gonzo1224

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1. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   gonzo1224 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   "I had an experience that literally changed the way I think about our souls and afterlife. I saw my residents deceased husband standing beside her as she lay on the floor crying from her fall. No...

2. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   gonzo1224 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   What you think are hallucinations are, in fact, angels gathering to assist the almost-dead to cross over. It's quite a party -- the trip of a lifetime! Read the book, "Many Lives, Many Masters" by...

3. Info on Sunrise Senior Living aka Brighton Gardens in Mountainside, NJ please!

   gonzo1224 replied to KGMM's topic in New Jersey Nursing

   When you have family in such a facility, visit a minimum of three times a week! This is extremely important. The staff knows who has family visiting regularly and will make sure your mom or dad is...

4. 1st Nursing Cartoon caption contest - win $100

   gonzo1224 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

   "Doctor, With all due respect, the next time you have to relieve yourself, please use the puppy pads, I mean

5. tall nursing scrubs

   gonzo1224 replied to rndst2's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   Try Sassy Scrubs (sassyscrubs.com). They will customize everything they offer. You can add as many inches as you need, plus they will make scrubs with your own fabric, or you can choose one of...

6. LPNs/LVNs working in Chicago hospitals

   gonzo1224 replied to gonzo1224's topic in Illinois Nursing

   Thank you so much for all the

7. What do patients say that irks you?

   gonzo1224 replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Father: "When is her stomach going to get back to normal?" And this is said right in front of his

8. A means to live?

   gonzo1224 replied to busygurrl's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   If it's money you're after, consider finding a job in a law firm. Or, I just saw an advertisement recently that ALDI grocery store cashiers start at more than $12 an hour. :flwrhrts:THis might...

9. A means to live?

   gonzo1224 replied to busygurrl's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   Ooooh, you sound like me! I quit my fancy Chicago paralegal job 7 years ago. I was making 56K a year back then. Now I'm a CNA making a fraction of that. Granted, I could afford to make this...

10. Clinicals in Hospital

    gonzo1224 replied to mamayogibear's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I did my cna class through College of DuPage (COD) in Glen Ellyn, Illinois and all my classes and all my clinicals were at an area hospital. Yes, depending on where you go, you can do your clinicals...

11. I gather 46 is too old to be a CNA

    gonzo1224 replied to kellysmum's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    ABSOLUTELY NOT! I'm 50 and have been a tech for almost three years now. The first nine months I was in an assisted living facility. The next year I spent as a tech on the cardiac/stroke floor at a...

12. Please critique my resume

    gonzo1224 replied to StangGang92's topic in General Nursing

    Once these hospital jobs are posted, they go fast. My hospital has a policy of interviewing all qualified candidates in the order in which their electronic resume is received. Triple check...

13. Please critique my resume

    gonzo1224 replied to StangGang92's topic in General Nursing

    This looks really good. If I were applying, I would change the following: CNAs are certified, not licensed, so change it to "certification"; Under education it sounds like you already have your BS in...

14. No nursery but not allowed to tell new moms that their newborn must room in!

    gonzo1224 replied to Emberanna's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What happens when you have that bassinett in tow and a mom cries out that her baby is blue?! Do you abandon healthy baby to work on blue baby? What about the teenage moms who are fresh sections with...

15. How to get into L&D??!!

    gonzo1224 replied to Nurse4life09's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Find out who the manager of L&D is, write her a letter, attach your resume, and ask for an appointment to see her. Follow up witha phone call. You have to think outside of the box and get get...