UpstateNyDollCna replied to UpstateNyDollCna's topic in New York Nursing
Hi all, thanks for all your sugestions, i'll look into them even though they are a little far and I don't drive, and the thing that makes it super hard is that they always want
Hi I'm looking for some info, anyone might have on the boces lpn program, specifically the programs in westchester or poughkeepsie? Was it doable full time, was their financial aid besides loans, did...
UpstateNyDollCna replied to Arctophilos's topic in LPN, LVN Students
Yea their website does stink, I just left my name, number, address and told them I wanted an application then I kept calling back to see if they got my message. If you have a car it might be a better...
UpstateNyDollCna replied to Arctophilos's topic in LPN, LVN Students
Hi Arctophilos, thanks for replying! I completed my application and am waiting to get my letter about the admissions test, was the admissions test hard? I'm wondering if I get accepted can I handle...
UpstateNyDollCna replied to Arctophilos's topic in LPN, LVN Students
I'm not sure if they give any other financial aid besides loans, I just mailed in my application ,I really want to be in the program,if I don't get in i'll just keep doing my bio courses at wcc then...
I think for the clinical part, to practice you should just do the skills instead of reading about them in the book, it became second nature to me after actually doing it so many times, practice every...
There is alot of work for cnas especially in those two areas and in ny, it is more likely to get a job in a hospital as a cna(pct) then as an lpn. Just try nursing homes, rehab centers, hospitals or...
You should always clean a patient after you change their brief, or there will be urine and feces on their skin which will irratate their skin and can cause worse problems. Some are just too lazy to go...
I recently passed my CNA exam and am desperate for job, the second I found out I passed I have been calling nursing homes and hospitals, but they either are not hiring or are too far away. One of the...
Thanks for your responses, I plan to speak with a person at the nursing home I was referring to this week, I also have a job interview for another nursing home, its not too far, but it is one of the...
UpstateNyDollCna replied to favthing's topic in Geriatric, LTC
When I was doing my cna internship at a nursing home the students on my wing were allowed to just go to any patient that was there,and I went in one patient room and she was wearing only a hospital...
yay i just found out i passed my cna exam, i'm so happy! i was so nervous taking the test it was crazy, but now that i found out i am an offical cna, i'm so happy i'm delerious ! i had pulse and...