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  1. ambien study for patients in a coma

    bubblejet50 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    when i was a cna i worked at a facility for traumatic brain injuries. it was sub-acute long term care. while i was there i was exposed to the "ambien study." this is where the drug was given to...

  2. Quickest online RN-BSN program...and several other questions?

    bubblejet50 replied to J-Swish's topic in Online Distance Learning

    i'm going to university of nebraska at omaha. it is 20-24 credits depending if you want to challenge health assessment. it's all online with one clinical class that you can do wherever you live. in...

  3. Are C's really the new A's in nursing school?

    bubblejet50 replied to nursingstudent2458's topic in General Students

    I had 5 years of undergrad before nursing school. my gpa was a 3.8. then nursing school hit. my graduating gpa was 2.7 (i only took nursing classes at that college so my 3.8 before didn't count) my...

  4. Shift Work is Taking a Toll

    bubblejet50 replied to joanna73's topic in General Nursing

    i currently work 10 hour nights and i find if i try to flip my sleeping on my days off i'm exhausted all the time. like i took a vacation last week and now this week i'm tired every minute of everyday...

  5. Becoming a paramedic as well as a trauma nurse?

    bubblejet50 replied to valerierose's topic in Critical Care

    I went to a community college for my nursing program. it was after spending $32k for my first year of college at a nationally known private university specializing in medical sciences. i spent a total...

  6. How much do CNA's make these days and is the pay worth the workload?

    bubblejet50 replied to Lala27poodles's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    When I started in 2010 with no experience I got 10.50/hr. When I worked as an lpn my aides got $12 and that was last year. I live in the

  7. Dangerous and Demented: What Usually Happens?

    bubblejet50 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    At the LTC where I used to work the DON did not like to send out residents who were violent. there was one who had alzheimers who would punch you if he got mad. there was a parkinson's resident who...

  8. Surprised by nclex

    bubblejet50 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    ok i don't want people to think i'm bragging but i thought that nclex-rn was easy. i'm guessing it was just my lucky day and all the random questions were ones that i knew. i didn't spend a single day...

  9. Is college algebra (MAC 1105) hard?

    bubblejet50 replied to f_nurse2b16's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I found college algebra to be a quick summary of algebra 1 and 2 in high school. i never bought the book, barely spent time on that class and got a b+. i hate math but i'm good at it. i had taken...

  10. Surprised by nclex

    bubblejet50 replied to bubblejet50's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I say the same thing. I did not study at all for the rn exam and passed. I truly believe you can overstudy. Some of my classmates did that on exams in the program. It does just psych yourself

  11. Surprised by nclex

    bubblejet50 replied to bubblejet50's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I only used hesi for the case studies. I thought those questions were worse than nclex but that is my only experience with

  12. Has anyone else..

    bubblejet50 replied to kayruhh's topic in General Students

    i wanted to cry during orientation where they gave us our book bundles (big boxes weighing 80lbs) and our syllabus. i never opened a book (thanks for wasting my $750!). the first month is the worst....

  13. Take cna exam or not?

    bubblejet50 replied to Stoogesfan's topic in General Students

    i personally worked as a cna for 6 months before becoming an lpn but i know that quite a few of my classmates had not worked at a LTC. the ones who did, like me, ran into the problem of that facility...

  14. Surprised by nclex

    bubblejet50 replied to bubblejet50's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    my school was awesome too. i feel that by the time you graduate you either know the material or don't and all the studying in the world is not going to help by that

  15. Surprised by nclex

    bubblejet50 replied to bubblejet50's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    my tests were too. i feel that it helped me to critically think

  16. Care Plan Hell

    bubblejet50 replied to Nolli's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    did you buy a lab value book? we were required to buy one and it helped a lot with labs i did not know. we had to explain both abnormal and normal values and it does teach you pathophys better knowing...

  17. Advantage to daytime versus evening clinical?

    bubblejet50 replied to mbf1986's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i had evening and daytime clinicals in my programs along with one overnight. daytime i learned the most and stayed busy. evening was super duper boring since i only had one patient at the time and the...

  18. Incorrect Medication Administration Route?

    bubblejet50 replied to Steveo123's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i had to call and verify a med once. it was pradaxa. the bottle stated "take orally only" but the resident in question had a g-tube. he had a very hard time swallowing the pill even in pudding. i got...

  19. Nursing school jitters....

    bubblejet50 replied to jrinoldi's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    my nursing school experience---first semester we had an instructor that liked to scare us into learning our material. very much like a drill sergeant. well guess what? we all passed her class (who...

  20. LTC wont' hire me!

    bubblejet50 replied to SlaveHeart's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    My hha I work for is all subacute pediatrics. They use nurses and cna's. Have you looked into hospice? Around here that goes for the 6months to a year too. I would ask both the hha and the assisted...

  21. When does it get better!?

    bubblejet50 replied to s0ad's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well in my nursing school we were required to do complete cares on 4 patients the last semester. I can relate to you seeing as I was on a stepdown unit and always had blood or a drip that needed to be...

  22. LTC wont' hire me!

    bubblejet50 replied to SlaveHeart's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    When I had my cna it just took a piece of paper to switch states but I live on a border between two states. I was hired and the facility did all the paperwork for me. I work as a nurse in home health...

  23. IV Therapy/Blood Withdrawal or ACLS/EKG Cert?

    bubblejet50 replied to mszs0ngz's topic in General Students

    I took acls. I found it was very useful to have and a lot of jobs prefer that

  24. To all the students about to start nursing school...

    bubblejet50 replied to windmill182's topic in General Students

    I agree with everything you said. I graduated in may and I literally did not know what to do with myself. So much free time! I would add start looking for a job 6weeks minimum before school ends or...

  25. How many tries did it take you to get in to Nursing school?

    bubblejet50 replied to spindash's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I got into my schools on the first try. I didnt apply to my first choice school because the counselor told me to not even apply if I didnt have straight a's in the pre-reqs. Try to find a school that...