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  1. CNA-Can u become a CNA w/o going to a training program?

    kool-aide, RN replied to sls1603's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    no...

  2. The Great Double Standard?

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

    very well

  3. Tips for a CNA going from LTC to a hospital?

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

    Newway, I do work night shift. 7p-7a. Here's how my night goes: I get to work, get report, and start taking Q4 hour v/s. by the time I'm done with v/s it's time to take HS bloodsugars. Then I'm...

  4. Any University of Indianapolis students?

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

    I'm transferring to Uindy next semester from Ivy Tech! My advisor said that I shouldn't get my hopes set on getting in for Fall of 2011 because of lack of seniority.... but I'm shooting for 2012! I...

  5. Tips for a CNA going from LTC to a hospital?

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

    I am a cna in a hospital float pool and I float between three hospitals. I've been in this job for about 1.5 years and I LOVE it! You will get a TON of experience or nursing school! My best advice to...

  6. What's in your CNA work bag?

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

    #1. I would like to commend you on your use of "whilst." #2. I like to chew minty gum at work. It's *technically* against the rules, but we don't have gum nazis where I work. #3. I don't want my pts...

  7. Too scared to apply for a job [What would you do?]

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

    I was the exact same way when I started working. I was fine with everything else but ambulating pts REALLY made me nervous. Here's what you do: 1. Make sure to get the pt's activity level while in...

  8. Why You Rock

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

    I rock because I'm one of the few CNAs at my hospital that actually gives a crap about skin integrity and pt comfort and hygiene! GO ME and YAY for my pts! :} I love this thread, btw! Kool-aide....

  9. someone tell me it gets better after RN school???

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

    If this is how you truly feel, I don't think you deserved to get that coveted seat in your nursing program. Unless you get a change of heart, I think you should not pursue nursing. If you DO become a...

  10. Just like Pig-Pen from Charlie Brown

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

    I take pt's like this as a personal challenge. Yeast infections in skin folds of obese pts are the WORST! They really do stink up the whole unit! I love getting these people clean. LOVE IT! They feel...

  11. A patient made me cry.....

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

    This is an amazing story. I hope I get a chance like this one to help a pt who's truly in need. Great

  12. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    kool-aide, RN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    haha I'm a teen CNA and even I know that most of the time family members are more trouble than they're worth! I wish visiting hours were regularly enforced at my

  13. What's it like working an Ortho unit?

    kool-aide, RN replied to jbee's topic in Orthopedic

    Run away! As far as you can!!!!! HEAD FOR THE

  14. Did being a CNA make you NOT want to be a nurse anymore?

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

    I really had no idea what nursing was when I decided to become a CNA. I took the class and was HORRIFIED at what I was expected to do in clinical.....at first. Once I FINALLY became comfortable in the...

  15. Thats it! I'm moving...where can i get a job?!

    kool-aide, RN replied to Nire83's topic in General Nursing

    Try Indianapolis. The hospitals here hire new grads all the

  16. What do you wear to work, fellow aides?

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

    At my hospital CNAs wear wie scrubs with white or black athletic shoes. I hate the wine scrubs.

  17. When everything could go wrong...it did

    kool-aide, RN replied to blessedmomma247's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That sounds like a VERY eventful day at work! I don't know about you, but I kinda like it when my shift is a little hectic. It makes the time fly by and in a situation like that, it would make me feel...

  18. What is the funniest thing a patient has ever said to you?

    kool-aide, RN replied to carolmaccas66's topic in General Nursing

    I once had a pt on our ortho unit who was incontinent and confused(winning combination) and when I went to check her in the morning for the last time before I left, I found that she was dirty and I...

  19. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

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

    I hate it when someone uses the dynamaps and then leaves it in a tangled mess afterward. so annoying. or when the CNA before me tells me in report that she "didn't get a chance to pass waters, take...

  20. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

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

    I love this sooo much!

  21. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    kool-aide, RN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To the pt who wanted a sprite every time I helped her ambulate to the BR. (which was quite frequently.) "I would love to know who gets you a sprite at home every time you go to the BR in the middle of...

  22. What is the funniest thing a patient has ever said to you?

    kool-aide, RN replied to carolmaccas66's topic in General Nursing

    I was once sitting for a pt in ICU and I helped him to use his urinal. When the nurse came in about 10 minutes later she asked how much he had out and after I told her the pt screamed "YOU'RE KEEPING...

  23. CNA to LPN to RN

    kool-aide, RN replied to worrywart75's topic in General Nursing

    I got my CNA cert through central nine career center in Greenwood, Indiana! It was in the evenings and at the nursing home they do clinicals at, you can cone in to do clinicals any day and time you...

  24. Advice for new CNA

    kool-aide, RN replied to Marissa2619's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a hospital CNA and it was my first job. If you're planning on being a nurse, make sure they know that. All the nurses I work with kinda "took me under their wing" because they know I will be in...

  25. Top 10 Myths of the "MURSE"

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

    Dude, it's called irony. Haha