UpstateNyDollCna

I have been working as a CNA for a couple months now at a nursing home, on the rehab floor in the morning. There are four of us for about 40 residents and we usually get breaks and lunch by pairs so there are sometimes just 2 nursing assistants on th...

I'm a CNA and for the past 2 years,I have been in and out of college and jumping from one major to the other because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do,I wasn't completely happy with any major. I just knew that everyone was expecting me to go to colle...

I'm sorry if it came off as me saying all nurses were this way. Just venting, I know both sides have good and bad. It is just frustrating and I really don't want to be miserable everyday at work and have a toxic work environment and while I'm at it t...

I know this is a kinda old question, but I was feeling the same way. I graduated at 18, and now at 23 I'm just starting to get serious about school. I got my CNA, which I'm proud of but I keep thinking that those 5 years I wasted I could be done or a...

I plan to get scrubs, that are bright colored on the top and dark on the bottom. I am sooooo glad I am out of clinicals and don't have to wear those stiff plain tops or white pants(I really don't understand why the would make you wear white in health...

I think you will get in, you mentioned on the other thread that part time is full and you are not sure what you are going to do. Maybe you could try a PTA or COTA program you probably have all the pre reqs for the programs. No problem, I like to help...

The job I have yet to start, I will be making $14.00/hr.

Well I am looking at Touro College, Suny Stony Brook, LIU, and maybe Russel Sage College( Even though it is super expensive), I think the 53% might be overall, because on some sections I got below a 53%, that sucks that they told you there would be p...

Here are my TEAS scores, they are not the best but they were high enough to get me into full time, which you get put into if you score in the upper percent based on the others who took it at Dutchess Boces: TEAS Reading - 42 73.81% Parag...

Hi again lol, I wish I could tell you about the clinical sites, I had a paper with where clinicals were but threw it out, but I do think you go to hospitals as well as nursing homes. The tops were dark blue and I think the pants were white(not sure w...

Hi, I actually have the option of coming back in January for part time, but I declined and I decided to get my associates in science also and transfer to a 4 year college and get my BS in health sciences/ MS in occupational therapy while working as a...

No problem :) Yes I did end up leaving the program, it would cost too much money for transportation to get back and forth to school. You could probably get a smaller loan than I did hopefully, the math was not too hard I am not too good in math eithe...

Hi I was accepted to the program for the Sept 2011 class, I took a loan for 9,000 and if I recall correctly I got a grant for 5,000. After you take the TEAS they will give you information and papers to fill out for financial aid. Also depending on yo...

Hey all I decided to try and get into this program, since i'll be moving to the city next year. Does anyone know what proof you need to bring to show that you are a NYC resident? Will they take my state id even if the id has my old upstate address?

Thanks for the answers and congrats everyone :cheers:, sorry I am just responding (computer issues), I requested a new card and certificate which hopefully will be here very soon. I did not tell the human resources lady that I did not have my card bu...

I recently was hired for a really good job as a Cna,but while I was talking to the woman she said to officially start work I would need my CNA certification card,I have the actual certificate but I stupidly lost the card. It is Saturday and I have to...

There is a job fair I plan to go to on Friday, at a "luxury" senior living facility in Ossining NY and they are paying $10/hr plus benefits(not sure how soon the benefits start), it will cost me $20.00 a day for transportation. I know how much work ...

My grandma is in her 60's and so far her health is ok but if she ever got really sick or unable to care for herself she would probably be in a nursing home because even though she was a wonderful mother to my mom and her siblings, my mom, aunts and u...

I plan to go for OT, while working as a CNA, I planned to go for OT after learning about it and I felt it was the right fit for me. Even though the economy is bad I think people should still go for what their dream is not what has the big sign on bon...

I'm a Cna, the NyDoll part came from the band the New York Dolls, and I'm from upstate NY.

Hi, I am a Cna, who was supposed to start an Lpn program a week ago but do to some personal problems I have decided against getting my Lpn and decided to try to find a job and go back to a different school in January if possible. My problem is that I...

I always try to sit in the middle or the row right before the back, I would like to sit in the back but I feel the teacher would think I wasn't a serious student or something, but I always like to sit at the end no matter what row i'm in. I start sch...

If that was my classmate I would not be sad for her, I would be ******, like someone else mentioned the staff at that hospital will probably be mad or hostile towards your class since, one of their friends/co-workers got fired in connection to some s...

I hopefully will be graduating in June 2012, I start school September 8th, and I'm so excited and nervous. Good luck to everyone!

I got most of my books already, we do A/P first, so I am reading the first 2 or 3 chapters before school starts on Sept. 8th.