D.C.Guy

Hey guys, First of all I'm glad I found this forum because It's really rich in topics and information. I just got hired by a hospital for a PCA "Patient Care Assistant" position and I'm starting in two weeks. I never got any kind of PCA/CNA training ...

Hello everybody, I really need every helpful feedback on this issue. I'm so confused and troubled. I've been dreaming and thinking about being an RN for a long time. I even got hired last month as a PCA. Yesterday was the first day I shadowed a PCA, ...

Thank you.

Thank you guys for the helpful responses. There is a very nice Physical Therapist Assistant program at my community college and I'm applying for it next week. I have done all the prerequisites. Also, I'm applying for the dental hygienist program at t...

Money is not the problem, I can always take loans. The issue is that admission my community college is too compititive for me to get in. Imagine that there is only space for 30 new rad students every year, where more than 250 students apply.. I don't...

Thank you for the advice. Admission to medical school in my country does not require an undergraduate degree like here in America. You go to medical school immediately after high school. But you have to be the best in your highschool to be accepted i...

Thank you guys for all the feedback and support. I never had any problem before with blood, urine, feces, dead bodies, sticking needles, etc.... The problem is that I've never given basic care before. For example, I can handle all the bodily fluids i...

Hello everybody, I really need every helpful feedback on this issue. I'm so confused and troubled. I've been dreaming and thinking about being an RN for a long time. I even got hired last month as a PCA. Yesterday was the first day I shadowed a PCA, ...

Thank you all for your feedback. It's greatly appreciated. Today I spoke to my Patient Care Director about my concers that I may not be able to do the job duties, and that I would like her to help me get a different position in the hospital. She offe...

Thanx. Great advice.

How did you get over your initial phase of disgust with being a PCA? This was only my first day. I'm seriously thinking about talking to my manager to see if i can transfer into a different department/ job in the hospital, or even quit the job and lo...

I'm glad to know that there are some nursing specialties that don't require a lot of the CNA type of work. Can you plz tell me more about other nice nursing specialties, and workplaces for nurses? I appreciate your help. P.S. I noticed that CNAs tend...

Why would you think so? I'm not sure if I'm right, and I still think I can be a great nurse without liking being a CNA.

Thank you guys for the feedback. I've been thinking for the last couple hours about what I should do. And I decided that I will give it a try. Maybe I will just get used to it, and, in the future, it may be easy to do. Today made me reconsider going...

I only said I was a medical student. I didn't deal with that kind of patients before. Also, I just woke up and I have a great tendency to throw up from what I saw today. Jesus Christ, why in the world would anybody want to do that for a living? can p...

Hey guys, Today was my first day as a PCA. I can't describe what happened to me or what I felt about it. It was simply the most disgusting thing I've ever seen in my life. The nastiest thing ever. OMG, I don't know what to do now. I read the job desc...

I don't think there is a certificate for PCAs, there is only a certificate for CNAs. And that is what I'm trying to get. Can I get my CNA certificate by self-studying or online videos? Can I just go ahead and take the CNA exam without taking a CNA co...

You could try patient transportation, customer service, sterile processing aide, patient sitter, or even volunteerng ...etc. None of those jobs really requires any clinical experience in my state, Virginia. Good luck.

Thank you all for your posts. I will be a PCA only while I'm in nursing school. I'm not really interested in being a PCA for a long time, I only want to get some training and experience from nurses and see what they do at work everyday. I hope this i...

I don't have a CNA certificate and I've never been in a cna course. I was wondering if I can go ahead and take the cna exam without taking the course. Will they let me do that? Those videos are helpful. Thank you

Thank you guys so much for all the useful feedback. It was really enlightening. I just called my friend who was the one that told me about that position originally. She has been a PCA with that hospital for 2 months now. She said the hospital "IS PLA...

I didn't claim to have anything that I don't have when I was in the interviews. I told them the Truth that I only have customer service experience and I know how to take the vital signs. I've been through 4 interviews with this hospital and nobody se...