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We took the HESI both years of our ADN program- both times, we had 160 questions. We were told by our instructors that how you do on the HESI is 97% accurate of how you'll do on your NCLEX. I hope it is true!!!

I am graduating from nursing school Sunday and have been offered a job at the local hospital. I accepted and thought all was well until they emailed me today with the date for my pre-employment screening. The job offer is conditional based on passing this screening. During this screening, since lifting is part of the job, you have to use your legs and lift a 50 lb block from the floor until you legs are straight, 10 times. A few weeks ago my husband and I found out that we are pregnant!! :) :) :) I am 10 weeks along. I know that lifting is not encouraged during pregnancy. Am I early enough to complete this or should I tell them I can't do it? I am worried this will prevent me from getting this job. I just emailed the lady that offered the job and told her about the pregnancy- I wasn't planning on doing it right away but it would come out at the screening so I figured it would be best for her to hear it from me first. Just curious if anyone knows if this is safe or not at this stage, and can they not follow through with hiring me because I am pregnant? During the interview I told her we were trying and she said that it was great. Nicole

No she did not have her cell phone on during lecture three times in the past month, answer it, and proceed to tell her boyfriend she was in lecture and what we were learning about that day!!!!!!! :roll :roll She hung up quickly after the instructor shot her a "oh no you did not just answer that phone in class" look! :chuckle :chuckle Now she keeps it on vibrate- but keeps it on her desk instead of in her pocket or bag :uhoh21: :uhoh21: It sounds even louder when it vibrates on the desk than when it would ring! :rotfl: :rotfl:

There are 2 aides on 11-7 who each have to get up 6 people. They start at 5:00. Most of the time they get them washed and changed and leave them in bed until they are done with the other 5, and then will go back around and get them up. We have 5 aides on days. 2 work from 5:30-2:00, 1 works from 6:00-2:30, and the other 2 come in from 6:45-3:15. The other shifts are normal times (2:45-11:15 and 11:15-7:15 but for the most part, 3rd shift doesn't do anything after their 12 are up regardless of the time). There are 40 residents on our units and for the most part, are all up by 7:30. Breakfast comes at 8. There is one aide that comes in from 8-12 (11-3 on some rare occasions) and does the 5 baths, all of the vitals, and helps feed. It works great!:)

What about taking lexapro while pregnant???? I have heard mixed responses

Yes, yes, yes!!!! I don't think it should be a law, but should be required by the school. I have been a CNA for almost three years. In our ADN program, they taught us everything in two hours. We are in our last semester and there are still some people who are not comfortable giving bed baths and can't even figure out how to put clean sheets on an occupied bed I don't know where the instructors have been for the past two years but..... Being a CNA has been such a valuable experience for me- I am able to connect what I am learning in school to certain residents. A few classmates and I had this discussion just last week!

I have been a CNA for three years. I will graduate with my ADN in May! While I agree that we don't get paid nearly what we should (my brother is a dishwasher at the Olive Garden and makes the same as my base rate ) the experience that I have received while being a CNA will make me a better nurse. I am able to relate what we are learning in class to many of my residents- it is like a light goes off in my head- "oh yeah, that's what was wrong with so and so." Also, I know what we go through as CNA's and how some nurses treat us badly (not all) I know that when I become a nurse, I will respect my CNA's (as long as they are doing their job- unlike some out there who are there for just a pay check) and I will be able to relate to what they are going through because I went through it myself. Being a CNA has been an invaluable experience, one I would never take back. :)

While in nursing school, I work per diem as a CNA in a LTC facility. While on winter vacation (which ends tonight ), I have been called at least once a day to see if I can come in and pick up shifts from call-ins. Even if I am at work, they call and leave a message! If someone calls in on their weekend, they must work the next weekend (they work every other). If you have 3 call-ins, they put you on "probation" and then if you call in again, you are supposed to get fired but it never happens. They don't usually fire people over attendance because they need help. There are 16 of us that are per diem and in nursing school, so when we are on vacation, the call-ins start because people know that their shifts will be covered. They will be lost in May when 13 of us graduate and get out of there! :balloons:

ADN student- 3rd semester out of 4 Class- 5 hours over 2 days Clinical- 16 hours, 2 consecutive days in a row Lots of study and clinical prep time as well. Next semester it will be 7 class hours and 16 clinical hours.

I just took myself off from Lexapro about a month ago. My husband and I are trying to start a family and I figured it would be safer and easier to get off it now than to try to quit "cold turkey" once we are sucessful (hopefully). I was also on 10mg and tried one day on, one day off, but by 6 pm on the off day, I felt like I was loosing my mind! I was dizzy, nauseous (sp?), and just felt crapy. So I decided that I would take half a pill a day. That worked wonderfully. I did that for about 2 weeks. Then I did half a pill every other day. I then went to half a pill every three days and after that I stopped taking it. I didn't feel like I was on a rollercoaster this way like I was when I did one full pill and then a day off. I feel fine now, except for the stress and anxiety of nursing school but that is to be expected! I just keep telling myself it is only until May!! I hope this helps.

When we were doing our maternity rotation last semester, we used to meet in the nursery on the L&D floor (it isn't used unless there is a problem). We normally have to wear white pants and white tops but for maternity and peds, we were allowed to wear a colored top as long as our school patch was on it. Well, one morning, during change of shift, we were standing around waiting for report and assignments. In the back of the room was a lady standing there wearing scrubs and a name badge- it was flipped around. No one thought anything about it at first because we all thought she was a nurse on the floor. However, she told the unit secretary that she was a student and was directed to the nursery. We all got report and assignments and went onto the floor. On the floor, all of the children under 5 must wear a code alert bracelet- if it goes past a certain point on the floor, the code alarm goes off. About 2 minutes later, the fire alarm went off and we saw the lady running down the hall with a backpack on and a baby blanket sticking out the back. When the fire alarm goes off, all of the doors automatically open and the code alarm for the kids is disabled. We all went to check on our assigned patients and then stood by the door to make sure no one left the room. Security came up and were trying to figure out why the doors had unlocked. Meanwhile, the lady was out in her car. 15 minutes later, she came back onto the floor with the bag. The hospital that we were at is affiliated with a hospital 30 minutes away and she works for that other hospital. She was sent to do a drill to see if the staff would respond accordingly to a child kidnapping, and only the administrators knew. Well, all of the staff on the floor passed (except for the unit secretary who didn't check her ID) but the problem was with security. Instead of following her, they were more concerned about why the doors had become unlocked and unalarmed. Needless to say, the next day they had a company in to try to make sure that if the situation were to arise again, there would be a different outcome. very scary because she knew how to play both sides!

Where I did my clinicals this spring, they use the security bracelets and also took a security picture with a 35 mm camera. The roll of film wasn't sent away to be developed until all 24 pictures had been taken (maybe 30 babies a month are born there). Half way through the rotation, one of the RN's on the floor bought a digital camera that has a printer with it and they started using that. They took 2 pictures...one they gave to the mother and the other went into the baby's file as a security measure. The unit never reimbursed her but patted her on the back for coming up with "such a great idea" :uhoh21:

i think that you mean to say deaf and mute i have a deaf brother and one of the main things that fries me is when people refer to him as death. he's not dead, or dying....he just can't hear.:angryfire sorry if this comes off harsh but i hear it way too often and it isn't corrected enough.

In A&P1 we had to disect rats (big ones ). We did the sheep heart and cow eye as well. We were supposed to do the fetal pig in A&P 2 but luckily, we ran out of time and never got around to it! :) I am a big cat lover having two of my own and would not be able to do it.