angelwings64

thank you , i love working in the E.d where i am a stna just dont like the pay and i know i would be a good and compassionate lpn or rn i guess i have to take that leap of faith and go get that lpn degree ! im 44 so that is a nice complement i just feel like im too old to go into rn school but i see lots of older rns in their 50s and even 60s i would have loved to do it in my 20s but that was a bad time for me divorced 3 children trying to raise alone and welfare i finally got my stna in 2005 and my phlebo liscense so theres only one more thing laft to do go for it as a lpn or rn !

not when you have to pay all the bills and collge and go to work its no that easy sure you can focus on self i dont make enough as a stna to do all this how will i get through college ? i finished the prequests but i lived with my parents for 1 year on a cold back porch and worked part time to pay for my classes

visual helps pick one person to focus on use them as the only eye contact and ignore the rest look at their nose or face take deep breaths in the nose out the mouth slowly and take your time if you are allowed to

i work ith this girl that has tattoos and so do i but she was all the time pulling up the myspace page to show every emt and paramedic and firman in ed her stinking tats that is sick ! ihave 3 but they are covered i think as long as you can cover them it will be ok if not they have a product called natural cover for tatoos it covers them and is waterproof peircings are not allowed in the hospitals like they used to be so they wont let you were nose rings or eyebrow rings or lip rings it dont look professional and the hygenic factor is a issue a confused or angered patient could reach up and RIPPPPPPPPPP it out of your face and it has happened in the E.D where i work

i was a pca with no training and i got lucky i guess it helped knowing my sister worked in the same place shes a rn but when i got in it really made a difference they will help you get all the training you need find good references preferable rns or other people you work for if you cant go that route start out as a home health aide in a agency and put in about 6 months there will be a start and you will more than likely get hired they look for the experience to hire you in a hospital due to the critical care needed dont give up ! and good luck !

im 44 and have been a stna , started out as a pca in 1983 i have worked in home health and critial care , from the emergency room to icu and even home health care im getting burned out i dont know what path to take to go for the lpn or rn or take another field in the medical like respitory therapist i love the medical field love the patients hate the drauma and polictics of working a regular job in a hospital setting im with the agency and i float perdieum but it not enough hours i want a better salary i have alot of skills but im just stagnating as a stna can you offer any good suggestions for what i can do ? ok i will confess i havent taken the nursing entrance exam CAUSE I SUCK AT MATH and i have anxiety im great in everything else have all the prequets , and ready to go HELP !!! angel wings ps im single and what i make is barely getting me buy and i want to finish school its easier when you have a spouse to help doing this alone is so hard . i want a more stable financial future when i get older help the clock is ticking !

if you know people in the hospital espically rns or staff in Hr it helps but the application process is sloooooooooooooow as molasses pcas are hired but they are made to take a stna course upon being hired it is now becoming mandatory to be state certified this way the registry knows if your a nurses aide with a clean history of no abuse and negect it records the date of hire and expiration date as well states if the persons certification is active and no bad reports were left on patient abuse or neglect its by far the best thing when it comes to having taking care of a patient to have the skills , not just come off the street and no knowledge of basic to critial care they will also teach to 12 lead ekg and how to set up telemetry and monitor glucose testing as well some pcas will train as a mst multi skilled tech and they will train you to do blood draws espically if your in cardiac floors or med surg floors Agency work will float you to hospitals to do work on different floors its a good way to get your foot in the door Good Luck angel wings :heartbeat

mine was 10.60 but i had previous trauma/ortho experience get into hospital work or agency work it pays better i make now around 12.95 on weekdays and 13.50 on the weekends but that is agency work and i have been there 5 years if your a STNA and certified dont settle for less than 9.00 or your getting ripped off , you paid good money to have that degree and you deserve a higher pay if you are not certified they can slap 7.00 at you and you cant do anything about it State Certification espically in Ohio is a must and eventully it will be mandatory for the patients quality care and safety do it not just for you but your patients and you will gain confidence with it too

im a stna myself and i was a pca (patient care assistant i feel you need the STNA training for a better paying job and you need the hands on training to be a good nurse its only a 2- 3 week course and your done it will help with the clinicals you will face in nursing school im not in nursing yet but will be in summer 2009 but i know since i took the class and been in a hospital setting it has really helped my bedside manners and patient care my sis is a rn at grant medical trauma/ortho she said she wished she had that kind of training when she went through rn school it would have made the cliniclas easier for her Good luck angelwings

this month for me was awfull i work at a agency that sends the stnas on float perdium assignments mainly the osu east hospital or the main university hospital i dont mind the travel or the floating , i kinda like the change of pace and you dont have to deal so much with the politics and druma of staying on one floor all the time but it is frustrating! to me when your sent on a assignment and you drive 23 miles out of your way to work and they send you home! we dont get gas reimbursement either! i was just curious to how other nurses and stnas deal with that i love the fact your paid so much more and i love the flexability , but like this hoilday it sucked i had hardly no work so i could not buy 1 present for my daughter that lives in oregon ( shes 23 ) i feel at times we are pulled around by the nose low pay and not enough hours does anyone else feel that way with their agency ? i have been working for them for well over 5 years and still no raise? i dont get that . please let me know how you agency pcas and float stnas feel am i in the lone boat ?