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i have been a cna for about a year and a half and i have NEVER been on a shift when someone passes away till last night. i was SHOCKED, he had been talking less then an hour earlier. i felt my self tighten up and like i had an elephant on my chest. m...

hi! im here in texas near lubbock. i took my course at the South Plains College and the test at the local nursing home. well i was also very nervous when i took it a little over a year ago. i got very easy skills though. ummm i got 1. handwashing 2....

padawanlearner YES! htat's is soooo freaky, gives me the willies! LOL idk! i was telling my mom how it gives me the willies thinking about it! well today i found out that there is ONLY 4 people signed up so far! DANG! so they are not sure if the cals...

i plan on starting my phlebotomy course on the 28th this month and i cant wait! well i want to work as a phlebotomist full time and work prn cna at my current facility, because i plan to take the med aide course in jan'10. then i want to get a job as...

ok she should get a job at a nursing home and get the CNA course paid for by the LTC. then at least she can be making money while getting cert. ekg course is i think $300 here in TX and the phleb course is $500. i went through the college course and ...

lol, well i too have worked with sorry cna's. idk what you could do that hasnt been done. alot of workers get away with being sorry because they come to work and work for others if needed and therefore the facitlity doesnt want to get rid of them. ha...

umm, well here in TX the majority of places, hospitals/LTC are 12 hour shifts. it supposed to reduce call ins. anyway i prefer the 12 hours because i only have to work 3 days a week before i go into over time. in the hospitals here, i only get 30 min...

OMG i HATE people like that! now dont get me wrong, i by no means am perfect, but i DO care about the residents/patients! i instantly dislike people that are there JUST for a paycheck. i want to be an RN one day so to me, i have more at stake. i dont...

ummm, i would call clients who i worked with in home health residents are those that live in a ltc patients i call those in a hospital that are not there for long term. eg someone that had surgery.

OMG! i thought some of the places i worked were bad! well yes, i have worked seriously shorthanded, one night it was JUST me, and the nurse! 2 people for a facility that holds 75?!?!? i had about 20-25 q2's! it was the first and the last time i ever ...

well everytime i see a hiring add, there is always the number, well most of the time. so when it is there i dont hesitate to call. i live 40 mins from the city, so i HAVE to call at times. most of the time i just ask if they are hiring and for what s...

good luck!

wow 5 days?!?! i have to take a 6 week course here, the phleb course is also about 6 weeks

thanks!

well since i have been a cna and will eventually be an lvn, my lil sister got it in her head that she should be a nurse also. well at first i was very excited for her and encouraged her to continue. she took the nurse exam and passed and was accepted...

i have done the same thing. i want to be a nurse soooo bad, but i just dont have the time or money right now, so i am starting slow. also i am very afraid of going and failing everything and spending so much money, so i decided that i should get as m...

Again, i ddint say that you HAVE to be a CNA first, i was just trying to say that if you think that your gonna get through any kind of nursing without doing something that may not be appealing in any way, your wrong, if someone cant even do basic th...

well if you are lucky enough to choose, i would suggest "rehab" in a hospital, but you would most likely have a high ratio and get alot of walking in, or maybe a low census "psyc". i love working psyc and acute. i also worked icu and i thought it was...

i almost got one free at the facility that i work at the other day, the nurse told me that i might feel "yucky" for a couple days after and she scared me away from getting it. i want to get it but i am scared that i will get sick after and i cant aff...

well i rather work in a hospital, the ratio is much lower. i worked at a ltc facility the other night, i have worked there several times and it is the ONLY place that leaves me completely exhausted!! i ache from head to toe when i go home from there!...

well sometimes i am hired to sit through my agency. for awhile i was doing everything for the pt. i had no problem with this. one day i went to sit and i was pulled to the floor because a reg cna at the hospital didnt show up. the charge nurse told m...

idk, how much the ekg rate is but i am also a cna and plan to take the phleb course in 2 weeks, and i spoken to a phleb that travels and she make $12+ and paid milage here in TX.

no, i am not telling her to be a cna, i am saying that she doesnt want to do CNA STUFF, and i told her that she will have to learn it anyway, and if she cant do that, or doesnt want to do it, then how can she be a nurse??

i know that nurses dont do it ALL the time, but they need to know how to do it and will eventually do it, so why not get expierenced at it? doesnt make sence to me.