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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 fairing?

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 and proudly announced "Mommy! Das a MAN!"........... heh heh :uhoh21: ) For the sake of nursing-realated discussion I will also add that I'm interested in seeing the honesty of children when caring for them as a nurse instead of a mother. Can't wait for Peds clinicals!

"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 up. well today my son walks up to me and says "mommy, tiss my boo boo." so i kiss the little boo boo on his finger, and as much as you wish, it doesn't always make it better.. so he holds his little finger out again and says to me.. "mommy.. take my boo boo off!":cry: wow, now if the rules of the universe had governed this do-able i would have in a heartbeat.. "what a great idea i thought." i wish things worked that way.. just take the boo boo off like a sticker or a bandaid. i look at his skinned knees and elbows, what a beautiful idea indeed! wouldn't our jobs be a world different if it worked that way:nurse:?? i just had to share.:redbeathe

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 town where the fire dept, police dept, justice center and library are just about in the same building lol. thanks for the advice guys, it's new, different and interesting to me!

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 nursing was their 2nd profession. So I figured theres a ton of people on here, maybe someone would have an idea to two from their "past life" lol. Also I'm not sure how much their advice would help except finding out what their job duties are more in depth & stress level, because they might not even be considering nursing & not know what taking a job like that while in nursing school involves??

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

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= no long commute), it's good pay + benefits (which we don't have any right now, family= 2parents +2yo son= need benefits!). I am currently a CNA but I will be starting the LPN program in August. Is the cert. for this tough/ too much to do during nursing school? (It says you must be certified w/in 6mo) Has anyone done this? Would it be too stressful:eek: w/ school:specs:? (I'll have to work part time anyway) My ultimate dream/ goal is to work in the ER sometime after I get my RN and experience, would this be helpful:loveya:? :up:Yay or nay:down:? Thanks to all

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 incase something screwy happend to the docking electronics (which occasionally did:smackingf). i really loved doing fingersticks (no really!), call me crazy (and i'll probably get sick of them later), but it feels kinda "nursey" (compared to regular cna tasks i suppose) and it just felt really good to have that extra knowledge and be that much more useful. btw: can anyone tell me why at a huge hospital that is connected to a level ii trauma center and a brand new childrens hospital right next door would only let cnas on rpcu do fingersticks? ((since then i've moved to a more affordable small town w/ a great nursing program and only a one semester waitlist (i guess not a whole lot of people want to live/ go to school by the colorado/nebraska/kansas border- about 2hours from denver, lol. i can stick it out for a few years til i move to phoenix :vlin:.)) i now work at a nursing home where cnas arent even allowed to take vs unless the nurse is busy and can't do it herself and we can't fill o2 tanks, basically we are there just there to toilet, dress and feed. even a whisper of a cna doing a fingerstick would be a stupidly hideous suggestion:down:. they don't even let the cnas sit at the nurses station there which also baffles me.

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. :imbar

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 got caught 3 times.. and if she had the bad judgement to drive that way you have to wonder if nurses like that think it's acceptable to work that way as well..... that would qualify as stupid in my opinion! i must say, if i hadn't read that thread earlier i would be able to appreciate this one much more, it's just still fresh on the brain.. sorry!

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 pill?"

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 consistantly, so they moved the time up to clocking in at exactly no later than 6:30 (6:31= late) and no more than 10m earlier(6:20= just as bad as being late). the rule was also 3 lates = counciling, 3 more lates= write up, possible pay dock, 3 more lates = getting canned. now thats some motivation! although i do have to say that there are still nurses and cnas that would clock in and still dilly dally with putting their lunches away, chatting with the day shift whom they are not relieving, visiting the breakroom, picking their nose, going to the bathroom, and then dragging their feet down the hallway while reapplying lip gloss. c'mon i want to go home kiss my son good morning and get some sleep!

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 through Dec of 2011. I think that working in each role gives you deeper insight and respect to those you will be managing when you get your RN. You will know their job duties because you did them yourself, so you know exactly what to expect from them. I have worked with nurses who went straight through BSN programs and they can be just brutal to the LPNs and CNAs because they just don't know how stressful it is. They think that (esp. for CNAs) that it's "just" grunt work, manual labor etc. Whereas the RNs that have been CNAs & LPNs try their best to help the CNAs clean, turn and transfer pts. I have heard from many a nurse that you can usually tell who has taken the time to "work the 'lesser' ranks". Just something else to think about, good luck hun! :)

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 walked the floors just to scare everyone, she once sided with a man whos legs where paralyzed but was insanely abusive verbally and physically to the nursing staff (cussing vulgar names towards staff, pushing, throwing, hitting if we came within reach, throwing anything within his reach at us: full water pitchers, tv remotes, flower vases), and the nurse who was assigned to him scolded him saying that he cant treat the staff this way, that we are trying to help him . the mngr saw this and made an example of this nurse in front of the rest of the staff, the pts, and the pts families---> "whats your name?" nurse," my name is *****," "well *****, what makes you think you can you talk to him like this?? hes paralyzed!" as if the pt being paralyed justified radically abusive behaviour towards the staff????:selfbonk: they obviously dont have the first clue about pt care & how hard it really is, i bet she had that pt satisfaction survey in mind. maybe it would've been nice to drop her in some scrubs and have her take him his supper tray & see how well that lead balloon flies?

