NursingStudent5548

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  1. No time off for new dad!!

    NursingStudent5548 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have posted on here numerous times over several different issues.... but I am in a hard spot and disgusted by this facility. I am being induced on this Thursday due to a high risk pregnancy. We were...

  2. No time off for new dad!!

    NursingStudent5548 replied to NursingStudent5548's topic in General Nursing

    Okay to all the responses about us planning a small (BUT FORMAL) wedding... I have been married once before for 2.5 years my ex deployed to Iraq came back with an young female soldier. He divorced me...

  3. No time off for new dad!!

    NursingStudent5548 replied to NursingStudent5548's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry the boyfriend is a CNA at a CATHOLIC, nursing home... He is a Catholic himself... We are not married but engaged to be... and if not for time and money would be getting married (date set). We...

  4. Studio B by Cherokee

    NursingStudent5548 posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Has any one else tried these scrubs out?? I just got a job at the largest hospital in our city... and they simplified the scrubs by colors per department. Basically RNs/LPN's where solid...

  5. Everyone has a 4.0 GPA!!

    NursingStudent5548 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay I was doing orientation at a major hospital today...while there I had time to talk to new grads and students at the program I am going to enroll in. I am hoping to get into the accelerated...

  6. Everyone has a 4.0 GPA!!

    NursingStudent5548 replied to NursingStudent5548's topic in General Nursing

    It mattered to me because I am transfering from another state and was trying to get statistical information on those whom I will be competing with for a limited spot in a nursing program. If everyone...

  7. Everyone has a 4.0 GPA!!

    NursingStudent5548 replied to NursingStudent5548's topic in General Nursing

    Oh well trust me I covered that...I specifically asked what skills she had learned in first semester. Vitals and Foley's were covered...I am not trying to attack her, I just found it scary since she...

  8. Everyone has a 4.0 GPA!!

    NursingStudent5548 replied to NursingStudent5548's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I am thinking it could be due to a few possibilites. 1. That program is way easier than I anticipate 2. She lied about her GPA 3. She cheated her way through school When I heard from 4+ people...

  9. working at same hospital as my mom!!!!!

    NursingStudent5548 replied to coffee4metech's topic in General Nursing

    I worked a LTC facility with my MOM it was very small and she was the only RN on shift and I was a CNA... It was great except for once!! The Pro's: My mom wasn't down my back she knew my experience...

  10. nurse to patient ratio

    NursingStudent5548 replied to lizzy84763's topic in General Nursing

    I just recently left a LTC facility like this... I worked there for over a year and the Nurse ratio was never better than 46:1 in the entire time I was there. I left we were paid a measley wage as a...

  11. Your favorite nursing gadget?

    NursingStudent5548 replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    I have so many...I have been working in hospital settings since I was 13 volunteering. All Time Faves- My Palm TX My Ipod Touch Army Combat Medic Pocket Essentials Tourniquets Kerlix Coban Tegaderm...

  12. Oklahoma Nurses get paid WHAT?!

    NursingStudent5548 replied to Mrs.BSN71109's topic in General Nursing

    This is accurate I worked as a CNA in an Oklahoma nursing home, we made $8.35/hour. LPN's made $15.50 an hour and RN's made $18.50/hour. Our RN's rarely passed pills did, very few blood sugar checks....

  13. Mom suffocates child, revives w/ CPR, then suffocates again...

    NursingStudent5548 replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I am outraged at the cruelty, and insanity of

  14. any areas of US where the RN job market is better?

    NursingStudent5548 replied to dreavt's topic in General Nursing

    Via Christi in Manhattan, Kansas had several pages of RN positions available!! Manhattan is a nice city....college town located midway between topeka and

  15. Difficulty finding a job

    NursingStudent5548 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay I am really starting to stress out... I have a CNA license and can't really use it... I am a high risk pregnacy with pregnacy-induced hypertension. I can't lift and turn patients like I would...

  16. How would you answer this interview question?

    NursingStudent5548 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would have said something along the lines...to the CNA!! Unless this is an emergency...your patients come first!! All personal calls while on the clock need to be handled through the main line, like...

  17. Caught stealing drugs

    NursingStudent5548 replied to vonxojn's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks you all for sharing...I am also so glad to see the support others are giving each other and not judging on this thread!! I wish this could be said about every thread!! All though I have never...

  18. unemployment blues

    NursingStudent5548 replied to Medsport's topic in General Nursing

    Your reply brings up numerous other issues.... What is a person to do if an old employer is giving them bad reviews? Problem #1 leave them and accept bad reviews, you have no clue you may be getting!!...

  19. PRE-NURSING CNA - beneficial or harmful

    NursingStudent5548 replied to dwilhelm's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I totally understand how your feeling as I was a Medic in the Army before as well... The CNA is a whole different experience...like everyone has said dealing with patients...turning...

  20. Threatened by Patient Family

    NursingStudent5548 replied to Susan9608's topic in General Nursing

    We have had similar issues in a small town nursing home...Although the families aren't the problem the in one case are part of the solution and attempt to help... We have an dementia patient who has...

  21. unemployment blues

    NursingStudent5548 replied to Medsport's topic in General Nursing

    I feel you...except consider you lucky considering you do have a job....it gets you out of the house for a while... Now I just moved from a smaller town to a bigger city and I have to say in this...

  22. Patients and their crazy requests

    NursingStudent5548 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    I have to be honest here don't shoot me...but I have PIH and was 7 months pregnant and there wouldn't be a parking spot for blocks except for the numerous handicapped spots near my classes.... So I...

  23. Patients and their crazy requests

    NursingStudent5548 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    When I say poor unsuspecting male aide...I say because of the look of shock and disbelief on my BF's face... I feel sorry for those who walk in and she attempts to "persuade them" ....Now for those...

  24. Difficulty finding a job

    NursingStudent5548 replied to NursingStudent5548's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you KateRN1 and teacher sue...I did and do really need the support. I did the math and my we are in a defficient every month by about $100 we don't qualify for TANF...We should according to all...

  25. Patients and their crazy requests

    NursingStudent5548 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    I hate how the few pt/resident ruin it for the majority... I am a CNA in a facility where we obtain all vitals, pass all meals, feed all those who need assistance, bath everyone (whether they want...