nohika

nohika

Member

  • Content

    506

  • Visitors

    9,941

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    1

All Content by nohika

  1. Take your spouse to work day.

    nohika replied to lucylu 777's topic in General Nursing

    On a similar yet different note (I'm not married), I'd like to take my sister with me... She was complaining yesterday to me and asking me while I "still slept during the day since I've been working...

  2. Who's taking A&P II this summer? (2010)

    nohika replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm still technically enrolled but I gave up going since I'm not safe to drive right after a nocshift. Heh, I'm barely safe to drive home... Summer classes start the week after next. I may or may not...

  3. Got a call from a LTC facility... sched to take pharm/med math exam. Need advice

    nohika replied to naomi712's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm definitely gonna get a huge frappacino before work. Tonight's my first night on my own and I'm freaking

  4. Got a call from a LTC facility... sched to take pharm/med math exam. Need advice

    nohika replied to naomi712's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks for that. Some of the nurses where I work are golden, but man ask them for help doing something and you're violated their religion. It's like c'mon people. I've never seen people get so...

  5. Who's taking A&P II this summer? (2010)

    nohika replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Looks like I'll be retaking A&P2 this summer. Sucks. Due to the flood, suicide, and my brand-new job...I'm dead-beat. I'm a new nocshifter and my body isn't adjusting as much as I'd like it...

  6. Got a call from a LTC facility... sched to take pharm/med math exam. Need advice

    nohika replied to naomi712's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm just a lowly NAC so it's not similar to being a nurse, but I'm doing okay - I have two fantastic coworkers on nights that have kind of "taken me under their wings" and are helping me out. There's...

  7. Got a call from a LTC facility... sched to take pharm/med math exam. Need advice

    nohika replied to naomi712's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work noc shift as an NAC at an assisted/skilled nursing place and on noc shift, it's one RN to like 60 pts. This includes Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living (mostly independent). 20 sounds good to...

  8. Quirky Habits?

    nohika replied to dorisc1981's topic in General Nursing

    I accidentally set it wrong a few years ago and ever since then it drives me crazy if it's not four minutes! It makes me feel better. It's awesome how quirky we all

  9. Quirky Habits?

    nohika replied to dorisc1981's topic in General Nursing

    I'm weird with my alarm clock. It has to be exactly four minutes ahead of my cellphone. Otherwise the world will fall

  10. Alternative name for CNA?

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

    Hah...here at my facility we're called NACs, or nursing assistant certified. Iunno about licensing, but I do have a fancy little thing that's got my license number on it. I'm assuming that's what it...

  11. Interview on Tuesday!!! HELP!

    nohika posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I just got my first-ever callback for an interview for a CNA position at a LTC facility. It's on Tuesday at 10:30 and about a half-hour from my house. Tips on interviews? I don't know who's...

  12. Interview on Tuesday!!! HELP!

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

    To update - I don't know if I got that job or not (don't care too much at this point) but I am going in to another place I had connections at (a rehab/LTC facility) and I'm copying my cards this...

  13. 18 weeks of "residency" to give 18months experience?

    nohika replied to nohika's topic in General Nursing

    It's not a nurse that did - I'd put money on it being the fancyschmancy new company they named the residency after. People that have no idea what it's like to be a

  14. 18 weeks of "residency" to give 18months experience?

    nohika posted a topic in General Nursing

    Am I right in thinking this is complete BS? The hospital closest to me is claiming that their new nurse residency program will give a brand new grad the same competency as a nurse who's been a nurse...

  15. 18 weeks of "residency" to give 18months experience?

    nohika replied to nohika's topic in General Nursing

    I'm more worried about the people they end up hiring...there will be some students who get inflated egos and strut around as if they think they really have 18months experience and end up killing...

  16. 18 weeks of "residency" to give 18months experience?

    nohika replied to nohika's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, there are some. Some does not equal all. I think a claim like this is dumb because there's no "one size fits all". They're merely trying to get more new grads to apply for their program. I also...

  17. 18 weeks of "residency" to give 18months experience?

    nohika replied to nohika's topic in General Nursing

    I'm kind of ****** - they used to have a beautiful 6-month residency where it was mostly precepted time, everything. It was set up wonderfully. Kind of aggravating for them to make such claims - it...

  18. RN on your facebook name?

    nohika replied to laynaER's topic in General Nursing

    ..I can't even read that.

  19. humerous, yet a little scary story

    nohika replied to fhockeychick504's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, at the hospital I volunteer at it's Code 99 for a crashing pt, and Code Green for a crashing visitor/worker, hah. Don't now how many of those have

  20. I need some Advice... and quick!

    nohika replied to Noel1221's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be careful about turning down an acceptance, though...because there's no guarantee you'll get one

  21. Who's taking A&P II this summer? (2010)

    nohika replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's probably different since I'm still in class with the professor. I gotta focus on making it through the rest of the crap. I HATE the nervous system. On the ther hand, Cardiovascular =...

  22. Who's taking A&P II this summer? (2010)

    nohika replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My professor will probably put up a syllabus the week before classes start...that's usually what he does. Our class starts in late June - like the 28th, I think. I get one week of break,

  23. Who's taking A&P II this summer? (2010)

    nohika replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My middle school did "trimesters" but my high school did semesters...it's funny because I've never seen any high school use the quarter system - definitely not where I live. The only place I've seen...

  24. Who's taking A&P II this summer? (2010)

    nohika replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    That way two semesters and three quarters equal about the same amount of time instead of crushing A&P1 and A&P2 into twenty-some weeks. Painful. Basically A&P here is divided up...

  25. Who's taking A&P II this summer? (2010)

    nohika replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    We have three graded periods of 11 weeks each compared to two of 16, so...that's why it's different. Have you never seen that type of system