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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. LPNs/LVNs working in Chicago hospitals

    gonzo1224 posted a topic in Illinois Nursing

    I'm trying to decide if I should become an LPN/LVN. I live in Naperville, Illinois and know that I only want to work in a hospital setting in either Chicago or in or around Naperville. I'm doing a bit...

  8. 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

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  11. 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...

  12. 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...

  13. 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...

  14. 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...

  15. 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...

  16. 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...

  17. Chicago Burbs Pay Rate for CNA/PCT

    gonzo1224 replied to MrsMeg's topic in Illinois Nursing

    The advocate system is FANTASTIC! Benefits are outstanding. I work as a PCT at Good Sam in Downers Grove. They are very picky who gets in now and are firing the slackers and troublemakers. You...

  18. tall nursing scrubs

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

    This place will make your scrub pants in custom lengths (Pulse Uniform)! Here's the direct link: http://www.pulseuniform.com/styleshopmto.asp?styledefault=PU-2000 They are pricey, but you won't look...

  19. Nurses, do you thank your CNA/PCA/Nursing Assistant daily?

    gonzo1224 posted a topic in General Nursing

    In the past six weeks, only two nurses have thanked me sincerely for doing a good job for them at the end of our shifts together. I stopped in my tracks and was so pleased and moved that I almost...

  20. Nurses, do you thank your CNA/PCA/Nursing Assistant daily?

    gonzo1224 replied to gonzo1224's topic in General Nursing

    "Honestly, there are so many demands, I feel I need a personal tech for each patient! " Our hospital is in the midst of switching to a new model whereby one nurse will be teamed up with one tech. The...

  21. PCT/Nurse Tech: How many patients do you have?

    gonzo1224 replied to motyandproudofit's topic in General Nursing

    Holy Crap! I find that six or seven is heavy! At our hospital, a tech only has 12 if a lot of people call in sick and there end up with only two techs. Try another hospital or another department...

  22. Nurses, do you thank your CNA/PCA/Nursing Assistant daily?

    gonzo1224 replied to gonzo1224's topic in General Nursing

    Good point! If a nurse helps me with ANYTHING, I thank her. I even thanked a nurse who pulled me aside in private and said, "May I critique you on your technique..." I thanked her for not doing so...

  23. Nurses, do you thank your CNA/PCA/Nursing Assistant daily?

    gonzo1224 replied to gonzo1224's topic in General Nursing

    ChristineN, I agree that actions (such as always being willing to help) is HUGE! The other day I answered a call light for a patient for whom I was not assigned. While I had a new admission just...

  24. Anyone use the Littman 3000 electronic stethoscope?

    gonzo1224 replied to RN808's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Has anyone else had trouble doing simple BP with this stethoscope? Only one person who posted here mentioned this problem. I'm about to buy a new stethoscope and am considering the Littmann 3000....

  25. Am I too old to just be starting?

    gonzo1224 replied to Roxy0628's topic in General Students

    ABSOLUTELY NOT! My cousin is 50 and less than five years ago she got her nursing degree and is not employed full-time in NICU somewhere in Northern Virginia (Fairfax??). This was her dream always...