walkingon

walkingon CNA, LPN

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  1. Something Positive about your job!

    walkingon replied to love_being_an_aide's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The daughter of one of my clients gave me a blanket she'd crocheted herself and said that she hoped it kept me as warm and fuzzy as I made her mom feel. There are others too, but that one sticks out...

  2. CNA home health aides - are you out there?

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

    Apparently I was wrong.....no HHA's hanging out here that I can see!

  3. Whats the CNA exam like?????

    walkingon replied to Mrfox90's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Try here: http://www.nurseaidetesting.com/default.htm Good

  4. Do You Find MDs Often Miss MRSA Diagnosis?

    walkingon replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I am only a fairly new CNA home health aide, but had a funky feeling about the rash on one of our clients that I had to sponge bathe several days a week. The family was inattentive, and it took us...

  5. Getting Frustrated -- Is it Worth It??

    walkingon replied to Satori77's topic in General Nursing

    Don't let impatience rob you of something you are really interested in. The prereqs are there for the same reason that you have to learn 2 + 2 = 4 before you can learn algebraic equations....to...

  6. Scrubs...

    walkingon replied to SweetLily's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    When I was taking my STNA training, we wore white as well. It may be cold outside, but once you get to moving around doing patient care, you're not going to miss the long sleeves. Good

  7. Hi all, any CST to RN here?

    walkingon posted a topic in Operating Room

    Can any CST's who have furthered their education relate their experience coming from tech to RN? I am a CST readying to enter nursing school and want to know what I'm in for. Did anything about the...

  8. Please share something GOOD that happened at work!

    walkingon replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    I am only a brand-new aide, and this is nowhere near as dramatic as many of yours, but when I was in clinicals at a LTCF I was feeding a confused woman who slept and mumbled unintelligibly through her...

  9. Announce that you passed your CNA exam here!

    walkingon replied to jb2u's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Took my test yesterday and found out I passed today! I'm gonna work home health for awhile and try to get on as a pt. care tech at our local hospital so they can pay for my nursing school. One more...

  10. Hi Everyone...I'm new here!!!!!

    walkingon replied to Daniella83's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Good for you!!! With your experience, nursing school should be a whole lot

  11. general question: WHAT IS A GOOD cna TO PT RATIO?

    walkingon replied to chadash's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I just got finished with my training program a couple of days ago. My instructor called to tell me about a job at a certain LTCF and said that their staffing ratios were "better than most" around...

  12. My CNA classes started today!

    walkingon replied to couldntbhappier's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm in my 2nd week of classes. You're right about there being a lot to it - guess we don't think about all the "little" things that a nursing assistant has to know! Speaking of which....now I have...

  13. Calling All CNA's!

    walkingon replied to nightingale's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hey all! I'm currently in nursing assistant classes, scheduled to be done in a couple of weeks and state tested by mid-May. Already hold a cert as a scrub tech, but jobs are like hen's teeth around...

  14. What is a SAM pack?

    walkingon replied to TRINI_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i was curious about this myself and did a quick web search....a uk hospital described using self-administered medication packs....maybe that's what it

  15. I Love Or!

    walkingon replied to nursekatie22's topic in Operating Room

    There are instrument books you can get (or possibly borrow from the hospital's library) that tell the generally accepted names of the common instruments for starters. Also, like Marie said, the names...

  16. Hi all, any CST to RN here?

    walkingon replied to walkingon's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks for the replies! I figured that the only way to get ahead (or even get a job in the first place, there's not many around here) was to go back to school again, which is why I'm doing this. You...

  17. Who else is entering a nursing program that . . .

    walkingon replied to EthnicBeauty's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My CC requires this as well, and I'm ok with it....how much worse can it be than changing my gd's diapers? (ok, ok, I can already hear the replies to that one ). The only thing I don't care for is...

  18. Book recommendation for nurses-to-be

    walkingon replied to katulka's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I read Life Support a couple of months ago and have to agree it is an interesting book, though it tends to be a little "dry" at times. Also enjoyed Echo Herron's books Intensive Care: Story of a...

  19. Hi all, any CST to RN here?

    walkingon replied to walkingon's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks for the welcome, nurseangel47! ewattsjt, why did you decide to go to nursing