public health nursing, others like tncc, and critical care nursing require...

  3. Fall 2010 Lonestar ADN Hopefuls

    EmBeMap replied to StephanieNicole's topic in Texas Nursing

    hey something occured to me the other day...if you get in you have to have a current cna license...are you guys all done with cna course and state test? i also got awesome news today, being broke...

  4. Fall 2010 Lonestar ADN Hopefuls

    EmBeMap replied to StephanieNicole's topic in Texas Nursing

    i can't wait for this month to fly by. am filing taxes asap to then put in my fafsa. as to stethoscope, i got dibs on my doc friends hand me down [color=#8b1a1a]3m littmann® master cardiology...

  5. VENT - Sickle Cell Crisis patients

    EmBeMap replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Umm I understood from class that sickle cell was a genetic disorder only affecting african americans. that being said any disease that causes sickle shaped rbcs to lodge in the millions of capillaries...

  6. Vent - Still frustrated about this situation, what would you have done?

    EmBeMap replied to ChocoholicRN's topic in General Nursing

    Reading this post kind of made me cringe for you. Im confused why did you accept report on a non-dnr vented pt on a medsurg unit. what was the admitting doc thinking. icu nurses who are trained...

  7. Fall 2010 Lonestar ADN Hopefuls

    EmBeMap replied to StephanieNicole's topic in Texas Nursing

    So, am I totally wierd that I plan on celebrating and possibly even doing a full on, full out happy dance, when and if my letter comes in... I can't wait until April 10th. It seems like forever when I...

  8. Fall 2010 Lonestar ADN Hopefuls

    EmBeMap replied to StephanieNicole's topic in Texas Nursing

    Reading all the other posts so far I think I might get in.. I applied with a 11.826... I am so excited to get started I hope everything continues to go as well. It was a rough start getting involved...

  9. Changing a patient's diaper while they are standing ?

    EmBeMap posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I am a Future RN student (one more semester of academics WOO HOO) and I am currently completing my clinicals for my CNA. I just started my rotation at a local LTC and OMG it is awful. Not the job I am...

  10. What makes nursing school so hard for people ?

    EmBeMap posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    Please don't FLAME me, I have recently finished my academics and just finished pharmacology at North Harris with an 86.6 for the semester. I did all this while working full-time as an ER tech. But as...

  11. Triage Rules / Rants

    EmBeMap replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Nursing students or more likely nursing students to be are fundamentaly idealisitic. They have to be to want to go into nursing. ITS A TOUGH JOB... Especially ER. (am an EX County ER TECH) I love...

  12. HCC ADN Fall 2008 Applicants

    EmBeMap replied to RnBound0510's topic in Texas Nursing

    Anyone has to be better than Ms. Rich. Now if they could just organize Ms. Clark...Hcc might not be half bad. This over acceptance and last minute email acceptance is over the top. I had a friend who...

  13. Can a HIV person work as a C.N.A

    EmBeMap replied to Taxminia0311's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    having the capacity to care for others and the ability to perform necessary tasks for people who cant do for themselves are the key qualities to make a good CNA imho. Your friends sero status should...

  14. HCC ADN Fall 2008 Applicants

    EmBeMap replied to RnBound0510's topic in Texas Nursing

    Keep at it... Its doable... But yes the whole thing has its difficulties. Wait til you get to

  15. Hep C Diagnosis --- Now What???!!!

    EmBeMap replied to CNA_MISSY's topic in General Nursing

    I undertand your rationality but workmens comp only covers treatment. What do you do with the rest of your life? Stop being a PA RN or MD ? You gave your life to help others, so now because of...

  16. Hep C Diagnosis --- Now What???!!!

    EmBeMap replied to CNA_MISSY's topic in General Nursing

    also in texas we have to sign for hep b and hiv test consents... did you authorize this hep c test... it seems discriminatory in my opinion. that they wouldn't hire you makes me wonder if they would...

  17. Hep C Diagnosis --- Now What???!!!

    EmBeMap replied to CNA_MISSY's topic in General Nursing

    Viruses are evil little creatures that lay dormant or sometimes disappear. What I meant was you can test positive for an anti-body (you were exposed and body mounted a response) or actually have a...

  18. nurse doesn't believe in life-sustaining measures for herself

    EmBeMap replied to shelly304's topic in General Nursing

    I have been involved in 20 plus code in the last 8 months and at 30 I believe the same way. My partner will not know when to stop them from coding me. I do not want to come back a drooling brain dead...

  19. Hep C Diagnosis --- Now What???!!!

    EmBeMap replied to CNA_MISSY's topic in General Nursing

    I really can't give you details how I know, but other than surgery and LandD no hospital can legally not hire solely based on your hep c status. If they don't hire you fight it. But also take care of...

  20. Stop Foreign Nurses

    EmBeMap replied to StopForeignNurses's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I know I will get flamed for this but every job has good things and bad things. Some days it will suck...That's why its called WORK. Nurses have it hard yes (but its a HARD job) no amount of ratios or...

  21. Stop Foreign Nurses

    EmBeMap replied to StopForeignNurses's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I understand your complaint about foreign nurses lowering the wages. My previous career was in IT (7 years) where outsourcing and cheap labor in INDIA is a huge problem. But slowly companies have...

  22. Stop Foreign Nurses

    EmBeMap replied to StopForeignNurses's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    And I congratulate them on learning english (I taught ESL it's hard) But I personally think the did you a disservice not trying to teach you their languages. The more languages you know the better...

  23. Stop Foreign Nurses

    EmBeMap replied to StopForeignNurses's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    hehe I have heard that argument many times and well all I can say is that it is a grievous lack of education in the USA that we only learn one language. and its kinda on the conceited side to say that...

  24. Stop Foreign Nurses

    EmBeMap replied to StopForeignNurses's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The bad thing is when you stop all foreign nurses you stop the good ones too. Example I have worked with many filipina nurses who were so experiened and awesome I was always greatful to work for them...

  25. Stop Foreign Nurses

    EmBeMap replied to StopForeignNurses's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The only issue I have seen with some foreign nurses has been cultural differences. By White, Hispanic, and even most Asian standard most of the African (from africa) nurses I have worked with seem to...