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My suggestion is do more charting in the patients room, and less at the nurses station. when you chart in the nurses station you ppear available . when you chart in the room you appear busy.

from mid Feb. till June 17th when I took the Nclex

prep u was required for our class. it is good and the only study material i used. passed in 75 no review class. it is just lippencotts questions. it is nice that it works on your phone anywhere you have wifi

did you work full time during your pre req's? if so you can most likely pull it off. you will have no life besides work and school but it can be done. I work full time and do just fine. in fact i was the only A in the class my first semester. my advice is dont watch any tv, and cary notecards in your pocket. you will be surprised how many opertunities you have to look at them.

if you already have a bachelors get a bsn it will be about the same amount of time.

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner. The problem is that almost all hospitals are owned by corporations, and the number one concern of any corporation is profit. When I entered my prerequisites for nursing in 2009 it seemed like a wise choice compared to the ups and downs in construction I was used to. Now I am not so sure. The hospital where I work now has a habit of hiring workers in 0 hr positions then working them 30 to 40 hr a week. It is pure abuse of a soft job market, and " part time status". I work .9 (three 12’s) and just had my paid time off reduced. They told us it would put us more in line with their competition. I felt like saying if all you are doing is meeting the competition what is keep here? but I graduate with my RN next spring so I didn’t want to rock the boat.

i just have to ask. why will you be getting a free waiver?

O.P same here and I feel the same way. we have our CNA check offs, and medical abbreviation test the first day, and a med math test the second week. if we don't get 100% by the start of the third week we are out of the program. so yes they put allot of pressure on from the start. I am told these two years will fly by. we shall see. good luck

I would try for a hospital job. Being CNA in a acute care is very different than long term care. I just have to ask why would you prefer ltc for CNA? I have worked both, and prefer the hospital setting. In LTC your responsibility is mostly toileting, and feeding, where in the hospital you can add to that specimen collection, vitals, EKG’s, and charting. In addition you will get used to the hospital routine, and be an internal applicant when looking for an RN job (a big plus) That being said a hospital position is not the easiest to land without experience, and any CNA experience is better than none.

My wife has been working on this for a couple of weeks, and I want to help her out and get going in the right direction. her original one was coacertation of the aorta but now she feels that is wrong. what are your opinions? she is going for her NP now ( I am very proud of her) Thanks in advance :)

I bet if you were to respond you would get a reply on how they could train you (for a fee). Most likely some diploma mill. This would have to be about the worst time to be a real-estate agent. They probably have one for just about every profession.

In reality both are good choices; it all depends on one’s personal situation. So neither one should be saying to the other you are making a bad choice. It sounds like you are doing some wise planning. I do question some of the people going to private bsn’s schools for the tune of $60,000 or more all on student loans, but it is their choice.

Not in a hospital but before I worked in a hospital I was a bricklayer for twenty years, so no HIPPA to worry about. We did a house for stenstrum when he was quarterback of the Chicago bears. He was very nice, he came in one day after work while we were having a few beers with some friends, and his wife. They had a couple with us and were all very laid back and polite. The next day his wife made us brownies and brought them into work. I met Mike Singletary riding his bike with his daughter, and talked for a bit. Both Harris and Gault came to look at houses we were building. We did the house directly behind Michel Jordan's, but never met or even saw him walk outside L. Never met a celebrity that was rude. It was usually the spouses of doctors or lawyers that were a pain to work with. Not at work but i rode an elevator with walter paton once. I didn't say anything but hi with a big grin.

if the DON just hired " a bunch" of new nurses, chances are one or two are not going to work out so you might get an opening sooner than you think.

If you already have a BA you should look into an acelorated BSN program. you would most likely get done in the same amount of time but have a BSN. those numbers just don't seem right for a CC. sounds more like a private one to me. my CC will be under $10,000 pre reqs\s and all . i have friends that didnt make it in going to chamberlin for the some of $60,000 for bsn. i think they are crazy to spend that much.