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okay, When I was younger and my parents were still married we lived in CS and then moved to Ft.C my father was an engineer at HP and my mother worked at the local walmart. Despite their non medical jobs they do have medical backgrounds and they wer...

Im having major issues right now with a patient that I do multiple 1:1's with. Heres the HX: Pt came in almost comotose from being noncompliant with his DM. He also has a HX of multiple heavy recreational drug use to the extent where his liver is sho...

All I am asking is help with a problem patient who I am having problems with. I do not want to defend my name or title or whatever you want to argue about. Thank You to those who have offered their experience and wisdom. If this continues to be too ...

I'm assuming that he is legally unable to leave because there are court proceedings in the future and for a while they were going to bring in off duty cops to watch him.

When I said turn your back for a second I literaly mean a second, We have computer charting and the way its set up you have to look down to see the screen. The reason I have nurse in my name is because 1. I consider myself a nurse (I guess people do...

As I look through his HX there have been many psych consults. and many talks btwn him and the docs but still...

I AM THE 1:1 SITTER...ALL I DO IS SIT WITH HIM FOR MY 12 HOUR SHIFT I CANNOT LEAVE HIS BEDSIDE UNLESS THE CNA COMES TO RELEIVE ME!!

I am the sitter! Uggh (thats the 1:1 part) We have tried the conferences with the dietary and the psych dpt. etc. His BG levels have been off the wall (today from 241 in the am at 0700 to 81 at 1000) but even when his BG are stable he still eats an...

I am a NT (CNA) in a hospital. I can: do basic care, accuchecks, D/C foleys, D/C IV's, and if i get "taught" I can insert foleys. but basically that is the extent of my practice.

one of the spokes people from PVCC talked last semester at my CNA course and they said that there is no waiting list persay however it is a first come first serve situation and they have quite a few people waiting "in line" they purged most of those ...

Basically there are a lot of people trying to get into school that has very few spots. thats why it's so hard to do. I would just go ahead and get my basic associate of arts degree at Blue River and then Transfer to Graceland for your BSN. I wish I w...

I have a Nelnet loan and they let me defer my loans from UMKC SoN

Right now i am going through the LPN program at the Pioneer campus-I dont reccomend it at all. I dont know about the RN program but from what I have heard it's gone down hill fast! The Penn Valley Campus itself is a good campus. It has the feeling of...

Well from what I know NKCH starts around $9.40 for those straight out of the program, agency like Zach group can get you up to $17 but you have to do your part in LTC. The time it takes to get your BSN is essentially the same with or without your CN...

I am a LPN student at Pioneer and Pioneer is a part of MCC as basically a satellite to Penn Valley. They do not have a CNA course however Penn Valley does. The only nursing program that they provide is the LPN program and I HIGHLY ADVISE PASSING IT U...

I work on med surg and the illi bags get to me. If I know i have to empty one i pop a very strong mint and try to breath through my mouth for that few moments.

What about other places in CO? Also what are the LTC's like in CO, I know missouri has a sucky heathcare plan in general which trickles down to the LTC facilities and thats why they suck so bad. I will have a year of med surg experience as a CNA bef...

Ive heard that they are a great school but to save on time and $$$ one should get their basic Assoiciate of arts degree first or they have you take crazy classes. I was told by someone at a school who offers a nursing degree to go to Graceland instea...

I had a nurse who was to above me do wipe butts few weeks back, we had a pt that had explosive watery diahrrea and I and a float tech (first time we had one of those) was in there 6 hours of the 12 hour shift cleaning her up. I asked him to help me t...

I am new to nursing with about 4 months as a NT under my belt in a MS unit. My usuall unit was overstaffed last weekend and I was floated for the first time to another MS unit. Of course since I am a newer nurse I was given a 1:1 for an 82yo confused...

What hospital do you work at?? I haven't heard of that around here.

if you like using your heater and a/c in the same day you'll love it here!! plenty of trees in the City, mainly flat with some gentle rolling hills...salary well it depends where you work, but it usually evens out the cost of living you have your cho...

Im from KC, a first semester PVCC LPN student....I really don't like my classes b/c of the poor instruction but I love being a nurse (currently a CNA at NKCH) so i'll stick to it and do my best. GRADUATION DEC. 15TH!!! Then who knows i might get my p...

I have had a complete opposite experience with PV's LPN classes, However I am currently in my first sem of the day class. Our materials suck and so do the teachers. they rely too much on self learning and talk down to us! when ever we have a problem ...

My fiance' has his EMT-B and just signed on as an ER Tech at a different hospital than where I work. The hospital where I work also would rather have EMT-B's than CNA's but I think it goes on a hospital to hospital basis