I graduated with my nursing degree in May 2010, I've worked as a CNA for over 7 years. My moms been a nurse for like a hundred years... she's awesome :)
I agree with you. I just graduated with my RN and I believe that doing that back breaking grunt work at nursing homes and other LTC facilities is good training to help you become an excellent nurse....
Good for you to have found a good facility to work in but unfortunately in LTC most places are like that. Not all of course, the second nursing home I worked in was great... It wasn't really a...
Ive been a CNA for a long time and have worked at two nursing homes and a hospital. Nursing homes are hard work period. The hospitals way different though, especially at night. Your not so...
One more thing... Everyone needs to get off of their high freaking horse. Stuff happens, it doesn't necessarily make someone a bad person, or a bad nurse, a DUI on someones record should preclude them...
I just graduated with my RN a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately I have not one but 2 DUI's on my record (Yea, I know... I'm an idiot) I graduated in Iowa and called the Iowa board of nursing to make...