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  1. CNA from a Home Health Agency to a Hospital

    dancer_meggs posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Since I've gone through training, I've soo badly wanted to work in a hospital. I am currently a Home Health Aide and have gained a year experience from this job. I was wondering what it takes to get...

  2. Do you think I should take a semester off of school and take a CNA or PCA program?

    dancer_meggs replied to TrinaCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    DON'T TAKE OFF A SEMESTER! If you want to take a month long CNA course, switch your courses around to keep your time at the CNA program free up. Try to do both if you

  3. Should I re-take the course?

    dancer_meggs replied to Double Helix-7's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    try and get a job at a home health agency, they're always willing to hire

  4. Third day on a new unit and told I am too slow...

    dancer_meggs replied to Poi Dog's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm sorry you had such a crappy day! Like everybody else has said, give it some time and soon enough you'll have left over time to twiddle your thumbs and answer nurse calls! How long have you been a...

  5. FGCU nursing program

    dancer_meggs replied to humblecutie's topic in Florida Nursing

    Thank you! Don't they take summer

  6. FGCU nursing program

    dancer_meggs replied to humblecutie's topic in Florida Nursing

    I'm so happy, I was considering going to SCF for nursing, but it seems like FGCU's nursing program is a bit easier to get into, and it won't cost nearly as much. How many applicants does FGCU take per...

  7. Why scrubs?

    dancer_meggs posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I've been wonderinag for quite some time now, is there a special reason scrubs are used instead of some other uniform? I can't really think of anythig you can do in scrubs that you couldn't do in...

  8. Losing weight for the military

    dancer_meggs posted a topic in Government, Military

    I'm not currently a nurse, but I am a high school senior who is very interested in military nursing. I plan on going to FGCU for my BSN. I do have quite a bit of a weight problem and have had it all...

  9. Losing weight for the military

    dancer_meggs replied to dancer_meggs's topic in Government, Military

    for the weight loss portion, should i be doing the elliptical machine...or is there something wrong with that? does it actually have the correct number of calories lost? i know it's no good for...

  10. Questions about military nursing

    dancer_meggs replied to dancer_meggs's topic in Government, Military

    Thanks, I guess I'll just bust my butt to lose weight

  11. Questions about military nursing

    dancer_meggs posted a topic in Government, Military

    I've become interested in becoming a military nurse and I have some questions about certain things that I couldn't find the answers to online. What is the danger of becoming a military nurse, do I...

  12. MedAssistant program or Surgical Tech?

    dancer_meggs posted a topic in General Nursing

    My brother currently has the option between taking a Medical assistant course or a Surgical Technologist course (each one takes 2 years to complete). In the medical assistant course he will be able to...

  13. From BSN to MD?

    dancer_meggs replied to dancer_meggs's topic in General Nursing

    Between you guys and the Student Doctor network, i've figured out some game plans in case being an MD is something i really

  14. From BSN to MD?

    dancer_meggs posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm currently a high school senior, finishing up my prerequisites to get into the local nursing program. I'm not saying that I'm using nursing as a spring board to become a doctor (i know that if i...

  15. From BSN to MD?

    dancer_meggs replied to dancer_meggs's topic in General Nursing

    I was looking on the USF medical school site and it looks like that only 1 gen chemistry and 1 organic chemistry is required...plus a physics and a biology(i know bio and chem are required for a BSN...

  16. Valencia Community College Nursing FL

    dancer_meggs posted a topic in General Students

    Hi, I"m going to be moving to Kissimme FL before i graduate from high school and so my best bet for nursing would be to get my ASN from Valencia and then transfer to UCF for my BSN. i was just...

  17. Valencia Community College Nursing FL

    dancer_meggs replied to dancer_meggs's topic in General Students

    How long is the waiting list for UCF do you

  18. Is this for me?

    dancer_meggs replied to Kasey77's topic in General Students

    In my CNA program we had somebody who was almost in her 60's and then we had me who was 16 at the time. Big age gap...but she did just fine and was super healthy and could do everything that everybody...

  19. NCLEX PN What are my chances????

    dancer_meggs replied to mikesporty's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    https://allnurses.com/nclex-discussion-forum/pearsonvue-trick-really-374829-page55.html link to an answer from this

  20. Who hates nursing, honestly????

    dancer_meggs replied to believeallispossible's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a CNA/HHA...I greatly dislike my current job somed days...other days it's a getaway...depends on the patient honestly. but I don't hate it...i merely put up with it. My question is...what...

  21. Becoming a nurse then going to law school?

    dancer_meggs posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a new CNA/HHA (just got certified and started working this year in SW FL) my high school offers a 2 year LPN program which i should be starting next year (my senior year) and finishing the year...

  22. Questions about clinicals LPN

    dancer_meggs replied to Shawn7997's topic in General Nursing

    EXACTLY! Same with CNA we were yelled at if we were sitting at the nurse's desk or roaming the halls looking for the CNA that was supposed to instruct us. So we usually just hid in a patient's room or...

  23. Do you form outside relationships with your patients?

    dancer_meggs replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    Even being a Home Health Aide and going to patient's actual homes and spending time with them doesn't warrant making a real personal (true friend) connection with them. I don't make friends with the...

  24. Becoming a nurse then going to law school?

    dancer_meggs replied to dancer_meggs's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, it's nice to know that i'm not totally different and alone on this course of action and thank you Kylea that makes a lot of sense

  25. Becoming a nurse then going to law school?

    dancer_meggs replied to dancer_meggs's topic in General Nursing

    Call it pompus all you like, but that was what i was really planning on doing for a while. That's exactly what I was planning in doing actually. Majoring in psych and then somehow supporting myself...