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  1. A thread for the newbies

    NM nurse to be posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Since we seem to have a lot of new CNAs around lately, I thought it might make it easier for them to have a place to ask questions and see what may already have been answered. And for us 'oldie' CNAs...

  2. leaving a job with little/no notice?

    NM nurse to be posted a topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone done this? My situation lately has become so awful, I dread going in even one more day. I do have another job lined up, starting very soon. I am wondering about tonight. I am scheduled...

  3. Please checkout "Mobbing" in Wikipedia

    NM nurse to be replied to rnbob's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well that was definitely interesting! I hadn't heard of that concept by name before. And yet I am totally familiar with it's execution There is definitely mobbing going on at my current work. I can't...

  4. Today is my pinning!

    NM nurse to be replied to NM nurse to be's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone! Oh hey! Looks like I need to change my user name too... I am now NM nurse for real !!! Or will be as soon as I get that pesky NCLEX out of the

  5. Today is my pinning!

    NM nurse to be posted a topic in General Nursing

    I haven't posted a lot here recently, school will do that to ya :) I just gotta heave a big sigh of relief and brag just a sec... I'm DONE!!!!!!!!!!!! with LPN school Boards are next month, so I'm...

  6. Transistion from student to Nurse.

    NM nurse to be replied to shadowrunner's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for this post!! I will be graduating as an LPN next week! I was going to post something similar and here it is :) THanks pharmgirl, that was really helpful! Good luck to you, Shadowrunner, I...

  7. Thoughts on Christmas scrubs...Yea or no way?

    NM nurse to be replied to GoECU's topic in General Nursing

    My facility wears them (LTC), I don't though. Being a poor student for so long, I can't afford scrubs with such a limited life. And I'm kind of a holiday scrooge too :) Retail wrecked me for...

  8. Preceptorship .. HELP!

    NM nurse to be replied to NurseJAG's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to post this exact same thread today!!! I am starting in a few weeks though. I have all the same questions you do! What is a typical day like for a preceptee? It's funny that in class,...

  9. Smoking coworkers and fair breaks

    NM nurse to be replied to vlomankill's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is TOTALLY one of my hot buttons! My issue about breaks are the 'smoker's breaks'. My facility has scheduled times when the smokers take the smoker residents outside to gasp at their ciggies....

  10. Retire by 30, thanks nursing!

    NM nurse to be replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    Wow this is an old thread! I wonder if the OP is still around and how the grand plan is developing by

  11. Ambien psychosis?

    NM nurse to be replied to Cat_RN's topic in Patient Medications

    I've taken Ambien with no problem. I use it very rarely, usually the night before a big test or when switching from night shift back to days during the week. I have heard of the issues though. And...

  12. so I blush really bad...

    NM nurse to be replied to MissDandelion's topic in General Nursing

    I deal with this too. I'm pretty used to it by now, being of the no skin pigmented variety, it's been like this all my life. And last summer, I had to treat my whole face with a topical chemo and it...

  13. Is it normal to have second thoughts?

    NM nurse to be replied to GinaCat's topic in General Nursing

    Oh man, GinaCat, are you me??? I'm glad you wrote this post! These are all questions that have been in my mind too. I'm done with the LPN program in a couple months and I feel like I know nothing!...

  14. What are some reasons why some go for their LPN before they go for their RN ?

    NM nurse to be replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in LPN to RN

    I chose the LPN route first for a number of reasons. First being the shorter wait to start the program. There has been a 2 year wait from petitioning to starting the ADN program and a year for the...

  15. New CNA in a big hospital

    NM nurse to be replied to ssakata's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Since you are doing pre-req's already, could you find out what the med-surg text book is that your school is using? Now I know that they will likely change editions between now and then but it would...

  16. Things they didn't teach you in CNA class.

    NM nurse to be replied to Dorali's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    They don't tell you about projectile farts in the class movies either. Got an up close and personal lesson in that last week. Which makes the lesson about extra scrubs a very good point! One man on...

  17. Yelling down the halls like a banshee...

    NM nurse to be replied to Poi Dog's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I haven't really heard that much at my facility. Unless there is an accident and someone needs help NOW, that doesn't really happen. And at night, I try not to talk in front of room doors either....

  18. Do You Go By First Or Last Name At Work?

    NM nurse to be replied to Serendipity, PCT's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I wonder if using the last name only is a cultural thing? I hear it a lot but only with the hispanic folks or sometimes with the Native Americans. The nurses and techs call them by their last name...

  19. Time/date ON residents' briefs?

    NM nurse to be replied to LaterAlligator's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    We have to do this at my facility as well. The reason is that residents were being left for entire shifts with the same (usually dirty) brief on and there was no accountability for who wasn't doing...

  20. they want a least 6 mo. experience!

    NM nurse to be replied to kraam's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    What kind of jobs have you applied for? If you're starting off looking at hospitals, that might be why you're having trouble. Jobs that need a little more specialized skill or experience have...

  21. Is it ok to come and leave a little late to work?

    NM nurse to be replied to StrawberryCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Short answer, no not ok. Schedules are made with start/end times for a reason, whether that reason is clear to you or not. If everyone just decided to 'make it good at 8 hours', there would be chaos....

  22. Trying to avoid undesirable CNA duties

    NM nurse to be replied to girtenbt's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    If you stay in engineering plants, you won't have to wipe people. I don't know of any CNA work where that doesn't happen. Quite honestly, nurses are not immune to the wiping requirement

  23. Working and nursing school...

    NM nurse to be replied to Blueroses91's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The way classes are scheduled at my school, evening shifts from 2-10, are not possible because classes and clinicals happen during that time. Not every day but enough to really interfere. That's why...

  24. Working and nursing school...

    NM nurse to be replied to Blueroses91's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm doing that now. Was doing full time nights and had to go very much part time, half way into the first semester. I thought I would be one of the ones who could do it. But I couldn't make it...

  25. advice on how to deal with hostile resident

    NM nurse to be replied to SnowbirdinFL's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I know of an aide who can no longer work on the floor and is on disability due to her foot being crushed by one of these electric wheelchairs. It was driven by someone who did get her on purporse too...