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rach_nc_03

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  1. What is a cna?

    rach_nc_03 replied to LIZ07's topic in General Nursing

    It varies from state to state. In NC, you have to be trained as a CNA by an accredited program- usually the classes are 16 weeks long. Not many facilities in this area pay for your training- maybe LTC...

  2. Grey's Anatomy Premier!!! + How to Contact Show Creators

    rach_nc_03 replied to miya's topic in General Nursing

    When the public stops seeing nurses through some diaphenous filter, all dewy eyed and meek...a la the Johnson & Johnson "Discover Nursing" campaign. I think the tagline for one of their...

  3. Update on the Caps/Dresses at pinning topic

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    CCU NRS, that's not quite true- I'm not sure what you mean by 'several people said tradition was good', because the majority of the women in the class took issue with the attire, so it was always THE...

  4. nursing a fading reality...

    rach_nc_03 replied to chelli73's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, chelli- you have more courage than anyone I've ever known! Please don't give up...if you've been able to get through all the other trials you've faced lately, you can get through this course! I...

  5. Help! I am very dizzy

    rach_nc_03 replied to HarryPotter's topic in General Nursing

    Yup- I ended up at an ENT for the same sx, turns out I had an inner ear infection- it happened 3 times last winter, but not since. Mine hit suddenly- fell flat on my butt at clinicals one morning....

  6. Problems with Rn's in clinicals

    rach_nc_03 replied to bonnieL123's topic in General Nursing

    our program is exactly the same way- we do total care for our patients. We have the choice now (our last semester) to take on 2 or 3 patients. I choose to take 2 sicker patients, some students want 3...

  7. Problems with Rn's in clinicals

    rach_nc_03 replied to bonnieL123's topic in General Nursing

    The nurses on our clinical floor insist that we use the machines- also, there aren't any portable thermometers on the floor, so we have to lug the big dynamaps into the room, just to get a temp. I...

  8. Problems with Rn's in clinicals

    rach_nc_03 replied to bonnieL123's topic in General Nursing

    On our clinical unit this semester, half the nurses work 8- hour shifts, half work 12's. We come in at the end of an 8-hour shift. Instead of the 12-hour nurses keeping their patients, they often...

  9. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    rach_nc_03 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    wait a minute- if she's on tube feeds, I can't see how her blood glucose levels have been stable. In the ICU where I work, patients on tube feeds are always on q6 hour glucose checks, and continuous...

  10. My achin' veins

    rach_nc_03 replied to kellyo's topic in General Nursing

    I took the support hose they gave me during surgery last summer and used them one day when I had weird bilateral +2 pitting edema (I have no heart problems, wasn't premenstrual, it was just out of...

  11. I HATE nursing! (long)

    rach_nc_03 replied to InfoNurse1595's topic in General Nursing

    I'd never thought of this until last night at work- one of the women I work with in the neuro ICU worked for a number of years as a nurse on a cruise ship. Don't know if that appeals to you, or how...

  12. Should patients be allowed to refuse LPNs and CNAs?

    rach_nc_03 replied to flashpoint's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    is if the patient's religious beliefs make care given by someone of the opposite sex improper. for instance, last night at clinicals, I had a female patient who happened to come from a conservative...

  13. Nights! Yikes! Scared to start em now!

    rach_nc_03 replied to porterwoman's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi Rebecca, I'm graduating in May as well, and on the unit where I'll be working, you self-schedule and have to pick 50% days, 50% nights. After you finish your preceptorship, you get to trade shifts...

  14. How do you feel about ADN nurses?

    rach_nc_03 replied to Stacy W's topic in Nursing Career

    SmilingBluEyes, we share many of the same opinions. I'm graduating in 6 weeks with my ADN. I did a 4 year degree in music and journalism, and I'm 33, coming out of a second career and going into a...

  15. Unfair treatment

    rach_nc_03 replied to BS Nursing Student's topic in General Nursing

    I have had similar issues with some of the instructors in my program. You have two allies in this situation: the school, and the Board of Nursing in your state, which dictates the requirements for...

  16. Should all nursing students be required to be a CNA for one year?

    rach_nc_03 replied to SophieMae's topic in General Nursing

    good point. my school required CNA-I listing with the state for entrance into the program. Since I felt I'd lean toward trauma or intensive care, I did an EMT course first (8 hours per week for a...

  17. Non nursing Bachelor Degree Students -- Please give me insight.

    rach_nc_03 replied to Nurse AllBetta's topic in General Nursing

    I think a lot depends on the availability (and cost) of programs in your area. I went through a BFA program at UNC Chapel Hill 15 years ago, but because of AP credits from high school, didn't take...

  18. Living in Creative Poverty in nursing school or on a nurse's salary

    rach_nc_03 replied to hypnotic_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    HOLY MOLY!!:stone this is a great idea!!:) I'm about to be in three months of poverty (long story), and I'm looking for any way to live on the cheap. i found an apartment that gives a deep discount...

  19. Quit or be fired?

    rach_nc_03 replied to javanurse2000's topic in General Nursing

    well, the truth is that there are people at *both* ends of the parental spectrum- your coworker at one end, and people like wendy at the other. they're barely the same species, the way I see it! back...

  20. question about clinicals in nursing schools...

    rach_nc_03 replied to maxcat's topic in General Nursing

    we were initially told we'd be practicing those skills on each other. we did have to do a complete bedbath on each other, more to know how the patient feels during the experience than the way to give...

  21. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    rach_nc_03 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all- I'm posting this in the general discussion rather than the student discussion, as I want to hear from people who were successful in doing something like this. I'm the president of my ADN...

  22. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate your support, and those great suggestions I'm already fielding with my classmates. I typically don't get angry, but i'm fighting a case of pneumonia this week, and I woke up to pages and...

  23. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    Again with the assumptions....I'm the one who spent two years in this program, and I think I'm a little more qualified to ascertain whether this self-described traditionalist and conservative...

  24. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't gotten offended by the people who say I'm being silly, or petty, or should shut up and be happy, even though I strongly disagree with them. I am, however, getting really p***ed that people...

  25. Are You Gonna Go ALL The Way?

    rach_nc_03 replied to NoDayButToday's topic in General Nursing

    ....especially from people like my soon-to-be-ex father-in-law, who is a dentist (i've often wanted to ask him how many people assume he couldn't make it as a 'real' doctor). i'm very well-versed on...