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  1. RNs / Student nurses slapped in the face

    stelon replied to sofia*26's topic in General Nursing

    I've been hit/slapped around on occasion also usually by confused elderly patients. Most recently I was kicked in the abdomen by a man who had worked his restraint loose. The worst case I had I wasn't...

  2. LTC/rehab facility: ?'s --LPN Scope of Practice

    stelon replied to SlightlyMental_RN's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I know they can take phone orders--they do have a license after all. As for assessing the patient it is something taught in the LVN program and it should be expected that any nurse involved...

  3. CNA Week

    stelon replied to florianslove's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My facility doesn't celebrate or do anything for CNA

  4. What Constitutes a Telemetry Unit

    stelon replied to Pudnluv's topic in General Nursing

    I work as a CNA on a tele floor and they don't even give US 10 patients unless it's a bad day--and this is rare. The nurses on my unit are 1:4 and the aids are

  5. NURADN 3 at Chaffey College

    stelon replied to LVN butterfly's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I'm currently in LVN at Chaffey and all those horrible stories are exactly why I plan on bridging elsewhere. I love the VN instructors and feel they genuinely want us all to succeed. But I've had too...

  6. Chaffey College-Calling all of you!

    stelon replied to lolasmomma2bLVN's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Have fun waiting on that letter. I'm in their LVN right now and when our letters didn't show up right away and we started calling they kept postponing when we should expect them. Drove me nuts...

  7. Fess Up! How much HSP stuff is in your drawer???

    stelon replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Alcohol swabs. Expo markers. Sharpies. I've ended up with an earpiece or two for the tv's that never made it to the pt. Gloves. All the

  8. Do I need to get a Lap Top for school?

    stelon replied to Gen2Nurse's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I use my laptop ALL the time. I have one instructor who lectures too quickly to get down all the important info in handwritten notes and there's a number of us who use our laptops for notetaking. The...

  9. CNA hourly pay rate?

    stelon replied to SuBinCRNAtoBe's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I started with no experience at 11.00 an hour in CA. I've been there over a year now and we just got a raise--not because of experience, but to better meet what other places are paying. 11.75 now, and...

  10. Acute Care Technician Course

    stelon replied to enfermera2010's topic in California Nursing

    They ARE discontinuing the ACT program. My class is the last class for LVN to have it as a requirement. The class starting this Spring is giving priority to those who have it done, but it is no longer...

  11. Do you raid the patient fridge?

    stelon replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Apple juice! And also the graham crackers on occasion, and milk. If I don't have a drink for my lunch, I snag a 7-Up. Nothing like a snack to help pick up the

  12. Stop nursing for ever in my life

    stelon replied to shiriin's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing school is tough no matter what, but I don't feel asking for 65% is too much. My school requires 75% and above. It's printed clearly that even a 74.8 or 74.9% will NOT be rounded up to 75%. And...

  13. Anyone work as a CNA while going to NSG school?

    stelon replied to gardenpartyy's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I work as an aide and am in school right now too. I get a mixed reaction at my work. Some people are very supporting, but I've also gotten a lot of "OH, you're only going for your LVN? Why are you...

  14. Who is your most memorable pt?

    stelon replied to Hilinenursegrl's topic in General Nursing

    My most memorable pt was a sweet middle aged woman who was on my unit after having an angiogram. Something about her just connected to me. She was very capable of caring for herself and a joy to talk...

  15. This is not my job?!?

    stelon replied to Ally0981's topic in General Nursing

    At my facility housekeeping probably would have been pretty upset too. Our housekeepers cannot clean up two things: feces and blood. They can mop over these things after we've already cleaned it, but...

  16. Pharmacology question- adding sterile water?

    stelon replied to cherubhipster's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yay. I too love using that formula. When I actually took medical math they taught us a different way that seemed a lot more difficult to me. Ever since I started using this formula, I haven't missed...

  17. Pharmacology question- adding sterile water?

    stelon replied to cherubhipster's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I believe the setup would be just the same as any other problem. Since your resulting solution is 1gram/2mL: 0.2 gram/1 gram x 2 mL = 0.4 mL I just started school so if someone wants to check...

  18. Feeling unappreciated?

    stelon replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    Hahaha. Trust me, they do. A lot. My job before working as a CNA was at a grocery store, and we went through hell. That job made me lose faith in people for a long time. At least at the hospital I can...

  19. Telemetry Staffing Ratios

    stelon replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an aide at a community hospital, working a cardiac tele/post-cath unit. We get a lot of open heart patients and cath-labs. The unit is split into East and West, and only West side gets cath-lab...

  20. Strangest thing taken from ER

    stelon replied to cookienay's topic in Emergency

    We had a patient steal the tele box he had been wearing. He was a strange

  21. Harder Than I Thought

    stelon replied to missjennmb's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    We had our first quiz last Friday (we'd started class Monday) on vocab for seven chapters. Our instructor told us it'd be fifteen words to define on the test, but it's okay there's only 60 words in...

  22. It's almost here!!! Anyone else start on Monday?

    stelon replied to picurn10's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I start the 25 and am a mixed up bag of nerves and excitement at the same time. Don't have to go in until 9.00 am though! Except for clinicals, 9.00 is the norm for my program. I think I'll be...

  23. "oh. . .You're going to a COMMUNITY college?"

    stelon replied to Toodee's topic in California Nursing

    I just had to say I'm in your same boat and feel where you're coming from. Yes, I know about Loma Linda. Yes, it's a great hospital with a very good program. But NO. I don't want student loans forever...

  24. Why are nursing instructors so intimidating?

    stelon replied to beeenieweeenie, RN's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I agree with you, though it took me a bit to realize that. My CNA clinical instructor was SO easy on us, and while I'll admit it was nice, those were skills that were easy to learn and didn't require...

  25. CNA working in hospital Questions!

    stelon replied to cheizy's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    My first and current job as a CNA is at the local hospital. In my area the community college I go to offered a class designed to prepare CNAs for acute care opposed to LTC. The class was actually...