Intern67

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  1. Trying to avoid undesirable CNA duties

    Intern67 replied to girtenbt's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Over the last decade and a half, I've been a Mechanical Engineer, Compliance Engineer, Quality Engineer, Design Engineer, and Project Manager. Now I am a Nursing Student, CNA, and Home Health and...

  2. How to deal with this resident

    Intern67 replied to DreamyEyes's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Those two sentences don't go very well together. I've had this same situation happen a few times. I deal with it in a couple different ways: 1. Completely ignore it. The vast majority of times the...

  3. Tips For New CNA

    Intern67 replied to leaharagon's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Buckle up indeed! DV gave you some fantastic tips, you would do well to follow her advice. Good

  4. Pay Rates 2010

    Intern67 replied to Fahrenheight's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Yikes that is crappy. Is the job easy? (Easy = No total assist patients or patients who need a lot of help with ADLs) A Twin Cities nursing home TCU unit will pay you at least $1 more an hour, but you...

  5. Absolutely ridiculous

    Intern67 replied to blue cna's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Welcome to Long Term Care. First, you need to take responsibility for your own feelings. You say you, "have no compassion anymore!" Understand that you - and no one else - is responsible for how much...

  6. Trying to transfer to another RN program with an undeserved Fail

    Intern67 replied to wishingupon's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Talk personally to the school you want to attend's advising or nursing program staff and explain your situation. They might ask you more about it and take your side into account. They might not,...

  7. Chem 101 study guide/pre-study guide?

    Intern67 replied to blondielocks's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Since the class is Chem 101, the experience should provide you with the very basics. Independent study is not going to hurt you at all, but I wonder if you will get much out of it. Chemistry is a...

  8. So how/what do people react when you tell them you're a student nurse?

    Intern67 replied to chibisam's topic in General Students

    LOL! Exactly. I showed up at our cabin for 4th of July weekend and EVERYONE there (4 years old on up) asked me, "What are you doing

  9. What type of RN do you wanna be?

    Intern67 replied to reeta116's topic in General Students

    I wanna be a *working* RN! M/S, L/D, Hospice, LTC, Home Health, Peds, Oncology, ICU, Psych, Trauma, ER, whatever - if an organization thinks my attributes fit for a certain position, I will give it my...

  10. I'mXYZ and I'm gonna be a CRNA! Oh really? Me too! My orientation experience.

    Intern67 replied to StangGang92's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    LOL...yeah, the "I'm gonna be a CRNA/NP (especially CRNA) is a very standard line for many of us in nursing school. There are a lot of reasons for this - a major one being the oft-repeated reports of...

  11. too sensitive for nursing??

    Intern67 replied to angeleyez3506's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Passion and a kind heart are awesome attributes. Just make sure by "sensitivity" that you don't mean you internalize the patient's experiences. What I mean is don't make their problems your problems...

  12. how old were you when you realized you weren't going to make real money as a nurse

    Intern67 replied to pilotstudentnurse's topic in General Nursing

    The problem with your deconstruction (nothing more, nothing less) is that you are discounting the fact that a two-year nursing degree is not comparable to other two year degrees: for example,...

  13. how old were you when you realized you weren't going to make real money as a nurse

    Intern67 replied to pilotstudentnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I am judging their commitment to nursing by their own words they chose to post on a message

  14. Extended MN Nurses Strike Averted

    Intern67 replied to Intern67's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    No, I haven't - because I hadn't heard about it. Thank you for the headsup, I will look into

  15. Extended MN Nurses Strike Averted

    Intern67 replied to Intern67's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The hospital cancelled all internships back in May due to "the upcoming strike." They said they would "take into consideration" that I had been granted an internship if I apply with them after...

  16. how old were you when you realized you weren't going to make real money as a nurse

    Intern67 replied to pilotstudentnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Let's be honest here. Nursing is not really a "2 year degree." At the vast majority of two year schools, over a year to two years of "prerequisites" are required and you have to get a high GPA in...

  17. how old were you when you realized you weren't going to make real money as a nurse

    Intern67 replied to pilotstudentnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for stopping by, I'm sure someone cannot wait to fill your empty seat when you

  18. Baby during NS = bad idea?

    Intern67 replied to gumby1411's topic in General Students

    I have no idea why people purposefully have babies during nursing school. About 6 or 7 girls in my 80-student class got pregnant during the first year of our ADN program. Two had to drop out due to...

  19. Pay Rates 2010

    Intern67 replied to Fahrenheight's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    1. State: MN 2. City: Twin Cities 3. Speciality: Home Health and Hospice Aide 4. Pay rates: 15.50 per hour. (2nd year union scale.) 50 cents/mile reimbursement. 5. Benefits offered by agency: I'm part...

  20. Is nursing really THAT bad?

    Intern67 replied to CuriousCC's topic in General Nursing

    The general rule is this: If you are on a public internet message board, then what you are seeing is almost definitely NOT an accurate representation of anything. Well adjusted, productive people...

  21. Rant about my nursing school

    Intern67 replied to groosegroose's topic in General Students

    Practice more. Get together with your fellow students - either in lab or home or where ever and practice your skills over and over again. Critique each other fairly and

  22. Harsh realities

    Intern67 replied to rosiekay's topic in General Students

    Your nursing school's admissions committee is not at all responsible to tell you that younger candidates are sometimes chosen over older ones. This can happen in any profession. All you can do as an...

  23. Hepatitis B Vaccine Safe?

    Intern67 replied to gkvegan's topic in General Nursing

    No, this is why you need to make people like Anne36 back up their claims with evidence. Especially if you are going to let allow her claims to influence your thinking so much that you don't know what...

  24. would you have continued thru nursing school if you had shadowed first?

    Intern67 replied to thekid's topic in General Nursing

    Even better than shadowing, put in some time as a CNA working right alongside nurses. Nothing shows you what it is like to be a nurse like getting yelled at by

  25. Critical thinking

    Intern67 replied to peachmouse's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Critical thinking involves being able to use your experience, factual knowlege, and other attributes and effectively apply them to real life situations. There are many levels of critical thinking,...