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  1. College graduate becoming a CNA

    Gabby_101 replied to kungfu_panda's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Congrats on your hard work to get your BS. That is quite an achievement. Becoming a CNA gives you a lot of experience in the nursing world. I think if you are thinking about nursing I would take the...

  2. LPN duties

    Gabby_101 replied to mstenpin's topic in Indiana Nursing

    The only thing I know of at our hospital is that LPNs cannot go get blood from the lab. They can hang it and give it just cannot go get it from the lab. I work on an ECU so we don't see a whole lot of...

  3. help! I'm terrified of clinicals!

    Gabby_101 replied to picurn10's topic in General Students

    i hope that none of you are offended or anything. i am not trying to be mean just a question. how do you guys know that you want to be nurses if you have no clinical expirence? i mean work so hard...

  4. What color scrubs does your school make you wear for clinicals??

    Gabby_101 replied to intensity_too's topic in General Students

    At my school nursing students wear navy blue top and bottom scrubs. There is a school patch on one arm. We have to have all white shoes and we have to wear a lab coat no shirts under the scrubs. It is...

  5. Are there any 1+1 programs in Indiana?

    Gabby_101 replied to WhoNeedsaShot?'s topic in Indiana Nursing

    I live in the Fort Wayne area. I go to IPFW. We are doing away with our associates degree in after this spring but we did have a LPN to RN (3 semesters) program and we now have a LPN to BSN program (6...

  6. Hospitals in Fort Wayne

    Gabby_101 replied to Lynzlu2's topic in Indiana Nursing

    I live near Fort Wayne (about 20 miles). I don't work at any of the Fort Wayne hospitals but have spent a lot of time at several of them doing job shadowing and different things. My mom works at...

  7. Anatomy & Physiology Fall 2008

    Gabby_101 replied to CracklinRose's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hello, hope everyone is doing good so far. I am taking A&P 1. I just wanted to post the webpage we have for my class it might be useful for some of you. It has real pictures of the lab models if...

  8. What are the pre-reqs for your Nursing Program

    Gabby_101 replied to guiltysins's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    At my univesity we have five pre-req classes I am in a BSN program at a somewhat large University: Speech Psych Chem A&P English There is huge list of other classes/things that have to be done...

  9. All of the jobs we have as CNA's

    Gabby_101 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I was thinking if I got paid for all of the jobs that I do as a CNA I would be a really rich woman. Feel free to add to my list these are just a few I can think of right of the top of my head: -Chef :...

  10. Any nursing students out there work at hospital while in school, studying at work?

    Gabby_101 replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    I work about 24 hours a week in a Extended Care Unit. I study at work IF I have time. I never put my studying before my work. Some evening I don't even get a supper break let alone study time. Like...

  11. All of the jobs we have as CNA's

    Gabby_101 replied to Gabby_101's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Mechanic- I had to fix 2 beds, a tv, and one bedside commode tonight at

  12. getting up early

    Gabby_101 replied to shrimpchips's topic in General Students

    When I have to work 3-11 and get up and work 5-1 the next morning I take a shower when I get home and have been known to sleep in my scrubs. They are comfortable and it saves some time in the...

  13. Clinicals/Skills Test

    Gabby_101 replied to SoonToBeCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Eventually actually probably really soon after you start working all of these things just come as second nature. You don't even think about how to do things like you do in class and clinicals. It...

  14. How difficult is a CNA course?

    Gabby_101 replied to NurseBettyICU's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    What you learn in CNA class is 90% common sense. You will learn more in your first day working as a CNA than you did your whole CNA class. CNA class is very useful but it can't even begin to cover all...

  15. Part-time jobs

    Gabby_101 replied to seek1kees's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Out of 9 of the CNA's that I work with only 2 of them are full time. There is no doubt that there are more part time jobs out ther than full time jobs. Where I work you only have to work 20 hrs. a...

  16. Becoming a CNA help !

    Gabby_101 replied to lisaalove's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Do you have a local Ivy Tech? I know it is expensive but you may be able to get some kind of financial aid. I know some Job Works or Work One or places like that will put you through class for free. I...

  17. TED Hose Application

    Gabby_101 replied to ecmb's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Where I work we always put the hole on the ball of the

  18. Anyone worried about throwing up or passing out?

    Gabby_101 replied to c18436572's topic in General Students

    my best tip is to eat breakfast (or whatever meal it is before you go to clinicals). i was observing in the or everyday for 2 weeks. they told us to eat breakfast and all day besides 1 i did and that...

  19. How Beneficial?

    Gabby_101 replied to Faith213's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    i work as a cna and although i'm not a nursing student yet a nurse told me that as a cna i know the skills for 75% for nursing school. from what i've seen cna's have a big step ahead in the clinical...

  20. phlebotomy tech

    Gabby_101 replied to wylie-coyote's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i would definatly think about becoming a cna. you will gain so much from it. phlebotomy is good too but you will get more out of becoming a cna. some cnas are trained to do phlebotomy is some areas....

  21. State Exam FRIDAY!

    Gabby_101 replied to FutureNurse23's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Good Luck You Will Do

  22. A 19 yr old CNA

    Gabby_101 replied to cheizy's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    i am 18 and have been an aide since i was 15. i work with 2 other aides that are both 19. i would have to say that we are all pretty mature so the nurses really like us. they always want to know what...

  23. Brown Mackie College

    Gabby_101 replied to LadyBug0387's topic in General Students

    here in indiana almost all of the hospitals around won't hire bm grads b/c they arn't accredited. the only place they can work around here are a few choice nursing home that need help really bad. i...

  24. New Career....Newly Pregnant?

    Gabby_101 replied to jess23487's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    so....are you pregnant? i am excited to hear. i work with several pregnant women. i do take it upon myslef to take care of the pts in iso. for them and do the heavy lifting and things like that. i...

  25. Mental Health CNA

    Gabby_101 replied to yuyu75's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    i work in mental health unit (we call it behavioral health) at my local hospital. most of what i do is babysitting and arguing. i love it. there is very little aide work involved. i do some aide work...