Gabby_101

Gabby_101 BSN

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  1. expirence is your best bet. unless you know someone or have other connections. good
  2. Wages around the country?

    In N.E. Indiana I make $9/hr w/ 3 years expirence in a
  3. Any IPFW students?

    i go to ipfw. i'm not starting nursing school till spring 09 but it would be great to know how things are in nursing school. keep in touch!!!!!!! let me know how everything is going! good
  4. Where do you do your CNA clinicals at

    mine was nursing home only. around here cna's can't work in ob or l&d or the nursery. sometimes they will hire nursing students thought. good luck and you will do fine at the nursing home. at my...
  5. i go to school full time. every semester i give the lady that does our schedules my class list of days and times and she schedules me around it. sometimes i work days if i have class in the evening....
  6. Want to quit my job, help please!!

    sorry to hear you have to go though this. ther is always at least one patient like this. i know one where i worked that was always like that to me. no one liked her. don't let it get to you!! when...
  7. CNA before sceond degree Bsn??

    i work as a cna now and am going to be starting nursing school in the fall. the nurses i work with say that i could do 75% of the things they do in nursing school. if i haven't done it i have for sure...
  8. good for you! you will do a great job!! i have loved all of the male aids i have worked with. they have all been really great. they have the extra strength that us girls don't. at first the female...
  9. Curious: Any CNA's that don't want to be a nurse...

    i work with a cna that is going to school for ot. at my hospital ots do a ton of aide work. they help get people dressed and take a bath in the mornings. they make sure they are able to take care of...
  10. Going to 3-11 shift

    you will do great! i have worked all 3 shifts and 2nd is really the best. it is laid back and there isn't managment looking over your shoulder all the time and it's not near as hectic. i also get to...
  11. What text book did you have in school?

    We didn't have a book. Only a little booklet that the teacher copied for us to see the proper way to do the skills. I am here in Indiana. I have never even seen a CNA textbook. It may be different on...
  12. Indiana?...CNA job advice..

    Hello! I live in Indiana. I live in northeast Indiana so I don't know names of places for you to work but I will tell you what I know. #1 there is no doubt that you will pass the exam as long as you...
  13. Taking patient's blood pressure

    The only other thing I can think of is when you are letting the air out of the cuff go really slowly so you can try to hear better and you will hear one definate number for the blood
  14. Phlebotomy and CNA course

    You might as well just become a phlebotomist. They make more money (at least where I work). I would love to become a phlebotomsit. It is especially good if you are going to go to nursing school. Good...
  15. A little squeamish? Or just normal?

    Well I will tell you as a CNA you will never see an autopsy, as long as the other things don't gross you out you will be fine. The only thing that could be gross is maybe wounds and things of that...
  16. I Passed!!!!

    Hospitals are very hard to get into but I would advise starting at a LTC facility. It gets you all of the expirence so when going to a hospital you are able to take care of the more critical paitents...
  17. Hospital weekend Dif for CNA

    I work in the hospital and get no weekend
  18. What Hurts the Most?

    I will tell you the secret that helped my sooo much! Shoe Inserts like Dr. Scholls!!!!!! It worked wonders for my feet when I started as a CNA. They have a kind that is blue that are for your heels...
  19. Debriefing. :)

    You will get used to it. It really isn't a big deal. You just do it and go on. Espically if you work in LTC! If you work in LTC you will be changing people quite often. It seems in the hospital that I...
  20. CNA SHIFT Question

    Hello--- I have worked all 3 shifts and I will tell you my expirence. 1st shift: This is the hardest shift to work. You get the pts. up and get them bathed and dressed along with serving them 2...
  21. I am still in high school but am taking college classes in the late afternoon or at night and I am signed up to take A&P I and CHM at the same time plus my high school stuff. I have taken other...
  22. Where to get cheap books at?

    campusbooks.com half.com alibris.com ecampus.com gettextbooks.com bigwords.com amazon.com ebay.com I have used a lot of these. You can really find good deals if you shop
  23. Anyone take Chem and A&P at the same time?

    Only 1
  24. Anyone faint their first day of clinical?

    My first day working as a CNA at a nursing home I almost fainted. I hadn't ate breakfast b/c I was nervous and I was running around trying to find the people I was supposed to give showers to. I was...
  25. Anyone waiting to apply for a 2008 start!!!

    i will apply to start fall 2008. our deadline is may 1st. i will need at least a 3.6 to get into the program. gpa is the only thing they look