StacyC417

I have a good friend with a former 24 weeker (540g) who is doing WONDERFULLY. She is now 16 months and is developmentally normal in all areas. I was talking to her the other day, and she was saying that she couldn't imagine NOT saving her little girl...

So I am doing my prereqs right now to get into a BSN program, but I absolutely HATE science. I started taking intro BIOL and dropped it after 2 weeks to take an "easier" course. I just don't know if I want to take two years of BIOL and two years of...

I work as a CNA in home health. I still do LTC per-diem, but it's been a couple of months. I think that whether your experience is good or bad will have a lot to do with how well staffed the facility is. I don't mind LTC with a pt. ratio of 10 to ...

Alright, so I did something pretty stupid, and applied for a position in a *mystery* department. I just got a call back today for an interview on Friday, and figured I better get an idea of what I'm in for before I head up there. The hours are perf...

Woo Hoo!...One of my girlfriends (who works in the same hospital) knows what it stands for...It is OutPatient Infusion Center (as in cancer treatment)! Stacy

Okay...I will post the job listing in hopes that it makes sense to someone (anyone...please) . I did an MSN search on it, and found a lot of sites with the word Topic spelled as two words (T Opic...lol!) *This position is accountable to perform cler...

Last Summer I took 9 credits and worked 40 hours a week...Since last fall, though, I have been taking 12 credits and I changed my work schedule to about 20-25 hours a week. I am able to take all online classes, though, which makes it about a million...

My CC is starting an accelerated ADN program this fall in which it will only take 16 months to complete the degree requirements rather than the 21 months that it takes for the regular program. The only additional requirement for admission to the pro...

I had my first Cell Biol. Lecture/Lab today and I before class I was SO worried because the Professor listed was "STAFF". That is never reassuring, but it's even scarier when I dropped the same course last semester after the Prof. told us on the fir...

I live in Reno, NV and our programs are tough to get into as well (just not THAT tough). I have heard that there are usually 350-400 applicants for the 52 seat program. Thankfully, there is a university here in town that offers a BSN with much less...

...BUT I am determined to become a NICU nurse after the birth and subsequent loss of my daughter, Zoe. She was born Dec. 14, 2002 at 29wks weighing 2lbs 2oz &13 1/2 inches. Her prematurity was due to complications stemming from Gastroschisis. I...

I am working as a CNA for a HHA right now. I passed my course last May, and worked for a LTC facility for the first 6 months. In November I was hired on at a home health agency and I absolutely LOVE it! I am glad that I had the experience of wor...

For all of you who are in an ADN program, how many credit hours do you have to take for each semester once you are actually admitted into the nursing program? The school that I will be applying to is quite competitive (300-400 applicants for 48 spot...

Hey Fellow Classmates I just finished up my second semester of Prereqs for my ADN. I am taking classes full time, but I've got 3 semesters of biology left before all of my prereqs are met (Into to Cellular Biol, A&P I&II, and Micro), SO I ...

I am working as a CNA right now (have been since May), and have just finished my second semester of pre-reqs for my local CC's ADN program. Like you, I hope to be a NICU nurse once I graduate, BUT you are made to be very well rounded during nursing ...

Hi neighbor...Congrats on getting into WNCC's program!!! I am just now starting my pre-reqs for TMCC, and PRAYING that I get in on my first try (hopefully fall '05). I am currently working at ManorCare, and have to say that I am only sticking with ...

My current place of employment has recently posted a notice to us CNAs, stating that if we are going to call out, we must first okay it with the DON! The nurses have specific orders to offer any and all over the counter meds to any CNA attempting to...

Thanks ladies...Unfortunately I DO live in a "Right to Work" state (Nevada), but I will still be getting in touch with both the Labor and Nursing boards here. Some of their policies just make me really uncomfortable...sigh... Stacy

Poor little guy! A lot of the time, I don't think that the physicians explain that making your baby a DNR is an option. I was told by a nurse where Zoe was hospitalized that they will do everything in their power to rescesitate even a 24weeker rega...

Thank you all for your wonderful advise. I am *pretty sure* lol that I will be going into social work, and then, once I have my MSW, if I find out that it's not what I really want to do, I know that it's a lot easier to get a second degree, and mayb...

Alright, well thanks for all the replies. When I said "lucrative", I wasn't talking financial gain. I totally realize that Social Work is not a very well paying field, but I do think that *for me* it would be very emotionally rewarding (maybe I sho...

What do you all think is an appropriate patient ratio per CNA? The facility I work at right now has one LPN and three CNAs for our 30 patient Alzheimer unit. It is a 180 bed facility, and there are many days where one of us is floated to another de...

Do you all know if hospitals will do them on someone who has NOT has the low transverse incision. My daughter was a 29wk gastroschisis preemie, so they had to do a vertical incision to make enough room to get her out without smooshing her intestines...

I passed my State Board Exam for my CNA license. I took the test last month, and today the website shows my name with an ACTIVE license number next to it. I was horribly nervous during the skills portion of the exam, so I am very pleasantly surpris...

Heidi, he is such a doll! Gotta love those cute little chubba cheeks!!! I've got Zoe as my avatar...Geez, we make beautiful babies...lol! Stacy