paacollins

paacollins

Chiropractic assistant, CNA in LTC, RN

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  1. Who is in Nursing for the money?

    paacollins replied to rnmomtobe2010's topic in General Nursing

    I had several fellow students who openly admitted they only wanted to go into nursing for the money and job security. I don't see them lasting very long unless they are lucky enough to find a nursing...

  2. How many patients???

    paacollins replied to kamakasigirl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I totally agree. You worked way to hard to get that license to lose it because the facility wants to skimp on training. It's not your fault that they are short staffed. I also like what was said...

  3. Nervous About Clinicals...

    paacollins replied to laxxrickLPN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That kind of mentality irks the flip out of me. Why in the world does anyone think that cleaning up BM, giving baths, caths, etc are female only jobs? That's like saying "only men can work on cars...

  4. How many patients???

    paacollins replied to kamakasigirl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you are promised a 12 week orientation and only given 4, that is totally unfair and sounds illegal in some ways. It would scare the heck out of me if I were a patient in that particular facility....

  5. Witnessed my first death today.

    paacollins replied to loriangel14's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I worked as a CNA at a LTC while doing my prereqs for nursing school. I had avoided nursing school for years because I was afraid I couldn't handle death and dying. I was extremely surprised how...

  6. Starting Salary.

    paacollins replied to indiawhitaker's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Winston-Salem NC hospitals day shift starts at just over $42K a year for RNs. COL isn't bad here compared to many areas of the country. It's a ton of money for me who's last job was a CNA at the...

  7. High School Student needs HELP please!!!!

    paacollins replied to drummergirl01's topic in Nursing Career

    If I were younger and didn't already have a BS in another discipline I would have gone for my BSN rather than the ADN. Because I was 42 when I started nursing school and already have a BS, I did the...

  8. 7p-730a

    paacollins replied to NYNurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked 7P to 7A for many years in a factory and did ok but that was many years ago. I am now 44 and have fibro (I did then too but it is worse now) and I seriously doubt night shift would agree...

  9. Completed Suzzane's 1st Tip!!!!!!!!

    paacollins replied to pescia999's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm also doing the first part of Suzanne's plan. I hope to finish up this week. There was no way I could do the first part in a week because the book has 76 chapters. I suppose if you were very,...

  10. Sterile Field Question

    paacollins replied to walt7878's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When I was doing my preceptorship, we had epi steroid injections first thing in the AM (6 or 6:30). I have fibro and I'm very stiff in the mornings, plus my hands are shakey sometimes. I would be...

  11. Sterile Field Question

    paacollins replied to walt7878's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I've never heard of a sterile spike. I've assisted with epidural steroid injections, heart catheterizations, etc during clinicals and preceptorship and the lidocaine packs were always part of the...

  12. Nursing and Fibromyalgia

    paacollins replied to CaLVN530's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I was diagnosed with Fibro when I was in my early 20s. That was 20+ years ago and they called it Fibrositis back then. Very little was known about it and it was definitely called a "garbage can"...

  13. Anyone suffering major NCLEX review burnout?

    paacollins replied to paacollins's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Reading into a question will get you into trouble every time. That was the major reason people got questions wrong in school. Try to JUST read the question and focus on EXACTLY what it is asking....

  14. NCLEX pharmacology

    paacollins replied to supafly's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My Saunders book has tons of questions related to dosages and therapeutic ranges. I'd definitely focus on common drugs but the NCLEX can throw you some obscure drugs as well. A fellow student of...

  15. Taber's or Mosby's

    paacollins replied to piggysk's topic in General Students

    I have a Mosby's dictionary because my school required it. Later on, one of my instructor's recommended a Tabor's but I didn't have the money to purchase a second dictionary. I looked thru Tabor's and...

  16. New Grad seeking CCU/ICU job!

    paacollins replied to kitty25's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I am 99% sure that Baptist will start a new grad in the ICU. One of my fellow clinical students did her preceptorship at the ICU there and they offered her a job so I would say there isn't a problem....

  17. I'm starting to get concerned about salary...

    paacollins replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    I live in NC (near Winston) and the economy is terrible due to all the manufacturing layoffs. However, nursing pay is better here than in many parts of the country. Starting pay in Winston is $20.45...

  18. I got a kiss!

    paacollins replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in General Nursing

    That is what I loved most about working in LTC. (It sure wasn't my CNA salary lol). The vast majority of the residents were extremely sweet. Everyday I'd get a few kisses, tons of hugs, and quite a...

  19. Phlebotomy while in school anyone?

    paacollins replied to renee_cal's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I occasionally see phlebotomy positions posted for the Winston hospitals. Not a lot of them, but a few. You might have better luck with labs, since they do a lot of

  20. New Grad seeking CCU/ICU job!

    paacollins replied to kitty25's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Yes, I plan to work in Winston. I did my preceptorship at Northern Hospital in Mt. Airy and loved it. I would really like to work there but there are way more opportunities in the Winston hospitals....

  21. NC I need your imput!!!seriously I do!..lol

    paacollins replied to henryswife's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    And a Pirate is now called a Nautical Aquisitions and Redistribution Specialist. I hadn't heard that one before. That's funny. Thanks for the

  22. Asheville NC what is it like?

    paacollins replied to krazykev's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I absolutely love Asheville, NC. It's one of my fav cities. I have been there many times on vacation and would love to live near there one day. I couldn't afford to live directly in Asheville, as...

  23. NC I need your imput!!!seriously I do!..lol

    paacollins replied to henryswife's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Never heard the term "clinical assistant" before. Why can't they just leave the names the same? Gets too confusing in my opinion. My mother worked in a hospital for 10 years cleaning. She was...

  24. Winston Salem State University

    paacollins replied to debthern's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    When I considered the program a few years ago, an interview was required and admission was quite competitive because they only accept about 45 people each

  25. NC I need your imput!!!seriously I do!..lol

    paacollins replied to henryswife's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I live near Winston-Salem and I don't know of any LPNs that make that kind of money. LTC pays better than hospitals. 2 years ago I was working as a CNA in a LTC center and the LPNs were starting out...