AshleyO77

Hi Everyone, I was just wondering how you guys are getting of have gotten hours toward your certification? I'm very interested in getting certified but I'm so confused how how to get started! Can anyone help?!

I wouldn't try the one in Toms River... TERRIBLE!!!

Is there anything special I should do or anyone to call to get into UMDNJ corrections?! I've been applying and applying! I have some experience in nursing already!

Sooo... About a year ago I planned a vacation with my family to go back to my mother's home country that she hasn't been back to in 20 years. We are supposed to go at the end of March. Now the day after Christmas, I was dismissed from my job. So now I'm currently unemployed. BUT THEN today I got a call to come in for an interview for basically my dream job (I almost cried I was so excited) and I am really hoping I get this job. After calming down a bit I started to wonder if there was anyway they still might let me go on vacation if I get this job? Of course, I know it would be unpaid if they let me go and if they tell me there is no way I could still go on vacation I would just accept that and be ok with it, but has anyone ever gone through this? Has anyone gotten a new job but already planned a vacation? What did you say? How did you ask? What did they say? Your responses are really appreciated.

I worked 3-11 for a year and hated it. Like REALLY hated it. I have no kids and live at home with my mom and sister. I worked Monday-Friday. The best part was I didn't have to work weekends. I couldn't stand always waking up alone and coming home and everyone was asleep. I felt like I never saw any of my friends, cuz most of them are not nurses so they worked regular office hours. I could never fall asleep early enough or wake up early enough. I have worked every 8 hour shift and I honestly feel like 3-11 is the absolute worst.

This is an awesome post!

You go girl (or boy, if that's the case)!!!!!! Do you!!!

I think your reading this wrong. This nurse was talking about specific problems with a few CNAs. No one is saying all CNAs are horrible, we are just addressing her issue. And when I was a nursing assistant, there were plenty of times the other NA was busy and the nurse asked me to do something for her. I don't see why anyone should have issues with that, that is part of your job. And it is not "a very rare situation" to have a lazy CNA and the nurse falls victim. Just like there are lazy nurses, there are lazy CNAs. I used to work with some. There are nurses who toliet patients, feed patients, and even give bed baths. And sometimes when a lazy CNA is paired with a nurse like that, they take full advantage. Maybe when you were a CNA all the CNAs were awesome and the nurses treated them bad, but that isn't always the case.

Hey I've been there. I've been beaten, kicked, slapped and verbally abused with the best of them. I was not trying to say that CNAs have less stress. What I should have said is that CNA work is more task oriented, and nursing work is critical thinking oriented. That's not my opinion, it's a fact. And you are right, teamwork is the key to success! And I remember very well working with nurses who would go into a room, stay for 5 minutes, then come out and start looking for me (while I'm knee deep in poop) so I could go empty a urinal because that "wasn't her job". Those were days when I wanted to quit. And you know what? Because you have seen that type of awful nursing, it will make you an even better nurse! Good luck with your studies!

Hi everyone! So after spending all summer filling out applications, I finally got a call back! I was soooo excited! I went to the interview and it was great! The nursing recruiter told me about the salary, when the next orientation started and knowing that I had job, how much time I would need to quit. So I thought it was going well! She introduced me to one of the managers I would be working with (it's a float position) and he told me if it was up to him he would give me the job on the spot! She said she had another person to interview, but she would get back to me the beginning of the next week. So my I interview was on 7/26, so I called on 7/31 and she said they would give me a call when they decided. Then I got no response all week. So on Monday (8/6) I called again, and I got her secretary. I told her I was calling to follow up. She put me on hold for a second and then came back and said "the nursing recruiter is busy right now, but she wanted to tell you they are still deciding and will get back to you as soon as they make a decision". I said thank you, and that was that. I'm not putting all my eggs in one basket... But currently this is the only egg I have lol. Im still filing out applications though. Today makes 13 days since my interview. So I'm I out of the running or is there still hope?! I really want this job! I'm hoping I'm just being paranoid and they are currently doing a background check or something. With the job I have now, I believe it took about 10 days for them to offer me the job. So what do all of you think?

I used to be a nursing assistant on a fairly busy unit. Now I'm an RN. If I have a problem with a CNA, I talk to them directly first because I know if it was me, that is what I would have wanted. If the behavior does not change, THEN go to your manager and report the behavior. I would not recommand going into "I'm the RN, so I'm the boss!" mode. I PROMISE those CNAs will make your life harder. But at least try to talk to them. Some CNAs are just SUPER lazy, and nothing short of reporting them will change their behavior.( Also, just a sidenote, some CNAs do not understand how hard the nurses actually work. They think all nurses do is sit at computers all day and push meds. I always tell people "Being a CNA was physically demanding, but being a nurse is physically and emotionally demanding". Some of them are so lazy and rude because they just assume that nurses are just high paid drug dealers).

1- If you don't love every one of your patients and feel the utmost compassion for all of them, it doesn't make you a bad nurse. It makes you a real person. As long as you treat them all with respect and take care of them the best way you know how, you're good. 2- Take your break. Yeah you have a lot of work to do but go sit down for a few minutes and EAT! You'll go crazy if you don't. 3- Teamwork is the key to success.

This is one of the most important lessons my first nursing teacher taught me. She said, "when your patient tells you they are gonna die, you better believe them because even though they might look stable, when it's time to go, most of them know it."

Yay!!! Congrats!!!