SunRose7

SunRose7

Med/Surg/Ortho/Uro/Rehab CNA

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  1. Patients refusing assessments

    SunRose7 replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    = Reason for blistered

  2. New LPN students to start soon !! Come share your experiences :)

    SunRose7 replied to Ericad85's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    That is so crazy I cant believe I wrote that a few months ago and now I start school the day after tomorrow! AHHHH! So far I have 17 books and 21 credit hours.. hows everyone else

  3. "From the mouth of babes..."

    SunRose7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    "from the mouth of babes..." my mom always says when my two and a half year old son says those endearing, lovable, and sometimes embarassing phrases that 2 year olds are just wonderful at conjuring...

  4. "From the mouth of babes..."

    SunRose7 replied to SunRose7's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I would have to agree that the filter does not come standard on the wee ones. Actually it's not even optional. (Personal Embarassment story: My son saw a rather gruff looking woman at the store...

  5. Emergency Med Dispatch???

    SunRose7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey everyone, Not too sure what to think of this... I saw an opening for an Emergency Medical Dispatcher at the police station thats half a block away, (I could walk across the street to go to work=...

  6. Emergency Med Dispatch???

    SunRose7 replied to SunRose7's topic in General Nursing

    haha, that is very true about murphy's law. for that reason i have never depended in getting a job where i could study... no matter what they say the work load is like. and i do in fact live in a tiny...

  7. Emergency Med Dispatch???

    SunRose7 replied to SunRose7's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, ya never know what people do before/ during nursing school though. I've met a lot of nurses (mostly male) who could give me landscaping/ business/ etc. advice. Really random sorts of jobs and...

  8. Emergency Med Dispatch???

    SunRose7 replied to SunRose7's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I'm bumping the thread up again because I need a job and advice please!

  9. No More Fingersticks for Techs!!

    SunRose7 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    yep, i worked in a hospital in colorado and as of a year ago we let cnas/pcts do fingersticks. i had to take training to be able to do it and always wrote down the numbers for the blood sugar just...

  10. The strangest thing you've ever seen on an x-ray?

    SunRose7 replied to Spirit of Humor's topic in Nursing Humor

    wow, so i know you said this is from a tv show but my nurse friend who worked night ed told me that he did in fact have a pt with an intact light bulb up his rectum. how? i cannot possibly imagine....

  11. No such thing as a stupid nurse

    SunRose7 replied to Mommy_of_3_in_AL..RN's topic in General Nursing

    i felt inspired by the post but then it was shortly dashed away only by another thread i read just earlier today... the one about the nurse who has 3 duis in mi. like the other posters said she only...

  12. Would you look at your friend's bottom if they asked you to?

    SunRose7 replied to Sash123's topic in General Nursing

    i would look, however i did have a close family member half jokingly ask me to help with getting her nuvaring in... all i could say was ":eek::stone...uhh, maybe you should've stuck with the

  13. Nurses that are late for report

    SunRose7 replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    at the hospital i worked night shift at, when i first started you could clock in 7 min late (6:30pm-7am shift, so at 6:37 if you slid your badge you were late). people would show up at 6:36...

  14. LPN School

    SunRose7 replied to Angela.Tris24's topic in General Nursing

    I would have to agree with the other posters. I myself am going up each step of the ladder. I'm a CNA now, I'll be starting the LPN program this August '09 to June 2010 and then bridging to the RN Jan...

  15. Does it bother you when CEOs etc. get "excellence in care giving" awards?

    SunRose7 replied to mama_d's topic in General Nursing

    i have to say, it seems like mgt. will only remember or ask your name if you do something wrong, and take credit for the good works when things are going right. case in point: we had a mngr. who...

  16. What Inspired Your Choice of Nursing Specialty?

    SunRose7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    What inspired y'all to choose the specialty you did? Did you figure it out in clinicals, or through trial and tribulation on other units after graduation? And best of all, any cool stories...

  17. What Would You Do If You Had My Life?

    SunRose7 replied to kendra1978's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: I shouldve mentioned wat travel50 said. Dont stop after you get your LPN if you choose that route. "Taking a year off" between LPN and RN is a trap and it will usually be 15yrs instead of...

  18. What Would You Do If You Had My Life?

    SunRose7 replied to kendra1978's topic in General Nursing

    another poster said something about "you still have to go for your bsn". not true, the associates degree will open up plenty of dreamy positions for you. the bsn degree doesnt get you much more pay...

  19. Question...what's your HONEST opinion?

    SunRose7 replied to scrublifenurse10's topic in General Students

    i think its ridiculous that it should even be a issue but i'm sure that some interviewers have that type of prejudice. i myself am a skinny short individual and have had more than an eyebrow or two...

  20. Career change (to an RN) and planning motherhood

    SunRose7 replied to RN_waitlister's topic in General Nursing

    Well good luck in your journeys hun! If you ever need someone to talk to you are welcome to message me. Mommy-students live in a different world than "traditional" students, fresh out of high school...

  21. Career change (to an RN) and planning motherhood

    SunRose7 replied to RN_waitlister's topic in General Nursing

    i can imagine the way you feel, i think the biggest thing i hoped you understand is that if you can prepare yourself for it with the mommy-guilt, the time management and what not (not to mention...

  22. Career change (to an RN) and planning motherhood

    SunRose7 replied to RN_waitlister's topic in General Nursing

    im not sure if this will help or not, i hope it gives a little insight. i am almost 23, i am entering the lpn program this fall. i'm married and we have a son who is 2 1/2. i have already gone through...

  23. Nursing Assistant Staffing/ Patient Loads

    SunRose7 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    no joke! i am a cna now working in ltc and i have 20 to 40 residents :aln: (40+ if someone calls off:uhoh21:). there might be another cna depending on the hallway i'm assigned to. it's simply...

  24. New LPN students to start soon !! Come share your experiences :)

    SunRose7 replied to Ericad85's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I get to schedule classes next month, take the NET, update immunizations and what not. So excited, it seems like I still have a lot of time to wait (a whole summer break w/ NO CLASSES :smiley_aa ),...

  25. SPENT

    SunRose7 replied to SunRose7's topic in General Nursing

    :clphnds: thank you virgo rn, i think ltc is really forcing me to reevaluate myself. i took a nice long shower after work and stood there doin some soul searching (its my thinking spot). you know, i...