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Alot has changed in my life since I applied. I want to go to RN school, but I am just night sure that the evening/weekend program is right for me right now with all of the changes. I have until Nov 7th to turn in my final accept/decline letter.

I 'm sure someone will turn it down. I am not exactly sure if I am gonna accept or not. Good luck to you!

Anyone else get their acceptance email today?

I got my acceptance letter!!

Interview went well. Not sure if I will get in, but if not I will keep applying.

I'm glad it went well. I haven't been to the Grenada campus before so I hope I can find the building I am suppose to go to. I am already very nervous and just want it to be over with.

Where did you go to PN school at? I went to Holmes in Goodman. We didn't have to do an interview.

Grenada

I have mine Tues and I am really nervous. I hate essay questions. Good luck to you!

I have received my email and have my interview for the night/ weekend program next week. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what kind of narrative questions they ask? Also any examples of interview questions would be much appreciated. Thanks!!

I wish it was only 15 per CNA in our facility. Most of the time it is 25 per CNA. Thanks for all the comments. If there were other jobs available where I live I would have been gone a long time ago. I live in a small town and unless I want to drive 2 hrs I can forget anything but LTC. The hospitals around here don't hire LPNs and we have one clinic and those LPNs never leave.

I don't have a problem working as a CNA. I help my CNAs with anything they need. I change people, give baths, feed or whatever else needs to be done. I would never think I am above them. I admire them because their job is so much more demanding than mine. My point is that I just don't think it is fair to not let a nurse know before they come in for their scheduled shift that they will be working the entire shift as a CNA instead of a nurse.

My facility is having so much trouble keeping CNAs that they started asking LPNs to come in and work as a CNA. I don't have a problem with this as long as it is a voluntary thing. Now they have had a LPN come in on her regular shift only to find out that she had to work as a CNA. I don't want to work as a CNA. Don't get me wrong, I admire our CNAs and don't mind changing people and helping out, but I don't think I could handle doing it for a 12 hour shift. I have never been a CNA. Any opinions?

Thanks BrandonLPN because you understood my situation exactly. There were no grimaces, groans or guarding to indicate pain. All vitals were WNL. I had been on shift for 4 hours before she came on and had been closely monitoring these patients. She walked in the door and stopped at nurses desk and started demanding that the patients receive Morphine without even entering their rooms. These patients have not been receiving Morphine previously, but it is on the cart if needed. I have since talked to the DON and she agreed with me and said she would not have given it either in that situation.

Thanks for all of the responses. I should mention that all of these res have it ordered PRN for pain/ SOB. They have all been on Hospice for a couple of months and have shown no signs of pain or discomfort. I have been working on this unit for 2 years and have had lots of Hospice patients come and go. I am very comfortable with giving Morphine when needed. I am just not comfortable giving it when NAD is noted and just because she says so without even looking at the res.

I have 25 alzheimers patients with 2 CNAs if I'm lucky but most of the time 1 CNA.

I guess I just need to vent. I work in a nursing home where I am responsible for 25 residents. Last night my RN supervisor walks through the door and (without looking at my residents) starts asking me when my 5 Hospice residents last had Morphine. I explained that I had not given any because they were all resting quietly. She told me to give them some anyway. I told her I would not because they were not in pain. She asked me how I knew that. I told her they were sleeping and showed no s/s of pain and if they did I would be glad to give it. She insisted that I give it anyway and I refused. I am not going to lie in the chart and say they showed signs of pain or SOB when they didn't. What do ya'll think?

I meant things they like. Sorry for the typo

I work with 25 alzheimers/dementia pts at a nursing home so I know how stressful it can be. I have found that once I have been around them for a few days they recognize me and my voice and are not so intimidated. They still have severe temper outbursts at times, but I talk calmly with them and talk about things they lime and they forget what they were mad about. Patience and understanding are the keys to caring for these patients.

Thanks so much for all the supportive replies. To update yall, things are getting better. I have had two more days of orientation with two great nurses. I have learned so much and am beginning to feel more like I will fit in. The other nurse that will be working the same wing as me is wonderful. He told me I could ask him anything. Things are looking up.

Thanks Cammie, LPN. I am so glad to see that someone knows where I am coming from. Confidence is something I definitely have a problem with. Started my new job today and it didn't go well either. This time it was the LPN training me that was so mean. Not to the residents, but to me. She was on my case all day telling me I needed to speed up and I was putting her behind. My first day in the facility and I have had my license less than a month and she made me think I chose the wrong profession. She didn't even like the way I was taught to take blood pressure and told me I was doing it all wrong. My heart is in the right place, but not sure my nerves can take it.

Thanks for all the replies. The actions by the CNA was reported to the charge nurse and the I told the DON. One CNA in particular was moved to my wing because the charge nurse complained about her on the wing she was on. I don't know why they won't fire her. I hope it will be different at the facility I am going to. I just couldn't take it anymore.

Srry i meant see not seem.

I am a need grad and have been on my first job in LTC for a month. I got into nursing because I truly love and care about people. In a perfect world everyone working in healthcare would feel the same, but we are far from living in a perfect world. I don't understand these CNAs that push, pull and jerk around the pts. The way some of them talk to the residents is awful. I wouldn't talk to my dog that way. It breaks my heart. I love spending time with the residents and talking to them. I don't just go in their room and shove their pills at them and walk out. How can people act like this? I come home and cry because it hurts my heart so much to seem them treated this way. It isn't all of the CNAs. Just a few, but if I can see it then why can't the DON see it? I have put in my notice because I have found another job and expressed my feelings to the DON. Is this just a bad first experience or am I just gonna have to toughen up?

Worked for me!!!!