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  1. Should I get a job as a CNA if I am planning to get pregnant in the next 4 months?

    futurecnm replied to NurseBanana's topic in General Nursing

    The LPN program is 45 hr or the CNA program? I thought LPN programs were much more intense, as LPN's do many things a RN would do. A 45 hr program would kind of scare me!!! Around here I do not see...

  2. Should I get a job as a CNA if I am planning to get pregnant in the next 4 months?

    futurecnm replied to NurseBanana's topic in General Nursing

    I'd start school, once you have a semester of clinical most places will hire you as a CNA without the class. I wouldn't pay the $600. Plus, you never know what your pregnancy will be like. I could not...

  3. The economics of nursing school

    futurecnm replied to Agrippa's topic in General Students

    I would definatly do the ADN route. I also have a previous bachelors degree and would have loved to get a BSN in nursing. I looked into the accelerated program and at more than $25,000 there was no...

  4. RN vs. PA

    futurecnm replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    I wouldn't expect a PA, NP or MD to take a pt off a bed pan. Not that this justifies any of the other behavior that you explain. But I don't think they should be taking pt off bed

  5. What can I do to give me a better chance of getting L&D position

    futurecnm replied to fsaav's topic in Ob/Gyn

    get a job on the floor you want to work on if possible. if they hire NA's or techs, that would be ideal. However, you could also volunteer to do L&D tours to new parents or volunteer to do other...

  6. Is there any hope for my nursing plans? Help!!

    futurecnm replied to allsmiles2008's topic in General Nursing

    Is there a weight limit to how much you can/cannot lift? I know that I think you have to be able to lift a certain weight (can't remember what) to get most nursing jobs. As a student, you will be...

  7. Practicum: ER vs. PACU?

    futurecnm replied to scrubs2716's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think there is an area that is low stress in hospital nursing!!! I would pick what you are most interested in. i am doing mine in ED right now and love

  8. How to do 12 hour shift and raise a kid??

    futurecnm replied to mp2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Are all the jobs 12 hr shifts?? Wow. We have 8 and 12 hr options around here, and many times the people with senority want the 12 hr shifts (less back and forth) and the newbies get the 8 hr shifts....

  9. Graduation pARTY HELP!!

    futurecnm replied to futgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I am a 2nd career "older" student graduating in May, but I won't be doing a party. Maybe a celebration dinner or something with close friends who know how hard I have worked and what I have gone...

  10. NGT Insertion. STERILE or CLEAN technique?

    futurecnm replied to Melandru's topic in General Students

    Clean, the GI tract is not sterile. Anything with urinary or respiratory is sterile (along with many other

  11. Finding jobs for a new grad....

    futurecnm replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    I will apply in the next few weeks, new grad apps are due by feb around here. I'm sure you can find jobs later but I'd apply sooner than

  12. Allina System question

    futurecnm replied to Toots71506's topic in General Nursing

    From what I can tell, most "new grad" programs will require you to work full time or close to full time (32-36 hr/week). This is due to the training you get as a new grad and the time you spend with...

  13. IV rate formula's any easy ways to remember?

    futurecnm replied to critical thinker's topic in General Students

    volume to be infused (ml) x drip factor (gtt/ml) / time (min) = gtt/min is that the formula you are talking about? It is just a matter of getting the end units to what the question is asking for,...

  14. Choosing NS or another baby, or both?

    futurecnm replied to scastillo1's topic in General Nursing

    I would seriously consider at least doing your first semester or getting through your first test, and THEN deciding whether a pregnancy during school will be do-able. I have heard the accelerated...

  15. Do Nurses have to work in rotating shifts in almost all the jobs?

    futurecnm replied to shakshi's topic in General Nursing

    Many new grad positions here are day/night, day/eve, or straight eve or nights. I don't think a new grad would get straight days, it would be really rare. I'm sure there are some day jobs out there,...

  16. Choosing NS or another baby, or both?

    futurecnm replied to scastillo1's topic in General Nursing

    I would wait until after NS. I think it would be VERY difficult to get through NS, especially an accel program with a new baby. At least wait until you are closer to being done before getting pg....

  17. colostomy

    futurecnm replied to busy-bee's topic in General Nursing

    A NP that I worked with during my first year of nursing school taught us to open some coffee grounds and it will absorb all the odor. This probably isn't practical in all settings but works! Sounds...

  18. Kegel Exercise

    futurecnm replied to futureRN09's topic in Ob/Gyn

    use the action as you would to stop the stream of

  19. priming IV tubing tips?

    futurecnm posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a perfomance test on Sat morning for changing and IV bag, giving oral meds, and straight cath. I am most worried about the IV one as we haven't been able to really practice except one time with...

  20. What does it take to be an ED nurse, and should a new grad even try?

    futurecnm posted a topic in Emergency

    I am a nursing student who will be done with school in May. I have always been interested in ED nursing. I had a chance to do some shadowing during my summer internship and really liked it. However,...

  21. 1st Year Nursing school books

    futurecnm replied to Nirrah's topic in General Nursing

    also, maybe wait until you get into the courses more and see if you think you need them. I wish I had. Buy the required ones and maybe wait it out for the others and if you think you need additional...

  22. 1st Year Nursing school books

    futurecnm replied to Nirrah's topic in General Nursing

    If i could do it over I wouldn't have bought fluids/electrolytes or nutrition. I hardly have opened them in nursing school. I also did not buy the mental health care plan book (2nd year) and did fine...

  23. What does it take to be an ED nurse, and should a new grad even try?

    futurecnm replied to futurecnm's topic in Emergency

    many hospitals here hire new grads in ED. Obviously they would like experience but there must be a shortage because they end up hiring new grads. Maybe high turnover?? I don't know, but even the...

  24. What does it take to be an ED nurse, and should a new grad even try?

    futurecnm replied to futurecnm's topic in Emergency

    I think my main concern is that i don't know what it is even like in an ICU. I have only shadowed in a small hospital ED for 2 shifts. I have never been in an ICU. Our clinicals have been on general...

  25. What does it take to be an ED nurse, and should a new grad even try?

    futurecnm replied to futurecnm's topic in Emergency

    Maybe some of you who are more experienced can tell me what it means but getting "eaten alive"??? I guess I am super naive, but does that mean just people making a bad atmosphere for you at work? Or...