LorraineCNA

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  1. Is it true they are weeding out LVN's (Denton Texas)

    LorraineCNA replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in General Nursing

    to find out if this is going to be a national trend? I'm in MA school, I chose this because of the wait here to get into LPN school and also the fact that there is not a single LPN program local to...

  2. I Quit (Long Vent)

    LorraineCNA replied to ImAnMa's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Amen to that! I told my husband I'll be glad to get to my externship so that I can actually have evenings that I don't have to spend studying. Go to work, come home and not have to be reciting medical...

  3. I Quit (Long Vent)

    LorraineCNA replied to ImAnMa's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I guess that was by big thing...to do something attainable. I was afraid that if I tried to go for nursing between the stress and the having to travel all the time with the weather, I'd get disgusted...

  4. I Quit (Long Vent)

    LorraineCNA replied to ImAnMa's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    oops, that was supposed to be :) Lorraine CNA almost

  5. I Quit (Long Vent)

    LorraineCNA replied to ImAnMa's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Became a "Q"? I really wanted to go for LPN but the nearest school to me was 45 minutes for the classes, farther for clinicals. With kids still at home and the weather here in the winter (PA) I...

  6. just have to tell you guys this story

    LorraineCNA replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    He said "Call me a cab." So the nurse did...she said You're "a

  7. I Quit (Long Vent)

    LorraineCNA replied to ImAnMa's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Sounds like you've really "stepped up to the plate" for this place. I can understand your not wanting to step outside your scope of practice though. The shame of the situation is that it all comes...

  8. I Quit (Long Vent)

    LorraineCNA replied to ImAnMa's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I have to jump in here on that one. Yes, she knows how to do all that. It seems to be a common misconception here that MA's are uneducated people the docs are pulling in off the street. The reality is...

  9. Medical Assistants

    LorraineCNA replied to nrollins's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going 8.5 months for MA, 6 months classes, 2.5 externship. I just told my husband the other day that if I'd done the LPN route, I'd be halfway done. Unfortunately, that wasn't an option because of...

  10. Medical Assistants

    LorraineCNA replied to nrollins's topic in General Nursing

    Most places here pay MA's around 10.00 an hour or more here, a drop from my CNA pay of 11-11.50 an hour.

  11. Medical Assistants

    LorraineCNA replied to nrollins's topic in General Nursing

    I know exactly where you're coming from. I'm a CNA and will shortly be a MA (one more month of classes then 2.5 months of externship). I REALLY wanted to go to LPN school. I'm 47 and didn't want the...

  12. Littman Classic II vs. Cardiology III

    LorraineCNA posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hope it's okay if I ask this question here although I'm not a nurse. I'm an MA student (no flames please). I'm looking to buy a good stethoscope. I have a slight hearing loss in one ear due to...

  13. Outrageous Tuition for CNA Classes

    LorraineCNA replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    There are ads here (Pennsylvania) all the time for training classes sponsored by local nursing homes. Get the phone book and just start calling nursing homes and asking if they offer classes. Legally,...

  14. MA's Calling themselves Nurses

    LorraineCNA replied to usmc94201's topic in General Nursing

    SOME nurses deserve a great deal of respect. I've worked with nurses I've respected and I've worked with nurses whom I didn't respect. Title has nothing to do with respect. You don't "deserve"...

  15. MA's Calling themselves Nurses

    LorraineCNA replied to usmc94201's topic in General Nursing

    Amen. I worked the same type of scenario, pretty much the same ratios. I guess I "impersonated" a nurse all the time since when a resident would call out "nurse, nurse", I was the one who went to make...

  16. MA's Calling themselves Nurses

    LorraineCNA replied to usmc94201's topic in General Nursing

    So, the poster who said that MA's probably don't "understand" ethics, licensing, etc. wasn't being condescending or arrogant? Or how about the statement that we're just "pulled off the street" with no...

  17. MA's Calling themselves Nurses

    LorraineCNA replied to usmc94201's topic in General Nursing

    Sadly, True. Lorraine CNA future

  18. MA's Calling themselves Nurses

    LorraineCNA replied to usmc94201's topic in General Nursing

    I know perfectly well what the nursing "practice" entails, which in part is why I decided I didn't want to go the nursing route. Let's take LTC for instance since that's the arena I'm familiar with....

  19. MA's Calling themselves Nurses

    LorraineCNA replied to usmc94201's topic in General Nursing

    From what I understand, (I'm still in school) the office has a procedure manual pretty much stating what type of calls take priority in detail. I.E. these symptoms rate here on the scheduling list,...

  20. MA's Calling themselves Nurses

    LorraineCNA replied to usmc94201's topic in General Nursing

    And isn't that the exact same thing you nurses are

  21. MA's Calling themselves Nurses

    LorraineCNA replied to usmc94201's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, because apparently nurses are the only people in the world that are educated. What a condescending, arrogant statement.

  22. MA's Calling themselves Nurses

    LorraineCNA replied to usmc94201's topic in General Nursing

    the majority of MA's aren't just people yanked in off the streets with OTJ training. Most are either certified or registered with either the AAMA or AMT. To qualify for the testing for certification...

  23. Medical dictionary for PDA?

    LorraineCNA posted a topic in General Nursing

    Sorry if this double posts...computer glitch here. There are so many to choose from! I have the Dorlands pocket medical dictionary in print but I'm getting a PDA from hubby for Christmas and my oldest...

  24. How many people are leaving nursing to go into a different field and what field?

    LorraineCNA replied to alison-z's topic in General Nursing

    you don't take this the wrong way, but a lot of people have the wrong idea of what owning your own business is like. My husband has been self-employed for the last 30 years. Here's the reality of it....

  25. help.. LPN. or MA ?? Any suggestions?

    LorraineCNA replied to kario's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    that was supposed to be a smiley. :) One other thing...I'm well aware that I'll probably be making the same $ as an MA that I did as a CNA. Since this is an additional income for us, a job conducive...