sammi2006

sammi2006 ADN, BSN, RN

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  1. How much do you make as a tech?

    sammi2006 replied to RCBR's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I work at a rehabilitation hospital in northern california and make 10.56 with 1.00 differential for nights and 1.00 for weekends. I also have 3 years CNA

  2. How To Get Ahead In Nursing?

    sammi2006 replied to morgan72312's topic in General Students

    In my area all of the LTC's that I know of do not have post ops, vents, or dialysis. The population at these places mostly consist of pts who are confused and have some form of...

  3. How To Get Ahead In Nursing?

    sammi2006 replied to morgan72312's topic in General Students

    Get a job in acute care or in a ltac ( long term acute care- very different from ltc) you will gain a lot more exposure than at ltc. LTC is great for learning time management and basic nursing skills,...

  4. Backpack, watch for nursing program?

    sammi2006 replied to mangosoccer11's topic in General Students

    I am just using a normal backpack with some padding on the shoulders. We were told that we wouldn't need all of our books in class. As for the watch, I have a Timex Ironman Triathalon that I have set...

  5. 20 day CNA program

    sammi2006 replied to fbrlauren's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I did a program similar to that a couple of years ago in Oregon, we did 2 weeks classroom lecture and 2 weeks of clinical. I loved it! There was a little bit of studying after lectures, but other than...

  6. Epic (Nursing) FAILS!

    sammi2006 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Humor

    Last tuesday was my last day of orientation at my new job. I was feeling really confident and basically took over a whole assignment first thing at 6:30. Around 9 I went to check on a patient's...