BernieRN

Hi again Momof6, One thing you have to do is tell people...lots of people you are hearing impaired! It really isn't fair to them to not know. I have been hearing impaired all of my life, so I do well with lip reading while listening. If you haven't a...

Do know that there are also visual stethoscopes out there- you would simply have to learn how to use one! More or less like learning to read an EKG. It might be possible for your employer to buy a bluetooth phone/pager for you. Or get a bluetooth cel...

Hi to Momof6! The first thing I would do if you haven't already, is go to a hearing doctor and ask if it might be possible to try having tubes put in your ears. It might increase your hearing substantially. He/she will know if this might help. (If yo...

Hi IdianaCNA1993, As far as working as a PRN CNA while in school, you might be wise to go ahead and do that. You would be surprised how many call off "sick" in the health care field, and could very easily end up with more hours than you actually wan...

Thanks Marshall1! That's pretty much all I needed to know. I have read things of that nature on here and wanted it clarified. Not even going to mess with them. I just wish I could find a job...I feel like I am running out of time, with over 1.5 year...

Hi, Could some of you please explain the difference in Chronic and Acute dialysis in respects of travel and hours worked per day? I live in the north and don't fancy driving long distances- and have a dog to worry about if I have to work long hours. ...

Thanks to all for the replies!!! I appreciate it VERY MUCH! Bernie

Tish 88, Thanks for your response! The possible job interview is with FMC- and I am reading a lot here...and it worries me that they are going to send me many miles away for training and/or the job. I do not like driving at all, especially in the win...

I never regret posting to Allnurse, always feeling a bit better after doing so. It's good to not feel alone. Thanks! and good luck to you Miss Liss!!!

Diva, That actually makes me feel a bit better. Still, after 15 months out of school and new nurses being generated in the area every Spring and Fall, it is looking pretty grim. Self supporting and no unemployment...and Fazoli's won't even hire me! V...

Thank you Miss Liss!

I graduated May 2010, passed the boards in June 2010...not a typo...and no job!

Hello AF Wife, The first thing you might want to do if you haven't already is to contact your local Vocational Rehabilitation Office. Instead of looking for jobs not requiring the use of the stethoscope and phone, look for tools to help you use them....

Those numbers are usually blown pretty well out of proportion for the South Bend ITCC. Rumors.

I can't speak for Valpo, but in South Bend they do make your schedule of any classes that are nursing. They will tell you what days of the week and what hours you do what. As far as your day starting at 7, yep- or earlier! Depends on the clinical ...

Hi, I have been reading this thread- I am severely hearing impaired and wear bilat bte digital aids. I am going in to my second year of nursing to be an RN. The question of hearing when people are wearing masks is a fair question and one that I ask ...

New RN 09, Not necessarily incorrect- at the SB campus, the OB and Peds were included in our bundle...and she said you wouldn't have to buy MANY MORE books- she didn't say no more books. Be nice!

It is because of the maintenance. It isn't uncommon for them to not "plan" on CC being down, but it goes down anyway. Last summer it was out for almost a week in some parts I think! Any time they have a not-so- routine maintenance, I plan for the ...

DN08- at the very least, O2 is O2 supp., no continuous pressure that is needed to keep the airway open; but the CPAP is continuous pressure- to keep the airway open for breathing and most have nothing to do with suppl. O2- although some have that to...

Thursday night I went to bed at 12:30 and got up at 6:30, so 6 hours- but I laid htere and tossed and turned till at least 2 am, so not sure how you want to count that... hope you will put the results on here for all of us to see! :zzzzz

I think pain would be number 2-

Howdy to everyone! Just wondering if anyone is or has recently worked at Laporte Hospital. I know I have a way to go in Nursing, hoping to start the program in the spring of 08, but was wondering what the working conditions are there. Do they have a ...

oh my!

We are forbidden to wear thongs too. It would have been nice if the pants were the green that our tops are. Less worry than messing up white slacks.

There are different ways to go about using the scope, partly depending on your level of deafness. If you think you might only need assistance with vital signs, then the Littmann 3000 or 4100 might very well be enough for you. It amplifies all sound...