adampricecna

Hi, So i'm in nursing school and I just started. I keep hearing that "Med-Surg" is SOOOO hard. But what exactly is Med Surg nursing and why is it supposedly soooo hard, what's so hard about it in nursing school. I can't seem to get a clear answer. Me...

My Facility LTC: DON-RN ADON-LPN Staffing Coordinator(over all nurses LPN and RN)-LPN and my DON is NEVER ON-Call.

IT WILL HELP YOU, once in school, I'm currently in a LPN program and my being a CNA for 4 yrs has helped me. The familiarity with the whole "nursing" technique is extremely helpful. And if you were paying attention to the nurses you were working arou...

I'm not a nurse....yet, but I am a CNA and my charge nurses always call the doctor and get a psych consult and they are send to something of a mental hospital....but they ALWAYS come back different...changed I guess. I don't know if it was medication...

Hey So I start nursing school in May, and I work a full time job as a CNA. The program frowns upon people who work full time jobs, and they discourage it. But I have bills that require me to work full time. I was thinking about switching to 3rd Shift...

YESS I did ...I was an alternate and she neglected to tell me!! She called me Friday to attend orientation MONDAY!!!!!! I'm soooo excited!!!

OMG they are doing this at my job...We work a rotation, and we have rotated off days and weekends. But lately they have been taking our off days and making us work. But they said if you refuse, they will call it a "no call no show" which they can ter...

Okay so I'm a C.N.A and my facility just changed the dress code about two years ago. At first all the CNAs and nurses had to wear white, but the nurses had to wear hats. Then the CNAs had to change their uniforms to blue. Now we can wear what we want...

But why can't Aides wear white????

Patience is KEY!!!! Never give a alzheimers patient a large task. Break it up into small tasks. Ex. (Patient is in bed) You need the patient up for breakfast. Don't Say: Let's get dressed and go to breakfast. Say: Let's get out of bed. Let's go to...

You will need three things: a strong back, a strong mind, and a strong stomach.

CNA take blood pressures, and your facility may have one for you to use, but you will definiately need one if you are taking manuel blood pressures.

Use my method....the next time they patronize you....go off!!!! One of two things will happen, they will fire or discipline you...OR...they will start to respect you. Trust Me....I've only been fired once.

OMG do we work in the same facility...that's sounds just like something our management would say.

Soooo its taken me forever to pass the entrance test to nursing school. Most of you know that to be even considered for nursing school you have to pass a entrance test, so I did. The test is 3 parts: Reading/Writing and Math. You have to make a 80 on...

It was a joke....lighten up OMG!

I wasn't saying that anyone was a serial killer, I was saying that just because your score is high doesn't mean you will make a better nurse than me. And another thing I didn't make it personal, but I think that's the problem with the selection proce...

I appreciate you speaking up for. I posted this because I truly was very hurt, emotional, and discouraged and I just needed some reassurance. Being that most of the nurses who commented probably helped deliver Jesus, I can understand that the nursing...

I hope you have better luck

Honey I didn't ask for all that...I asked did you all think it was right for them to only consider test scores for admission standards.

So this is my Nursing School Entrance Essay please tell me what you guys think Essay Question : "What do you expect to obtain from this program?" In this program I aspire to obtain all the necessary skills, techniques, and methods possible to be a t...

Thanks SOOOO Much Zookeeper 3. I will definitely be emailing you my revision!!!

Thanks for the tips, and the essay only has to be one page. Thanks so much!

Hey my fellow nurses and CNAs I've been working in this Nursing home for 3 yrs. as a CNA. And we haven't had a raise since I've been there. Other workers that have been here longer than I have say its been 5 years or more since they've had a raise. O...

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