Steve EMT-B

10 years pre hospital as an EMT-B. 3 years as an ER tech (NA that works in ER), now work as NA and Desk clerk for 4 years in September on a critical care floor. I'm guessing that my experience being an EMT was good enough for my boss to hire me consi...

Last I heard for my workplace is 16 hours is the limit. The only exception is when we are in the state of emergency they will let you go with 20 hours. I have done multiple 16 hour shifts back to back and when its said that the burnout will come it d...

I go to a quiet dark room (no stimulation) and lay in bed with a cold cloth on my forehead and an ice pack behind my neck...

As a CNA I am not aloud to pass meds due to scope of practice... I work in a critical care setting in a hospital... even on the outside prehospital the only med I may pass through a protocal is oxygen... we can assist with inhalers, epi pens and nitr...

Yes it is true that CNA's seem to be unappreciated and are burned out... I speak from experience I am one in a well know hospital... I have had 2 back surgeries looking at a third just from being a CNA... just watch what and how you lift and make sur...

Check the school you intend on applying to... my school has a tier... first couple semesters you can become a cna... then lpn then rn... If your unsure of a healthcare field I would reccomend going cna... you will get experience while you go for lpn/...

For my A&P II Lab I had to know what the 12 nerves were and functions on the brainstem, also I had to know what the 7 formed elements were of blood and there functions and draw them... 5 white blood cells, red blood cell and platelets... if this ...

What does everyone think of CPR... I heard they are changing the compression to breath ratio again next year... Thus making compressions like 30 and the breath 1 yes 1, last I knew the brain and heart needed oxygen... not to mention I just learned in...

That is your choice... It is always good to have experience... especially if you have issues with being able to touch people example would be to bathe a patient... I have been working full time since before school started... my advice is to go for it...

i work as a cna and unit desk clerk... i'm going for a nurse so i dont have to be a slave to them anymore breaking my back and doing everyone elses work

you do have a point... Thank you

if anything i would and plan on doing this... copywrite your papers and give them a copy... if you get called on it you could prove that you didn't cheat because you would have the original... otherwise just tell them to ask the teacher how to approa...

No matter what health care setting you go into pre hospital, cna in hospital/ltc or home health just keep real good care of your backs... I would not wish this on anyone not even my enemies... I wish you all the best of luck and if you ever need advi...

Keep up the good work and wish you success in all your classes... don't burn yourself out though... injuries and bad grades can occur... I just learned the hard way this past spring semester... went in 11 days after a complicated back surgery... work...

Physical Therapists go to college for how long to learn proper techniques in lifts and slides... my unit has the hoyer lift which for some reason no one uses it... being the only guy na i get alot of can you help with this heavy dead weight patient.....

some advice use lifts as much as possible and don't kill your back for anyone... this in the long run will make you an awesome rn... started as an aide, and have a good back... i believe a good rn always starts as an aide... good luck with your scien...

My wife has been 100% supportive and 100% trust in me... I have some classmates that have my number and such... if you have time to cheat you either shouldn't need to study because you are good or your not so smart and should take up another career.....

I really agree with northernguy... here I sit with 2 back surgeries looking at a third within 5 months of my last one that was a fusion leading me into a special care unit... the nurses and management don't care... you are there to save their backs a...

I work as a CNA in a hospital... As far as giving meds or insulin that I would believe is highly illegal... I work prehospital BLS and the only drug we can give is oxygen that is covered under protocol... I am not a certified nursing assistant howeve...

I agree that you need to be first... I have had 2 back surgeries including a recent fusion on december 30th 2010... not 4 months later and im in the mri scanner... bad news is my "pre existing injury" and apparently new from surgery is giving me issu...

It has been helping me... the best part of being a cna is that you get comfortable working with and touching patients... that i believe is the hardest part.

i havent even thought of the nclex yet but only advice I go by is don't second guess yourself and don't read into the question. Best of Luck!!!!

I will back mitch up with needing it for a&p I and II there where things there we needed chem for to keep in mind... my chapter 2 was all chem... I also agree to research teachers it has worked for me tremendously...

I know when I transferred schools I lost .2 points off each class... My rn program depends on these points to get accepted... I took a&p at the one school and it did not transfer either... talk to both schools see if they will take credits from e...

I agree... some colleges will give you more points toward your degree if you take them at that college... some credits may not transfer... for example here in pa we have a LPN school... if you want to transfer to a college they credits will not trans...