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  1. Any Spring 2009 Linfield Cohorts?

    HeyLush3 replied to lilikoi's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Good luck! YOu'll love

  2. Any Spring 2009 Linfield Cohorts?

    HeyLush3 replied to lilikoi's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Of course! Don't stress yourself out. It will seem like you get everything at once, and that the instruction isn't clear. Here's the secret: No one else knows what they're doing either (Including half...

  3. Any Spring 2009 Linfield Cohorts?

    HeyLush3 replied to lilikoi's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Hey guys! I started Fall of 08. Just wanted to say I'm here if you need

  4. Hourly rate for RN's, LPN's, CNA's in Your State

    HeyLush3 replied to pirituba's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In Portland, OR I make 14.46 as a CNA in a doctor's

  5. Age for Certications

    HeyLush3 replied to antidote's topic in General Nursing

    I got my CNA when I was

  6. crocs

    HeyLush3 replied to k_r_ah's topic in General Nursing

    hahahahaha! Thanks! I don't wear crocs for work (I love my Dansko's) but I do wear mine around the house and out and about for errand running and such. I love

  7. What are CNA's allowed to know? (HIPAA question)

    HeyLush3 replied to Donnagg123's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I work as a CNA at a doctors office and have full access to all the charts in the clinic for our patients as well as their hospital charts (we send pts and our doc's to the neighboring hospital for...

  8. The title of "nurse"

    HeyLush3 posted a topic in General Nursing

    For the past year I have worked as a CNA at a specialty doctor's office. On a daily basis I room the pt's, take vitals, help the doctor in anyway he needs it, deal with a lot of insurance stuff, and...

  9. The title of "nurse"

    HeyLush3 replied to HeyLush3's topic in General Nursing

    I tried looking up those numbers, and wasn't able to figure out what they are talking to. Could you clarify

  10. The title of "nurse"

    HeyLush3 replied to HeyLush3's topic in General Nursing

    That is how it is with my state- OR. Apparently my manager sees it all as the same. Very

  11. The title of "nurse"

    HeyLush3 replied to HeyLush3's topic in General Nursing

    That's exactly what I thought... My manager's argument is that since I have a state issued lisence from the BON it's okay to refer to myself as a "nurse" even though it's a CNA

  12. The title of "nurse"

    HeyLush3 replied to HeyLush3's topic in General Nursing

    When a pt calls and asks if I'm "his nurse" I always say, "No, I'm his CNA" a lot of times the pt's don't even blink an eye but every now and then one will ask to talk to a real nurse. I calmy and...

  13. Spanish I or Medical Terminology

    HeyLush3 replied to 2bmalenurse007's topic in General Nursing

    exactly... the amount you'll retain in med term for a semester is HUGE where as the amount you'll retain from a semester of Spanish will be next to nothing. Med Term all the way! It's helped me...

  14. Anyone Hear From Linfield?

    HeyLush3 replied to OregonBSN's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I am on the 6th floor... I love it for the simple aspect that it's close to stumble home to, and it's so close to EVERYTHING. That, and my work is about a total of 6 blocks away. Couldn't ask for...

  15. Anyone Hear From Linfield?

    HeyLush3 replied to OregonBSN's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I'm here now... I moved in yesterday. I may have been able to move in early since I went to the McMinnville campus. I'm not in the accelerated program (I'm starting in the fall) but I work just a...

  16. Anyone Hear From Linfield?

    HeyLush3 replied to OregonBSN's topic in Oregon Nursing

    yeah, I did. I will be there over the summer as well. Did

  17. cna test?

    HeyLush3 replied to angel4gramma's topic in General Nursing

    I had to take a state test that was done by the Oregon State Board of

  18. Hospital figures break time out of pay?

    HeyLush3 replied to ok2bme's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Right, but at the same time many states have stiffer laws on breaks/meals than what the federal law requires

  19. How do you find a job as a CNA w/ no experience?

    HeyLush3 replied to kbebout08's topic in General Nursing

    My first CNA job was in a doctor's office. I didn't have any experience but I applied anyway, and ended up getting it really fast. My advice would be to apply anyway, and if given an interview really...

  20. How exactly does traveling nursing work?

    HeyLush3 posted a topic in Travel

    Hey guys! I am just wondering how being a travel nurse actually works. Are you at a site only for a day? a month? What exactly do they reimburse you for? How does it pay compared to other types of...

  21. Swollen Ankles! Ouch!

    HeyLush3 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am currently working as a CNA in a doctor's office. I'm not super busy but am generally on my feet all day. By about two o'clock my ankles are swollen and somewhat painful. It only gets worse as the...

  22. Swollen Ankles! Ouch!

    HeyLush3 replied to HeyLush3's topic in General Nursing

    What a great idea! Thanks

  23. Swollen Ankles! Ouch!

    HeyLush3 replied to HeyLush3's topic in General Nursing

    Oh Great!! THANKS SO MUCH!!!! With those socks did you feel like your danksos were too big? My socks that I wear now are kinda

  24. Swollen Ankles! Ouch!

    HeyLush3 replied to HeyLush3's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks so much! Any idea where I can get

  25. A Poll: How many years did you wait?

    HeyLush3 replied to nurseby07's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I didn't wait any. I will have my BSN 4 years after I graduated highschool. I am kinda lucky though because I went to Linfield for my pre-reqs so getting into their nursing program wasn't an