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  1. Are you insulted????

    kool-aide, RN replied to CNABESS's topic in General Nursing

    I think you handled the situation very well and those nurses that you spoke to were rude and immature. This reminds me of a similar situation from work last night: I work as a CNA at my hospital and I...

  2. SMELL

    kool-aide, RN replied to klt324's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Good attitude. I'm sure you'll be fine. rotting bedsores get to me sometimes, too.

  3. Feeling Horrible as a new grad

    kool-aide, RN replied to Hulababe169's topic in General Nursing

    Good

  4. A "chick's" perspective on Men in Nursing

    kool-aide, RN replied to KimmbaFNP's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I'm a male CNA in my hospitals float pool and I work in three different hospitals in my health network and work on most of the units (excluding women/children's services) and I am very well liked. I...

  5. Newb question of the Day

    kool-aide, RN replied to xander89's topic in Emergency

    That is wonderful advice and exactly what I

  6. SMELL

    kool-aide, RN replied to klt324's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Just toughen up and deal with it. You'll be better off in the long run. You won't always have time to run and put vicks under your

  7. Newb question of the Day

    kool-aide, RN replied to xander89's topic in Emergency

    Hey! I live in IN and I went to Ivy Tech and my advice to you is to go somewhere else for nursing school. Ivy Tech is ridiculous to try and get into their nursing program because even with a 4.0 and a...

  8. Anyone ever heard of anything like this?

    kool-aide, RN replied to JusBeinANur's topic in General Nursing

    very bad. get out while you still

  9. Holy Abscess! Not for the faint of heart

    kool-aide, RN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I love this.

  10. Anyone in need of resume help, read this thread!

    kool-aide, RN posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You need help creating a resume? Instead of posting a gazilion new threads about it, why not try using the TEMPLATES on Microsoft Word?! Don't have Microsoft Word? How about a Google search and look...

  11. What color is your stethoscope???

    kool-aide, RN replied to sch1109's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have a navy blue prestige medical sprague but I have my eye on an orange littmann classic II

  12. What type of stethescope should I get for nursing school?

    kool-aide, RN replied to Seth O Scope's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    any littmann. I've got my eye on an orange

  13. What other units do you work on besides your "home" unit?

    kool-aide, RN replied to PAERRN20's topic in General Nursing

    Float pool CNA. Love

  14. Was I right?

    kool-aide, RN replied to JDZ344's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    v/s are way more important. You did

  15. Nurses don't save lives....WHAT?

    kool-aide, RN replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I don't blame you one bit! My dad is the same way. He doesn't realize what nursing really is and what a nurse's scope of practice is. He doesn't believe me when I tell him that nurses have peoples...

  16. Nurses don't save lives....WHAT?

    kool-aide, RN replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Distance yourself from him. His negativity is infectious! I hope he's never my nurse

  17. Journal of work experience

    kool-aide, RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey Everyone! I have been a CNA in my hospital's nursing resource float pool for 2 years and I just got this idea from my mom that I should start a journal and write down some things about my night at...

  18. Journal of work experience

    kool-aide, RN replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Dave, I read your comment on "The ethics and laws associated with keeping a personal diary" thread and I laughed out loud! HILARIOUS!! I approve!

  19. Is it possible to work only on weekends?

    kool-aide, RN replied to EduardoLugo's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    yes..

  20. can someone help me how to make a CNA resume

    kool-aide, RN replied to ccmelluvvin's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Use the microsoft word template for a resume'... it's pretty self

  21. My teacher said that her daughter earns...

    kool-aide, RN replied to EduardoLugo's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I

  22. CNA's in the hospital setting

    kool-aide, RN replied to nurse2b013's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I started work at my hospital right out of CNA class. I love it here. In a hospital you do SO much more and learn SO much more than you do in LTC. If you're going to go to nursing school, a hospital...

  23. My teacher said that her daughter earns...

    kool-aide, RN replied to EduardoLugo's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I make $14.50 base pay at my hospital in the resource float pool and that's why I get paid more. They call us CNAs but we're comparable to "techs;" we have a wider scope. I also work weekend nights,...

  24. Nurse Tech/What has been your fav dept to work in?

    kool-aide, RN replied to tnearthmama's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I work in a float pool, so I see it all. But my favorite is intensive care! That's what I want to do when I'm an

  25. patient fell while i was monitoring as a patient sitter

    kool-aide, RN replied to italy's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's unsafe that you're monitoring them by video.. there should be sitters in the rooms if these pts are that high of risk..... Don't worry about it. I get used as a pt sitter too, and once I...