CNA_Timmy

CNA_Timmy

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  1. Being Questioned by Paramedics? Why?

    CNA_Timmy replied to jayde_RN's topic in General Nursing

    You may want to call a transport company next time. I am a EMT-B/CNA/Nursing Student, and I occasionally pick up shifts for a local ambulance transport company. We pretty much specialize in...

  2. $100,000 in student loan debt?

    CNA_Timmy replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    It costs around 20-30K a year or a private school. Valparaiso University charges $29,020 a year for tuition and university fee's. Forget about living expenses, that's $116,080 for four years of...

  3. What is your opinion on this????

    CNA_Timmy replied to ngillilan1's topic in General Nursing

    A hospital based diploma program in my area recently came to an agreement with a local college to share resources (as in the college can use the nursing program on top of their gen ed to grant BSN...

  4. Nurse cannulating and phelbotomy

    CNA_Timmy replied to eimhear's topic in General Nursing

    Well in the US PCT's and Phelebotomists (typically trained for several months in veinipuncture) draw the blood, and nurses place peripheral IV lines. As a matter of fact, I would sonner be stuck by a...

  5. How is it possible working AND going to nursing school?

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

    I work as an aide 4 shifts a week... usually friday night and sunday morning... as in 16 hours... then saturday night then sunday morning. I do my homework everynight after class except the weekend I...

  6. No Nursing Care?

    CNA_Timmy posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I was just responding to a post, and it got me thinking. Has anyone else noticed that the nurses do not get to provide much in the way of nursing care anymore? Not that the nurses are opposed to...

  7. Ortho vs Med/Surg

    CNA_Timmy replied to TopazLPN's topic in Orthopedic

    Old post.... but... ortho is full of surgery to fix broken legs, hips and spines so there is your surg. And guess what group of people are good at breaking their hips... the elderly... which means...

  8. Night shift vs Day shift: stop the hate

    CNA_Timmy replied to Jack Hawaii's topic in General Nursing

    HAHA!! I know! I think we should make all the shifts change places for a few days so they can both see what they are missing. Although I have to say that was horrible about your low urine output...

  9. Big dilemma (for me at least!)

    CNA_Timmy replied to yelnikmcwawa's topic in General Nursing

    Have you looked into a masters entry program. My aunt was a social worker for 15 years before she went back to school and got her MSN as her first nursing degree. She then went to a psychiatric NP...

  10. Night shift vs Day shift: stop the hate

    CNA_Timmy replied to Jack Hawaii's topic in General Nursing

    I always have to walk the line, seeing as how I work days and nights. I am always hearing each shift talk about the others. But seriously. Yes the day shift is busy, but there staffing is awsome...

  11. Do anyone know aout the schools in Illinois

    CNA_Timmy replied to culpepper1's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Prarie state has a RN program, not sure about a bridge though. South Suburban I know does, www.southsuburbancollege.edu, and there is a newer program in Crown Point, IN through the university of St....

  12. I've got the oppurtunity to job shadow a nurse ,but which area of nursing ?

    CNA_Timmy replied to ahmadfaiz1992's topic in General Nursing

    I would say med/surg would be a good place to start. It is a good place to see many different kinds of things while shadowing. The floor I work on is a surgical ortho floor, with a lot of medical...

  13. Can I be rejected for a job over the meds I am prescribed???

    CNA_Timmy replied to WVStarFish's topic in General Nursing

    I take adderall, 10mg BID, and when I was hired, and even when I had a OTJ accident I was screened again. The first time I didn't even think about it and did not bring in my script. I was called a...

  14. Do you do walking rounds?

    CNA_Timmy replied to DorothyAnn0403's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Where I work the nurses and CNAs actually go into the patients rooms (all private rooms where I work), and involve the paitent in report. The reason we are given for this is the patients can be more...

  15. anyone working A TCU unit in A Hospital setting?

    CNA_Timmy replied to momnmotn's topic in Indiana Nursing

    I have worked in my facilities acute rehab unit, which I think is similar. Ours is very structured, they have a strict routine everyday, and therapy all day long. I like being floated there,...

  16. Are there any 1+1 programs in Indiana?

    CNA_Timmy replied to WhoNeedsaShot?'s topic in Indiana Nursing

    Ivy Tech takes LPNs for a one year bridge program, however it needs to be regionally accredited to get credit for the non nursing programs. I have a four LPNs taking A&P and English who took them...

  17. CNA or EMT while in school, CNA being a "dirty job" help please

    CNA_Timmy replied to KdnRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    Never heard it said better... here here

  18. CNA or EMT while in school, CNA being a "dirty job" help please

    CNA_Timmy replied to KdnRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    You might also want to look into the nursing programs in your area. Many require you to have your CNA to apply. Other will give you credit for the intro nursing class if you have your CNA. Where I...

  19. PCT boards??

    CNA_Timmy replied to kaybee123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Around here PCT is what they call a CNA in the hospital. I am one. I had my CNA through a career center, then when the hospital hired me they trained me to be a PCT. It was required to be a CNA...

  20. CNA vs Medical Assistant

    CNA_Timmy replied to smellyacres's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I am a CNA, but in the hospital my title is PCT... it is basically CNA with training in EKG and a few other small tasks. I know some health training schools offer a PCT or nurse tech program, but...

  21. Scope of Practice

    CNA_Timmy replied to Balder_LPN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The scope of practice for a CNA is usually found in the BONs delegation clause for the nurses scope of practice. It is even crazier than that. In the hospital I am expected to (as in it is in my...

  22. CNA vs Medical Assistant

    CNA_Timmy replied to smellyacres's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Don't do it!!! MA school is a RIP OFF! I have said it on a few posts... you go to school, pay lots of money, and get a job paying the same as a CNA. In my area MAs and CNA make the same bassic pay,...

  23. Hospital versus LTC...

    CNA_Timmy replied to Hausfrau's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I love both... really hate the pay at LTC though. I work at the hospital on a regular basis, and LTC PRN. The hospital is nice because your scope is expanded, LTC is nice because you get to know the...

  24. new CNA at a hospital?

    CNA_Timmy replied to smellyacres's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    California recently passed minimum staffing ratios for hospitals. Basically they are required to have less patients per RN, which means more RNs needed, and CNAs have gone to the wayside. My cousin...

  25. Gay Nurses... help!

    CNA_Timmy replied to quakerkid's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Well this is an old one, but seems to have been revived recently... I am a gay CNA/NS, and I do not keep that from my co-corkers, managers, teachers, or fellow students. There are of course some...