: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 one. I just suggested LPN so you could work as an LPN, gain that experience on top of your CNA & get paid more for it. Then youll be good and experienced by the time you get your RN!

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 that go with that "aha!" moment?

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 than adn from floor positions, mostly needed for management is what its for. i would also suggest option a because thats what i did and it worked for me! i do have a young son as well so i know the stress that comes with bein a momma too. i got my cna while doing pre reqs and i have just been accepted to the lpn program at a community college (community colleges usually will offer better hours due to having a higher number of "non-traditional" students). i didn't initially want to get my lpn, just go straight to rn because at the school i was at before i moved they just let you test lpn if you wanted to after the first year of the rn program, but the school im at now requires you have your lpn to do the 2nd year and get your rn. i got to thinking about it and the more i thought about it the more excited i was to think about being an lpn. i get to go up each step of the ladder and when i do reach the big rn i will be able to appreciate those whos job responsibilities i'm supervising!

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 raised when i say i can transfer someone, literally, twice my size. which i can! sooo, other end of the spectrum maybe. lesson learned: never judge a book by its cover. i met a great friend who weighs more than i do & i love her to pieces! she is such a good person & very smart! i would also have to agree that a lot of the "heavier" nurses have a better sense of humor and are very intellegent. i personally know more heavy nurses that i would want to take care of me than the snooty, skinny little snots... lol what does that say about me? i dont know, i pray i will never be like that. can be a touchy subject huh?

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 and what not. A support group you can relate to is essential! Hope you the best.

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 preparing the hubby as what to expect and what youll need from him is a huge factor), if you want it all bad enough then it is certainly do-able, more people than i imagined i am finding out go this route for the same reasons you mention.

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 2 years of pre-reqs for nursing. with a child, it is very hard & without knowing your personality at all i would like to say that it takes a very organized, motivated individual (& my other mommy-student friends joke maybe a little crazy too, lol) to be a mother and go through nursing school. you have to have excellent time management skills especially if you have to throw work into the mix (which i also have to do) and still come out with good grades (or even just passing grades sometimes, depending on your course load). as a student-mommy you also have to prepare yourself for the guilt for the time that will be spent doing your schoolwork and not with your child. i would say that my school experience would be much easier as a non-mommy sometimes for example: during finals week two weeks ago my son was teething and then developed an ear infection. without that i'm sure my stress level would have decreased and my sleep level would have increased, but i chose to skip out on the sleep and study and by god's grace i managed to maintain my grades in 3 classes and bring it up a letter grade in another (2 as and 2 bs!). on the other hand, the birth of my son motivated me to do more with my life, and has given me a great deal of insight (because everybody/every patient is somebody's baby, and i take care of them how i wish to have my own taken care of) and being in the hospital with my son premature & being around the nurses reignited my passion to become a nurse (kinda backwards right?). no real substaintial wisdom or advice here really (im sorry), just my experience as a student-nurse mommy. i know i'm younger than you but i hope it helps, and god bless you in your journey, it's worth it!:loveya:

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 ridiculous. and before i moved to a little town and changed jobs i worked at a big hospital in a big city in rpcu, we admitted anything from vertigo to tbis, chis, amputees, guillain barre syndrome, morbidly obese pts who needed rehab to function, cauda equina syndrome, paraplegics, knees, hips, mrsa, c.diff, some cancer pts occationally... and we had 8-10pts/cna. not too bad, it was managable as long as everyone came to work... yeah, about 50% of the time everyone showed up (i worked nights there too). i quit that job because they were switching to a different staff (nurse/cna) ratio. originally 4 cnas + a float cna/ 4nurses + a charge nurse. they swtiched to 3 cnas (no float) & 5 nurses per shift (plus a charge)... tell me why that would make sense to report to 2 different nurses (not to mention that one nurse doesn't care if the other nurse asked you to do something, they need something done for their pt now:selfbonk:.) .......uuurrrrggg, i can't wait to be a nurse.:anbd:

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 ), but I'm sure it'll go by too fast so I better not procrastinate! I feel like I'm FINALLY going to enter into my dreamy fast-paced, stressed out & balding:yldhdbng: nursing school experience! YAY! :anpom:

: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 never considered myself to be rude or brash to patients and residents in any way. i am a very patient person always intent on serving their needs and being pleasant with them, but i think that its just boggling my mind a little bit. i think it breaks my heart that they are gone either mentally or physically, it's not like working in the rehab unit and you see them progress and get better and go live their lives again, which i think is a big shocker for me- that now it's just helping them "maintain instead of attain" or so i've heard it said, which isnt totally true but you get the point.. maybe i think too much about it & i just need to get my emotions under control. i don't want to harden myself to it because i believe empathy is essential to provide them the full spectrum of care:redbeathe. i don't know how my original posting came across, but i am still young (23) and i know i still have a lot to learn, about the profession and myself, i just get flustered, so thank you .