momofqc

well, I know I can't get a credit card and even if I could the interest rates would kill me. I'm back at the drawing board. Does anyone know of any grants that are out there other than the Pell?

I'm already enrolled and have taken 3 exams. I wish I would have known about the new stuff. darnit! I did get a $600 grant/scholarship that paid for 2 of the exams. That was a big help. I have applied for numerous nurse asst. jobs but haven't had any luck. I even called HR at the University hospital but never got a call back. I feel like I'm running out of options.

I'm trying to get through this program as quickly as possible. The only thing standing in my was is having enough money to pay for exams. If you have any advice that would be greatly appreciated.

way to go.....:yeah: This is my next exam! Hoping to take it within the next 2 weeks and haven't started studying. So vocab huh? Anyone else have any other advice for this exam? It would be greatly appreciated.

well I have been through a nasty divorce with 2 small babies while starting nursing school so maybe being a nurse won't seem so horrible comparatively.

so would you say that divorce, major health scares or dealing with a family member going off to war is harder or easier than bedside nursing today?

Oh Sue, I know you from the other posts on the distance ed site. I hate to hear this. I am glad about the COBRA, my brother lost his job in Feb. and still hasn't been able to find one...thank goodness for COBRA, or his kids wouldn't be eating. It just proves what I was telling others about nursing in this economy, it can happen to anybody... Good luck and best wishes :redpinkhe

If this didn't bother my mother I wouldn't have given 2 rats orifices. !

once again, you're not reading everything. I said it wasn't about the actually "getting the darn chair" it was about tone and what she actually said. I have 2 children, I am asked for the same thing 15 times before I can answer...so yes I know what it's like to be asked more than once. In this case it was us asking twice within 2 1/2 hrs. And I'll state it again, I saw a friend who happens to be a nurse on that floor, she said the room of extra furniture was just that extra beds, chairs, and IV poles. So I'm not making assumptions. I didn't have any attitude. I sat quietly with my computer and smiled and said hi. I don't know how that can be construed as having a bad attitude. The nurse herself actually was pleasant until she had left and then come back..after that she wasn't so pleasant and we hadn't asked her for anything at that point.

The pain issue happened as I was getting ready to walk out the door. My father and sister said they would deal with the situation. I had children I had to go tend to. FWIW, This hospital specifically made these rooms bigger when they rebuilt. They are private rooms that are bigger than my bedroom. They did this for the family and the staff to have more room. There wasn't any limit on the amount of visitors. The only visitors she had were her husband, 2 daughters, and 1 son. Now with that being said, the most that were ever there were 3 people and that was only for a couple of hours other than that it was 1 or 2. Nursing school isn't my first carnival in this field. I've dealt with families that you couldn't even imagine...if you think some of these people are bad in the hospital you should see them at home....but that being said, no matter what my personal views of them were, I still had to act respectful and in a professional manner. Also FWIW, on the pt. side of things, this isn't the first issue I've had with a nurse. I was 8 hrs. post c section and told to get into the bathtub, when I told the nurse I wasn't supposed to take a bath she yelled and said I better get my butt in the tub and while I'm at it pull off my bandage and throw it in the trash....she then proceeded to put my percocet on my tray table and leave the room talking about how messy the bed was....you bet she was reported to the physician who then reported it to the hospital administration. People keep asking me to report the nurse in my mother's case. I do keep in mind that she was probably just having a bad day and hate to get anyone in trouble esp a nurse since it is such a difficult and trying job. I did however want to know for my own future reference what others thought was justifiable in being rude to a pt. or their family whether or not you could do what they asked. There is such thing as being understanding of other people's situations and I feel that as a caretaker of a pt/client my being understanding of their situation is more important than expecting them to be understanding of my career. This can all be done with tone of voice and choice of words.

i didn't judge anyone, and condemning? my only disapproval is not being respectful to pt's/clients and families whether or not they are your prize pt/client. there is a better way to handle situations. (again, not talking about extreme "hands in the bloody chest" pts)

exactly!

I didn't say anything to the nurse. I sat and took a back seat. This was all witnessed without me intervening. And yes, several said they would rather the family just leave and not be there so they could take care of their pt., except on a med-surg floor nurses are too bogged down with work to be able to do "everything" for an immediate post op pt. Families do little things that the cna or nurse doesn't have time to. And if the cna or nurse doesn't have time to do it or it doesn't fall high enough on the priority list it doesn't get done. Little things like giving the pt a drink of water, getting fresh water, helping them reposition in bed, letting staff know that the airbed doesn't work and the pt's back is hurting, bathing, getting chapstick...these are all things that either my sister or I were there to do for my mother.....if we weren't there who would have been able to do these things?

i asked for opinions and it turned into a bloodbath. like stated before, it's understandable to be defensive and justify other nurses...only natural. i've not attacked or belittled anyone and haven't said anything that other nurses haven't posted or said to me before.

i'm not preaching and never said my mother was abused and the nurse was mean. (and she was short, average wt., and fairly pretty) if my family was out of line i'd be the first one to tell them! my point was that if a pt or family is fairly easy to deal with there should be no reason to be snippy to them....it's their family member in the hospital and we're there to do a job. the best for the pt and family is to communicate with them with a sense of compassion in order to achieve optimal results and cooperation from the pt as well as the family. not a bad idea to communicate with coworkers this way to achieve the same results. thanks for assuming i have a learning disability....very mature. fyi...i have a 3.7 gpa and am raising 2 children by myself. i'm doing just fine.