Vtachy1

Vtachy1

BNAT instructor, ICU, Hospice,triage

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  1. If you are lucky enough to have them on your unit

    Vtachy1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    How does your unit store stethoscopes? I have seen them hanging on a bar. Have you seen any good way to store all of them? They always disappear. Maybe under lock and key would be

  2. Aqua K pads

    Vtachy1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do you use them at your workplace? How much do you use

  3. Aqua K pads

    Vtachy1 replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    We used them in the 25 years that I worked, but my group does clinicals in the nursing home and they are not used much with fragile older

  4. Aqua K pads

    Vtachy1 replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    I want to know. It is useful to know. I ordered one to demonstrate to my students, and it is EXPENSIVE! I hope it is worth it for them to practice with

  5. Everyone wants me to take Nursing?

    Vtachy1 replied to PoppyLizz's topic in General Nursing

    NOOOO don't do it! If I had to do it over I would have picked something different. I am thankful for every job that I have had, every patient, every experience, but I hate the way healthcare is...

  6. How did you guys study your CNA skills?

    Vtachy1 replied to NotQuiteAntonio's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    For male peri care we have used water bottles and made a plastic wrap to pretend he was uncirmumcised. You can use anything for female peri care. Just use your imagination and practice over and over...

  7. How did you guys study your CNA skills?

    Vtachy1 replied to NotQuiteAntonio's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Read it, write it down, review review review review. Watch YouTube videos of skills, practice with pretend items. You can practice all of your skills at home if you use your imagination. Every...

  8. Tardiness

    Vtachy1 posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    What did your instructor's do when students were tardy for clinicals? What does your employer do when nurses are tardy??? In all my 30 years of being in nursing I have never heard of nurses being...

  9. Question

    Vtachy1 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Are CNAs mandated reporters? I thought they

  10. School

    Vtachy1 replied to Vtachy1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Did your instructors use fun stuff like playdough or things to help you remember things? We are getting ready to study compound fractures and I was wondering about getting some of that makeup and put...

  11. School

    Vtachy1 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    What were the best things your instructor did to help you remember things and make it stick in your mind? What did you do in class? Did you do anything interesting or fun that really helped you...

  12. Tardiness

    Vtachy1 replied to Vtachy1's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Same here! I was always at the very minimum 15 minutes early! All of us when I worked at the hospital were early, we never even had one person that was

  13. Working from home

    Vtachy1 replied to Sherye3305's topic in General Nursing

    I did telephone triage for 3 years. You can get a license from the states you will be taking calls from. Insurance companies, doctor's offices, and many pharmacies hire phone nurses. I wish I...

  14. School

    Vtachy1 replied to Vtachy1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    That is awful. What was clinical like? Did you get any good

  15. High School Health Science

    Vtachy1 replied to iggywench's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I teach High school CNA classes. I have a BSN, and took Train the Trainer course to be qualified to teach. We have class at the local college early in the morning, we use the nursing lab, and I go...

  16. School

    Vtachy1 replied to Vtachy1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Did your CNA instructor flip the

  17. Just took the CNA/STNA state exam, wasn't expecting that....

    Vtachy1 replied to AgentFreckles's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I think you have to be from IL LOL. The state is terrible about updating things and it seems CNAs always get put on the back burner. People who know nothing about CNA stuff trying to run the testing...

  18. Government should not be in healthcare business

    Vtachy1 posted a topic in Nursing News

    The government does not believe in PSA testing. So typical of government that we have a bunch of chuckleheads making a determination about something in which they do not specialize. And then you...

  19. Bernie Sanders gets NNU nod

    Vtachy1 replied to Farawyn's topic in Nursing News

    There never is any FREE anything!!! Next Time Someone Defends Bernie and Hillary’s Free Stuff, Show Them This Epic Response! | The Proud

  20. Did you receive a politically biased education?

    Vtachy1 replied to Guest910128's topic in General Students

    My instructors were extremely liberal. Continuously pushing socialized health care. But I graduated 25 years ago too,

  21. Classroom CNA student

    Vtachy1 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    When you were in CNA school, what did you do in class? I have heard some say they worked in workbooks, did your instructor do power point, was there any games you played? What did you do n the...

  22. Bernie Sanders gets NNU nod

    Vtachy1 replied to Farawyn's topic in Nursing News

    Socialist Venezuela is Out of Food, Out of Power, Out of Hope | Frontpage Mag So you Bernie supporters want to be like

  23. Bernie Sanders gets NNU nod

    Vtachy1 replied to Farawyn's topic in Nursing News

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  24. Bernie Sanders gets NNU nod

    Vtachy1 replied to Farawyn's topic in Nursing News

    It all makes sense, a guy who wants to take everything from us who actually work for a

  25. Bernie Sanders gets NNU nod

    Vtachy1 replied to Farawyn's topic in Nursing News

    I cannot believe nurses would support Bernie or Hillary. You would support someone who killed 4 soldiers in Benghazi, who lies every time she opens her mouth. She cannot tell the truth to save her...