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retread71

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  1. Education plan?

    my school has a lot of prereq plus Associates degree requirements (math, activities, humanities....) the science pre reqs are impacted and we get registration dates on priority....basically the more...
  2. Plugging along

    I have anatomy, speech and 2 PE classes. I am on waitlist for intermediate algebra and chemistry. If I get algebra, I will drop speech. I will prob keep anatomy and not take chem they are at the...
  3. Pre-req question

    it takes as long as it takes. All I have is time. I try not to think of the obstacles that will discourage
  4. if your GPA isn't high enough to be accepted into the lottery then you have to try another route like private school. The JC I'm going to is quite clear and upfront about their GPA qualifications....
  5. I was the one who posted initially about this change. We have a central medroom with the cart in it. We use the mars there and pop pills for certain residents based on urgency and personal habit....
  6. whats primary care nursing?

    10-12 patients is a lot just for a CNA doing
  7. We just had this taken away and I could cry. keep in mind, its not a SNF. We don't keep a cart in the hall. The options are they can come to the med room or they can be delivered in their apartment....
  8. Help!! WE ARE EXHAUSTED!!!!

    We don't have as much of a workload but we have showers on residents preferred days and times, and until recently they have all been PM showers. Now we run 3 on the floor during the AM hours, of...
  9. Today one of the residents wanted to see how tall I was, he said turn around, so I did. When I did he grabbed my rear end. two handfulls of it. I shrieked and swatted his hand away. He talks dirty...
  10. Students not working while going to school....

    I am in prereq's and I work FT, I can only take 2 courses a semester because of it. I do blieve that I will have to quit working at least FT in order to make it when I get to nursing
  11. Changeover

    I hate changeover...with new orders, new shedule, and
  12. Here's the problem, there are a few of us who have set schedules, which really does impact the rest of the crew...forcing them to work weekends more than they want. (and I feel guilty--but I'm not...
  13. In my facility the march schedule just went up, there were cuts from 5 days to 4 days and one shift was cut from 8hr to 6hr, and all shifts except the med techs got cut 30 minutes. Also, how does...
  14. A New Grad in an ALF

    (I'm a caregiver--not nurse) I always check inside trashes for important items, check the bathroom floor, shake pill cups. its a good idea to shake linens, I hadn't thought of
  15. A New Grad in an ALF

    will you be shadowing