LAJJmom ADN, ASN, CNA, RN

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   Implementing New Hire/New RN Orientation for L&D Unit

   LAJJmom replied to OBRN91's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I just started on a LDRP unit and I am getting 12 weeks of orientation. Ten weeks on dayshift and 2 weeks on night shift. I was hired for
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   OB nursing questions

   LAJJmom posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   So, I graduated with my ADN in December 2014. I worked Med-Surg at a tiny (25 bed) rural hospital from January 15-July 15 and then went back to work at a hospital where I was a PCA previously also on...
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   New grad...hate my job!

   LAJJmom replied to LAJJmom's topic in General Nursing

   UPDATE: My daughter works as a PCA at the first hospital I ever worked at (also as a PCA) and one of the nurses on the Med-surg unit told her to tell me to apply for a job there. So, I did and the new...
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   New grad...hate my job!

   LAJJmom posted a topic in General Nursing

   I guess not really my job but where I work. I worked at 2 hospitals as a Patient Care Associate/Patient Care Tech (basically, CNA) through nursing school (1 for over a year and a half the other for...
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   New Grad ADN KC

   LAJJmom replied to abrn348's topic in General Nursing

   Starting in 2015 most hospitals will not hire ADN's. If you get hired before that they will "grandfather" you in but you will probably have to sign a contract to get your BSN in a certain amount of...
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   Penn Valley Metropolitan College- RN program and prereqs

   LAJJmom replied to neuschafer's topic in General Nursing

   This is an older post but I took my pre-req's at Blue River and Longview. At Blue River I took Chem 105 with Don Miller. He is dry and boring but a good teacher who wants you to pass. I got a B. I...
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   working students.... valuable experience vs. pay/flexibility

   LAJJmom replied to rmolander's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   That is a tough decision. When I got my CNA license, I planned on trying to get a job (wherever I could) and get some experience to make sure nursing is where I really wanted to be before I spent all...
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   ANY advice on A&P

   LAJJmom replied to havehope's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I took just Anatomy by itself and had an awful professor. I was also in Chemistry and Human Nutrition. I ended up dropping the Anatomy class because I had a chance at good grades in the other 2....
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   patient care tech vs cna, whats the difference?

   LAJJmom replied to Mrsladysoul83's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

   Yes, I still do all the basic stuff too. I make beds for patients, but when they are discharged Environmental Services comes in and cleans the room and makes the bed. I assist with bed baths. Since I...
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    Accepted into ADN school spring 2013!

    LAJJmom replied to herbfam1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Congrats! I was accepted into 2 LPN programs for this fall and declined both to take more classes and try for an ADN or BSN program I got accepted into the ADN program for this coming Spring as well....
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    patient care tech vs cna, whats the difference?

    LAJJmom replied to Mrsladysoul83's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I am a PCA (Patient Care Associate) at a hospital. I have my CNA license (it was required, along with my BLS). I have been trained to check blood sugars and do EKG's since I am on a Telemetry unit. I...
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    Waiting For Spring 2013 Acceptance..Anyone else?

    LAJJmom replied to BSNMomOf6's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I submitted my application the first week of August (the period was the first Thursday through the third Thursday of August) and just found out Monday that I was accepted. I got in at Penn Valley...
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    Nursing Schools KCMO area

    LAJJmom posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, I have been trucking along taking my pre-req's, I got my CNA between semesters and have landed a job in a hospital. I took the TEAS test and got in to two LPN programs but decided not to accept...
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    CNA training in Kansas City

    LAJJmom replied to MzMandie23's topic in General Nursing

    Since commenting on here, I got a job in a hospital so I have decided not to do the LPN and then bridge to RN thing and just go for the BSN. I am working at St. Mary's Medical Center on the Telemetry...
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    CNA before nursing school

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

    I also am a CNA and taking pre-req courses for nursing. I have found a wealth of experience in my job. I work in a hospital on a Telemetry unit. I have also found that the nurses that were CNA's first...