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doesn't help you as much as you'd think. Hiring of RN's is really bad right now. As a BSN with no experience, you probably have a better chance of getting hired than an ADN RN with ten years of experience. Stick with waitressing. As a PCA myself,...

I work in a skilled nursing and rehab facility which has a separate secured unit for dementia patients. He talks about opening up these dementia units and allowing people to live throughout the facility. He doesn't want Alzheimer's patients to feel...

I will also add that there just isn't enough staff available to monitor all of these patients. I can recall many times when the MRDD patient was found sitting naked outside. The staff were busy working with other patients and did not respond quick ...

I tend to agree with your take on the living environment for dementia patients. They are habitual wanderers, and have a tendency to get themselves into a lot of trouble. They have a tendency to act out violently, enter rooms without permission, and...

If you do come across that article, please post it here. That sounds very interesting. I would like to know how they achieved that. James Collins teaches that dementia is a cognitive impairment that stems from an underlying medical condition. For...

Nursing clinicals are good experience for a prospective PCA/PCT. Biggest determining factor is probably what part of the country you live in. I live in central Ohio, and the local market is saturated with nurses and nursing assistants. There are o...

Good luck trying to get into the hospital. 6 months of experience is laughable to the HR in the hospital. They will immediately throw your resume away. Your best chance is to avoid HR completely and talk directly with a unit manager. If you're wi...

It totally depends which facility you work at. Nursing homes are known for being awful places to work. Try to avoid working at privately-owned nursing facilities.

With fears mounting about a possible government shutdown, how would it affect nursing homes? Since over 90% of residents in nursing homes are covered by medicare or medicaid, how would that affect the operation of a nursing home?

The people who run my facility are idiots. This government shutdown doesn't sound too promising for me.

After working in a LTC facility and volunteering in a hospital, I must say that work in an acute setting is way more desirable. I have found that hospitals are way more prepared to deal with problem patients than your typical nursing home. Every ni...

I work as a nursing assistant and go to school almost full time. I am taking this sociology class, and I came across a topic which I found relevant to this industry. There is a subculture found in nursing that we may not be aware of. Nursing has i...

I know exactly how you feel. I am 27 years old and waiting to get into a program that doesn't start until Autumn '11. I am working full time at a nursing home (36 hrs/wk), volunteering part time at a hospital (5 hrs/wk), and taking 10 credit hours ...

You don't have to work in a hospital to work hospice. You can work at a nursing home. Nursing homes are basically long-term hospice. Many nurses might feel that working at a nursing home is below them, but if you don't feel that way, then that is ...

I submitted my application to CSCC at 9:00 am this morning. Later today, I found out that dozens of other people had the same idea. They camped out in the computer lab and all waited to hit the 'enter' key at 9:00 am. The application was supposedl...

That's true, I've worked with some female nurses that are way tougher than a lot of dudes I know. Especially the nurses who grew up in the inner city and have two or three children at home who are depending on them. Yeah, those nurses shouldn't be ...

I've been working at a nursing home for almost two years and have been hoping to get into a hospital. I'm a very good employee. I show up to work on time, I never call off, I have good work relationships, I have taken many classes relevant to patie...

There doesn't seem to be any jobs anywhere, period. I have been trying to get a PCA job now for almost two years. I've had lots of interviews, but no success. I'm thinking of going for an EMT-B certification, but not sure that will help me or not....

I am a nursing student right now and I don't care whether I'll be called a nurse or not. However, I think the word "nurse" to a non-english speaker might seem a little confusing. For example, in Spanish, the word for nurse is "enfermera". It impli...

Wow, I'm glad I'm going into nursing. Especially when accepting a job for anything less than $20/hr is considered an insult. I came out of school back in 2005 making $10/hr. This is with a degree in engineering technology. Still, I moved quickly ...

I'm also an MTC grad, although in a totally different discipline (Engineering). I'm very sorry to inform you of this, but MTC does not have anywhere near a 99% passing rate on the NCLEX. In 2010, they managed to get as high as 92% passing. Overall...

I think it would be a good idea considering a lot of hospitals will not even look at your resume unless you have some kind of EMT certification in addition to being an STNA, CNA, etc.

It sounds like you guys do way too much work for the CNA's. But I do know where you are coming from. When I first started work as an STNA, I would find people in old diapers (>12 hrs old), foley bags completely full, or fall risk patients with t...

A friend of mine was fired a few weeks ago because of that. They said they wanted him to be more like a nurse and less like a nursing assistant. It's difficult to know what really happened or why they really got rid of him. However, he did mention...

I applied back in July and got into Autumn 2011, but I'm taking advantage of the wait. You will want all non-nursing classes out of the way before you start the program. Otherwise, it will be a very demanding course load.