zippeh

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1. RN/BSN to medical school?

   zippeh replied to jnf14's topic in Nursing Career

   You are amazing. I am on the fence right now between dropping from nursing school for medical school. I am a first semester student atm. But I don't want to get my BS in chem or whatever I choose and...

2. Nurse and CNA argument at the end of my shift

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

   Okay Orange Tree, I understand your frustration with that. It can be very annoying. I knew she was busy with a patient's orders/status of a new admission coming in. Although, I came up to her and...

3. Nurse and CNA argument at the end of my shift

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

   I still feel upset because I know that what they were doing was completely unethical. Yes she was documenting, yet she (pm nurse) was also talking and laughing with the other nurse. And I talked to...

4. Nurse and CNA argument at the end of my shift

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

   Thanks for the support guys. I really appreciate it. Maybe I just wasn't thinking clearly since I just started the nursing program and have been stressed/limited on sleep. I just feel that I wasn't...

5. Nurse and CNA argument at the end of my shift

   zippeh posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   I have been a CNA for about two years. I have never really gotten into it with any nurse before tonight. I got into it with the night nurse and the evening nurse. It was about 10:40 PM. I was doing my...

6. Feel pressured to do 2 people transfer alone

   zippeh replied to CelesteR903's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   Yeah, I talked to the Nurses and other CNA's at my facility and they told me for the stand up lift its fine, but for the hoyer lift, we need 2 people. But back to one of the lifts breaking. I really...

7. Feel pressured to do 2 people transfer alone

   zippeh replied to CelesteR903's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   See, I mean I was never there in any of these situations, but personally I feel like a person slipping off the bed with a stand up is a cause of not lowering the bed low enough, or not raising them up...

8. Feel pressured to do 2 people transfer alone

   zippeh replied to CelesteR903's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   Yeah I was just giving advice on what I did and now do because I went through the same thing. I even said there are 2 person assist that you can and cannot

9. You know what I hate?

   zippeh posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   I hate when your walking down a hallway and you see a Nurse or another Aide and you don't know what to say and neither one of you are holding anything and you've already said hi and everything, and...

10. Feel pressured to do 2 people transfer alone

    zippeh replied to CelesteR903's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I had the same problem when I started. I called people even for the easiest patients to move. As you get to know your patients, you'll know who you can move by yourself and who your can't. Yes, there...

11. I need help deciding :/

    zippeh replied to zippeh's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Your very right. I was looking around at schools like Chamberlain and NIU, and they both offer RN to BSN, all I would need is transfer there, and their both 1 year programs, and I could possibly get...

12. I need help deciding :/

    zippeh replied to zippeh's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I just realized.. All my friends that went away to school will be graduating in 2014 with their BSN's, while here I am getting my ADN in 2014, then I have to go back to school for one more year after...

13. first three weeks, need some advice.

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

    Okay well the first thing I actually do is grab night gowns and place them in everyone of their rooms. The pads we use come in plastic wrap of about 30 pads. I usually grab one thats half used, but...

14. first three weeks, need some advice.

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

    You know, you could always just put a stack of linens in a room where a bed is open(make sure the room isn't isolated). Because they clean the bed and thats what I do when there are no roll aways. And...

15. I need help deciding :/

    zippeh replied to zippeh's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Yes.. all my pre-req I am taking are aimed for the Nursing Programs that I am looking into.. Like I said above, I've been accepted already last year both in Elmhurst and NIU. I never applied to UIC...