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  1. If I see one more post titled....

    gymnut replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    "I've been a PCA on this floor throughout nursing school and now that I graduated they won't hire me!!! They're just jealous and mad that I probably know more than them because I'm young. Plus they're...

  2. Almost Fainted in the OR Twice!!

    gymnut replied to gymnut's topic in General Nursing

    He said normally he would send a person to a cardiologist and have them wear a haltor monitor and a whole bunch of other stuff but feels that in my case it's not needed because I've been going to him...

  3. Almost Fainted in the OR Twice!!

    gymnut replied to gymnut's topic in General Nursing

    So I went to the doctor today and he diagnosed me with neurocardiogenic syncopy. I almost cried because that's what my friend had and she had to leave the program. However he said that some people...

  4. Almost Fainted in the OR Twice!!

    gymnut replied to gymnut's topic in General Nursing

    You people just rock my socks completely off!!! I have another clinical on the 8th of November so I'll be bumping this thread to let you know how everything goes. I also have the complete gowning...

  5. Almost Fainted in the OR Twice!!

    gymnut replied to gymnut's topic in General Nursing

    The first time we went in myself and two others went down and this time it was one of the students from the first time and myself. I didn't get nauseous or anything either. Just really hot (like a hot...

  6. Almost Fainted in the OR Twice!!

    gymnut replied to gymnut's topic in General Nursing

    No, definitely not

  7. Almost Fainted in the OR Twice!!

    gymnut replied to gymnut's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you guys for your advice! I will try out the cool patched cloths and eat a nice big protein filled breakfast before I go in. I just have to adapt to the environment. I knew what it was going to...

  8. Vent: "I should warn you, I'm a tough stick..."

    gymnut replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    This reminds me when I first started out as a PCA and this young guy came up to our floor after being in the ER for several hours. I saw a whole laundry list of blood work print out and asked his...

  9. Any nurses out there graduate knowing everything?

    gymnut replied to brielle776's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to school to be a surg tech and while it's nowhere near as hard as being a nurse I too feel overwhelmed because of all the learning. All the anatomy and physiology that goes with all the...

  10. I wasn't hired because I failed the personality test???

    gymnut replied to loveishope's topic in General Nursing

    One of the nurses on my floor applied for a position at another hospital and one of the questions asked was "Would you give up a weeks worth of your pay to help out a friend?" *** kind of question is...

  11. Denial

    gymnut replied to poopprincess's topic in General Nursing

    We have a patient on our floor right now who is going through this. The doctors and RNs pretty much told the family that she is terminal (stage IIIC ovarian)and recommended hospice. The family will...

  12. CNA, EKG, and PHLEBOTOMY Certification

    gymnut replied to Queen Tiye, CNA's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I work in PA and I am a CNA but work as a PCA in a hospital. You don't need to have CNA qualifications to work in a hospital but it does help. I would volunteer at the hospital first (I did) and find...

  13. Student nurse gets the boot...veteran nurse fired

    gymnut replied to C287's topic in General Nursing

    Pretty much everything I wanted to say has already been said. Imagine you are a patient and you are just waking up out of major surgery and you have a nurse tell you. "Everything went well and all...

  14. Contagion?

    gymnut replied to sweetsleep28's topic in General Nursing

    I kind of understand what Laughing Weasel is saying...maybe... It was touched on in this book I'm reading called Survival of the Sickest. There's one chapter about how viruses adapt in order to spread...

  15. Is it worth it taking out a loan for a CNA program certificate?

    gymnut replied to mariposabella's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I paid $875 for my CNA training and it was worth every penny especially if you are just starting out in the field of healthcare like I was. In PA if you are hired by a nursing home that is mainly...

  16. ER and strange phenomena

    gymnut replied to EmergencyNrse's topic in Emergency

    I usually get a group of patients who will suddenly have sky high blood pressures and fevers. Then I always have a few patients that will be fine all day and then spike temps around 7pm. They get...

  17. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    gymnut replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I assess people's veins everywhere!!! My husband has some great big blue bouncy ones that I'm always poking. If all my patients had those suckers I'd throw away my

  18. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    gymnut replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I read a wonderful book not too long ago called 'The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down.' It was about a culture clash between Hmong immigrants and Western medicine. The Hmong family had a a...

  19. More attractive grads have better chances of getting hired?

    gymnut replied to AddisonLawrence03's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I can kind of see this happening for a plastic surgeons office but not anywhere else. Funny enough when I was 13 and had braces my orthodontist had an entire staff of twenty something skinny women...

  20. I'm going to nursing school-That's nice, DO YOUR JOB

    gymnut replied to BrazoriaLVN's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's great that a CNA/Tech wants to be proactive concerning a patients treatment however, as other have stated, it has to be within their scope of practice. I had an example of this today at...

  21. Surgical Technologists Taking Over Nursing Roles?

    gymnut replied to techraider77's topic in Operating Room

    I can honestly say in all of my life I have never seen two different jobs that have so much animosity between them! It's like cats vs dogs and Yankees vs the Red Sox fans.:) I think this happens...

  22. Working in the OR with IBS

    gymnut posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hi everyone! I wasn't sure whether to put this in the nurses with disabilities forum or here but, I chose here since you all work in the OR and can probably answer my question better. I am going to be...

  23. Are nurses being replaced?

    gymnut replied to BC Roberts's topic in General Nursing

    You speak the absolute truth! I am a tech and we are chronically short staffed. Myself and the other techs are always getting called on our days off or being asked to work 4 hours extra and have day...

  24. Are nurses being replaced?

    gymnut replied to BC Roberts's topic in General Nursing

    It's getting like that here too. When I was younger and went to the doctors office I was always seen by a nurse first and then the doctor. Now it's all MAs. When I visited my grandparents in LTC it...

  25. The kiss of death: when you know you are about to get fired

    gymnut replied to fallinnstyle's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah that seems weird to me too. I've never heard of a place saying "Either you accept this promotion or you're fired!" How can a person be good enough to promote but bad enough to fire if they don't...