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  1. Reccomend a gender neutral title to replace "Nurse"!

    keithjones posted a topic in General Nursing

    Other professional titles such as mailman or stewardess have been replaced with gender neutral titles like postal worker and flight attendant, and as someone put it before on the forums here the term...

  2. Calling all Paducah, KY Nurses!

    keithjones posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a pre-nursing student at WKCTCS (Paducah) and noticed the KY forum seems overrun with people in Lexington-Louisville area. If you are a current or former student at the college or just a Paducah...

  3. Blindfolding: Is this an intervention or abuse?

    keithjones replied to dicecream's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Semantics mean a lot here. "I blindfolded the patient so I could do my job:devil: and "I laid a towel over the patients eyes to help her remain calm while I provided care":saint: could both be used...

  4. I think I got an unfair grade in clinicals

    keithjones replied to nurse12b's topic in General Students

    For those of you who said grades don't matter, I can only assume none of you have applied to competitive graduate programs. I'm not sure about other programs but I believe that most average your...

  5. Calling all Paducah, KY Nurses!

    keithjones replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

    I've been working at Western Baptist as an aide in the TCU (transitional care unit) for several weeks now and got accepted into the nursing program for fall. Only one person had more points than I...

  6. Facial Hair

    keithjones replied to red2003xlt's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm kind of in the same position, I have been clean shaven for over a year doing prereqs. I have a job at the hospital as a CNA on nights and was considering growing it back, but I start Nursing...

  7. Male nursing and needing chaperone

    keithjones replied to Sirkraker's topic in Men in Nursing

    If you are a scrappy fellow just violate the policy, then sue their pants off. That policy discriminates against men and will not stand legal scrutiny. There was probably some incident that spurred...

  8. New CNA, need help with speedy vital checks.

    keithjones posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I just started a new job in a hospital Transitional Care Unit. It's basically a nursing home in a hospital setting We have 23 beds and get post-op, or post infection patients on their way home or to a...

  9. New CNA, need help with speedy vital checks.

    keithjones replied to keithjones's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    We use temporal thermometers so no stopping the talkative ones, unfortunately. I love the patient interaction, just hate to get bogged down with my

  10. Calling all Paducah, KY Nurses!

    keithjones replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

    Anyone have any contacts at either hospital here? I am needing to get a job ASAP 2nd or 3rd shift as a nurse aide. was going to stay on unemployment through this semester and look for something this...

  11. How many of you are the only income for your household ?

    keithjones replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    Having been to truck driving school and having worked for 2 years as a truck driver I can give a little helpfull info here... first of all most truck driving schools are mills that are in it for the...

  12. Announce that you passed your CNA exam here!

    keithjones replied to jb2u's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Settly down... It's Holiday season. Everyone is on vacation and no one is getting hired anywhere till after the first of the year... everyone who would train you is taking time off for the holidays...

  13. Scared to go to work, no self-confidence, worse every year

    keithjones replied to zacarias's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I took the last 30 minutes and reviewed your post history, something happened to you dec 2007 - mid 2008 that broke your confidence. You went from posting helpful advice confidently and talking about...

  14. your thoughts on testing

    keithjones replied to bennettsmith's topic in General Students

    I never meant to say that anyone should go without ADHD meds, my family already consumes more than $300 worth of ADHD meds per month and I can't afford to add more expense for mine. I learned through...

  15. your thoughts on testing

    keithjones replied to bennettsmith's topic in General Students

    on one hand i understand making accomodations for disabilities, on the other hand nursing licenses don't include restrictions that dictate you get a quiet nursing environment, or extra time with...

  16. Calling all Paducah, KY Nurses!

    keithjones replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

    I pulled off the 4.0 I was shooting for, got 874/900 points in A&P1! Now I just need to do it again in the spring with A&P2, Developmental Psych(online), Public speaking, and English 101....

  17. How long did you study before you took the pre-nursing exam and what was your score?

    keithjones replied to shdavis82's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I studied a total of about 10-12 hours and scored in the 99th percentile, but I'm above average. space about 20-30 hours of study out over 2-3 weeks prior to the test, and get the official study...

  18. A&P 1 students,,,, How ya doing?

    keithjones replied to crazytonurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am getting an A... 874/900 points. I made 345/340 points in Lab, 103/100 points on the bone test (there were 5 bonus points). I didn't even study for the final because I only needed 32 points on it...

  19. What classes are you taking Spring 2010?

    keithjones replied to TamiLee's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A&P-2 english 101 Basic Public speaking Developemental Psychology (online) Hoping i can blow through Psych in a couple of weeks at the start of the semester and finish it off since it is self...

  20. Admission Chances in nursng with a F?

    keithjones replied to DannyA's topic in General Nursing

    if you are failing, withdraw from the class! there are tons dropping my A&P class this week, they just need approval of their teacher, which most will give. a W on a transcript does not affect...

  21. trying to decide whether to pursue nursing - less than supportive boyfriend

    keithjones replied to shepherdgirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    a vivid description of what it is like to do peri-care on 80 year old uncircumsized man who hasn't cleaned under his foreskin in 20 years should lessen his worries... or as others have pointed out...

  22. If healthcare reform resulted in salary caps of $40k for nurses would you stay?

    keithjones posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm not asking for a debate about wether or not healthcare reform would result in salary caps, I just want to know would you stay in nursing if your salary was capped at $45k? what about $35k? where...

  23. Help, I need to become an RN fast

    keithjones replied to Taylor0097's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    to answer the question, the fastest way is to apply to a associate degree in nursing program that admits based on grades/ test scores to avoid the 2-5 year waiting lists that exist in some places....

  24. Bones, Bones, Bones

    keithjones replied to brittany_micah's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    consider yourself lucky we walk into a room with bones lying all over the tables with numbers on them and a sheet of paper with 100 blanks on it. so far i got 202 points out of 200 in lab (yay bonus...

  25. Hey PreReq-ers, how is Fall Semester going so far?

    keithjones replied to espo44's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Finished nurse assisting skills with a 97%. Making 95% or better in A&P1, college algebra, and Psychology. I am 33 years old and should get accepted for fall if I keep up the 4.0! I got 99th...