benr98

I am a male and I am a nurse and proud of it. If you do not like it get out of the business!

I had a few 12 hour shifts in my senior practicum and I was working 2 12's as a CNA/PCP/NI-1 I had weeks I could not remember where I was supposed to be. I had to write down my schedule and check it every morning to see what set of scrubs I had to pu...

I said nothing about passionate thought. I said something you are passionate about. If you are passionate about something you are more likely to want to go through all the troubles as you will need to complete the research paper. If you are passionat...

My suggestion, do it on something you are passionate about. I found when I did my research articles that if they were about pediatrics I was passionate about them but when the articles were not about pediatrics I was not as passionate about the artic...

Actually it depends on where you live on whether you get paid more for a BSN or not. When I started my wife checked this out and found that in some states a BSN will get you more pay to start out and an ASN will not get you as much. She found where w...

Check with your local hospitals. I am not sure about WI but where I live both major hospital systems have CNA classes for just the cost of the class which also covers the state exam. The class cost $128 and I did check into it and I found that there ...

I work in the pediatric department at a local hospital in N.E. Tennessee and our ratios depend on a few things. If a nurse is doing chemo he/she only gets 3 Pt's max and no more than 1 chemo Pt. If we have 2 chemo Pt's we have 2 nurses with only 3 Pt...

Normal is when a patient has no pain. Resperation rates go up when a patient has pain so in most cases when the patient has pain their resperation rate will go up. I work with children in the pediatric unit and their resperation rates always seem sli...

I am a CNA/PCP on the Pediatric floor. I have heard of a few CNA's in our hospital that have been caught faking vitals. I don't know what has happened to them but I would hope that they have at least received a write up. This is very dangerous as man...

Poop with a sick Pt is sometimes different from a Pt that is not so sick, however, you do eventually get used to it. We don't have a major problem with abuse but when we do CPS is there sometimes even before the Pt arrives. And trust me they take car...

If you don't like pooh, PEDS is not for you. I am a CNA/PCP on the PEDS floor in a childrens hospital, so I am one of the ones that get to do most of the dirty work. I am also a nursing student at the local University. Now I don't know if you know th...

I also start in August. I am so looking forward to class in the fall. I am working as a CNA now so that I could get a good idea of what it is like to be a nurse. I know this does not tell me a lot but it does give me a good idea of things that go on ...

I work as a CNA in a level 1 trauma center and our hospital DOES hire ADN's as well as BSN's. I think they prefer a BSN however with an ADN you can still get a job at my hospital.

I was accepted for the fall 2011 BSN program at ETSU and I find that the students who care the most about others in and out of the program are the adults who study alone. I have found that with my pre-reqs that sometimes group study helps when you do...

get a set of gonads man. i guess along with the reduction in status you would like a reduction in your pay as well? when i finish my 4 years of school for my bsn i do not want to be called a medic. i am a male and i will be proud to be called a nurse...

I have not had the time to read through all the posts, but I ask this, being a CNA, our labs (microbiology work) is sent to the lab in the hospital. So not knowing how to use a microscope should not be that big a deal. I do understand that you need t...

I actually had a friend tell me when I was out of work that I would make a good nurse. I love helping people in all ways and that is what he told me nursing really needs to have. After taking my Anatomy classes at school I decided to take a CNA cours...

I am sorry to say that I have not read most of the posts in this link as I am on a short break from studying for and exam for tomorrow. I am a CNA and have just today received my letter of acceptance to the BSN program at ETSU. I am so excited. Right...

i feel we are lucky gives us more time to be with the family and more time to recoup after those 3 days. i knew this was false so while i am attending school i have locked in a position at the local hospital as a cna. this goes along with the one...

I agree when I can not make it to the campus library, I go to the public library. I do try to avoid the weekends at the public library though, there are more children there on the weekends.

This is pretty much my plan also. I am now working at a hospial as a CNA/PCP. The hospital I work at offers scholarships to employees and to students at the local university. They offer the scholarships to employees first then to the public. I have p...

This is how I see it also!! Almost as if the commercial is thanking nurses and nurse educators for what they do. I am a CNA working toward my BSN and I just love working with people. I also get that warm feeling when I see this commercial, almost as ...

well here is what i am planning. i will be applying to the nursing program at etsu in january 2011. i recently became a licensed c.n.a. and just this week i will start working in the pediatrics department at the local hospital. the hospital i work fo...

I was in the same boat back in 2009. My job transfered me here and the contract fell through so I was without a job. I decided to go back to school and I looked into all the colleges here in in Johnson City and N.E. Tennessee. What I found was that K...

Check your local hospital, I did and they had a program that was very inexpesive. $133 for the entire course. They alternate courses from evening one time to days another time and they have a 98% state passing rate, meaning if you pass their final mo...