keithjones

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 nurse implies an act that by definition requires h...

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 nurse in general give a shout out. We newbs need...

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 to describe the same scenario, but I wouldn't be c...

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 clinical grade into your nursing class and a letter gr...

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 did because she used her SAT score which was worth o...

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 School in the fall and I have heard much about prejudi...

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 this policy, but it is reactionary and oversteps s...

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 nursing home, hips, knees, and people who can't g...

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

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 summer but just found out Jan 2nd we are expectin...

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 money and the physicals they give are a joke "here ...

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 (or fighting for time off anyway). Enjoy the holid...

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 loving your job and where you worked to seeking he...

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 32 years of trial and error how to cope but it is...

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 patients. If you can't get through nursing school witho...

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. Wish me luck!

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 guide, It's excellent.

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 for an A and I got a 95! I love this stuff and I...

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 paced.

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 GPA!

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 probably won't. He sounds like a jerk to me!

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 would you draw the line? for arguments sake lets...

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. you will usually need a 3.5+ gpa and top notch test ...

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 points) but this test sucks! i got 2 weeks to study...

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 percentile on the NLN entrance exam.