L&DForMe

A month ago I was feeling exactly the same way. Im in the central valley, but all the jobs seemed to be in the bay area. Im completing my 3rd week at the county jail. A HUGE change from the hospital work Ive always done (as a CNA), and more specifica...

Central Valley, CA New grad, Per Diem, $26/hr plus shift differential of $1/$2 per hour. Once I get a full/part time position Ill be eligible for medical/dental/life and 8 hours holiday pay (for 11 holidays/year) and time and a half if I work the hol...

Not helpful to you since Im in the Central Valley, but maybe more CV people will see this. I *highly* recommend Vic The PICC in Lodi, CA. Its $300 for 4 eight hour days...we did Tues-Fri. The instructor is very entertaining and makes some of the more...

Exactly....when in doubt....ask questions! I just started my first LVN position 3 weeks ago at the County Jail. Far cry from Labor & Delivery...LOL! But Im loving it. Ive been in the medical field for 14 years though, so Im fairly comfortable in...

Im just wondering how long it took before you knew the results? I took the test in Milpitas last Saturday (3/26) and have been stalking the BVNPT website waiting to see my name I know it's too soon, but wishful thinking after they took 4.5 months to...

You dont need to do anything, except pay for recertification every year. No CEU's, and you dont have to work as a CNA to keep it renewed. Im in the nursing program at Skagit Valley College, have had my CNA for 10 years (9 years in WA), and havent wor...

Im getting ready to (hopefully) finish 1st quarter at Skagit today! I have had absolutely NO PROBLEMS with this quarter. Organization prior to starting the quarter was a little poor, but I lived through it. I dont feel like Im being shorted on educa...

Best part: bonding with patients, smiles and thank you's from patients and family, knowing you've helped make someone better (most of the time), forming a great team with co-workers (we call our groups that work well together the "A Team"). I work in...

If you really arent sure about going into this profession, I think it would be smart to do a job shadow for a day or two in an area of nursing that interests you. The money is usually pretty good, depending on where you are working, but that shouldnt...

I havent read thru all pages, so this may have been suggested already.... You'll learn to pack your lunch with a meal you plan to eat, but also with several little baggies of snacks to munch on along the way. Some days youll get to eat your "real" l...

I work at a hospital north of Seattle, and ours is not run that way. Last year we switched to self scheduling so our rules are a little bit different. We only work the shifts we were hired to work, unless we volunteer to work extra on a different shi...

I currently live in WA but plan on moving to the Modesto area ASAP after graduating the nursing program. I was wondering if anyone could give me their opinion on moving there as a new grad with no RN experience? Am I likely to be hired fresh out of s...

I used to work on med/surg as a CNA. I moved to L&D 4 years ago, so Im not sure what its like there anymore. I only get bits and pieces of info from nurses who transfer over to us. Penny Parks is the nurse manager on that floor and she's a very n...

Thank you! I ended up buying this Littman Classic II. My aunt is a breast cancer survivor, so I went with the pink. They give a $5 donation when you buy that one :) I also bought a matching ID tag to have engraved with my name incase I misplace it. ...

What stethoscope would you recommend I buy for the nursing program? I know Littman is always recommended, but in searching online there are several styles and Im not sure which one to go for. Thank you! :bowingpur

I went to the intake meeting on Tuesday. They told us that 161 is more of like a CNA course....teaching and/or perfecting our bedside skills. Then 162 we act more as a nurse. We are given 1 patient to do total care for. That's also the quarter that w...

I think the people that are upset are those that were so close to getting into the program this time around and didnt make it. Now they'll have to wait till Fall quarter to be accepted. And by that time the acceptance conditions will be changed and i...

Well, living somewhere other than Modesto isnt really an option that I want to change. Im moving there to be closer to family, and that is where my family is. Modesto has both Memorial and Kaiser. If need be I can commute to Turlock, Tracy, Livermore...

At our facility the CNA's assist the doctors. They set up and tear down/clean the equiptment. They also bring the baby to the circ room, and back to the parents after its done. Then the LPN/RN is responsible for doing the checks afterward.

Out of the 20 or so other students, NO ONE uses it. They came away with a few terms they remember, but none were confident enough to actually have a conversation with their spanish speaking patients. Maybe its not the same exact class, since we are i...

It was offered through my employer a few years ago. I took it, and then dropped out of it. It has potential to be helpful, but my class was filled with a bunch of people who knew NO spanish at all. The time I spent in class was spent teaching them th...

I moved here from the NW suburbs of Chicago about 8 1/2 years ago. Its not unreasonable to live on Whidbey and commute to Everett (I live in Everett). However, it'll add a lot of travel time onto his day. There are two ways off the island. By ferry ...

I was just accepted to Skagit for Spring quarter (March). I've been a CNA for almost 9 years, and I believe that requiring prospective nursing students to obtain their CNA is a GOOD thing, and will weed out those people not serious about nursing. I t...