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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 last rounds and I was going to put my late-night ...

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 then be stuck waiting to get into med school and w...

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 told her and she told me, "okay, I'll be there in fiv...

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 her BEFORE she started the report. So, the patient h...

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 responsible to put the patient to bed since they ini...

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 wouldn't think it would fall onto the aide if the p...

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 high enough, or both. I don't think thats the lif...

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 both of you just walk past each other looking at the...

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 do.

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 are patients you need to learn to move by yourself...

I need help deciding what to do with my future. At the current moment I have a big decision to make. I can either stay at my community college and go through with their RN 2 year program. It is through a well known school, NIU. So its a very good pro...

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 my RN done in one year by taking classes over the s...

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 that, a RN to BSN program, and I'll get my BSN deg...

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 still has the plastic wrap, and I put them in a draw...

I currently have worked for about 3 weeks now at a long term rehab center. I am really starting to enjoy it, realizing how much it is changing my life. All my worries of people falling and barfing from cleaning people, etc. etc. are pretty much gone....

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 when I put everyone to bed, and I don't have a ro...

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 cause I knew I wasn't going away. Elmhurst sent me c...

Yeah, but another huge factor is, if I stay here, I will be alone. For sure. The social life at my campus now sucks. But the biggest, hugest factor is that I want to be a nurse right now. I really don't want to go through school anymore than I have t...

Wow, this thread has grown! I've been working on my routine a lot lately, and I finally got around being fantastic. The patients daughters and sons are coming up to me saying they really like me and they appreciate everything I do for them. One lady...

The reason why I say 100k in debt is because, right now I'm getting my pre-reg's out of the way. I'm really not worried about getting accepted into the Nursing programs because Elmhurst and NIU both sent me letters in the mail saying I was accepted i...

I've only used a bed pan once, if their super duper wetters, it would be best to just get a matress pad and put it under them, that way, clean them, take out the pad, and you should be good until you leave. :]]

Oh, and I used to do that, and it was chaos, it's easiest to just put 1 person in bed, then change them. instead of coming back later after you put everyone to bed. It takes a max of 5 extra minutes, and if your fast, you'll do it quicker. Also, then...

Its not that hard to change someone, as long as they don't wet through their diaper, you just pull their underwear down, whip them and make sure their clean cause you wouldn't want urine all over the inside of your legs, then most patients can roll v...

Yeah I know CRNA is tough. But, I am really good in both Chem and Math. Their practically my specialties. I'll see where the future takes me. Right now I know my #1 goal is to get my BSN, and work my way to the E.R. Btw, thanks for all the informati...

I'm currently a C.N.A and just about to turn 19. I am currently going to a community college but I'm hoping I can land another full ride scholarship to UIC for nursing. Then after I get my RN, would it be a wise decision to go after becoming a CRNA? ...