lbmRN2014 ADN

I have been at the same healthcare organization for over 5 years now, most of it spent at one of the organization's smaller hospital's ICU on night shift. Six months ago I transferred to the big hospital in the organization into the cardiac cath lab....

has anybody gotten their acceptance letter for the adn program at mitchell cc for fall 2012? i have gotten my acceptance letter for stanly cc but i would rather go to mitchell since it is a little closer to where i live.

I hear that Tafford brand scrubs run larger. I am waiting to pass NCLEX on June 6th before I start buying a bunch of new scrubs, which I will probably buy some from Tafford since I am a larger lady myself. Cherokee brands are pretty generous in the...

Not quite out of school yet. I still have 2 finals ro get through this week and then pinning ceremony is May 14. But I feel confident that I will be walking across the stage next week! I actually invested in a NCLEX style question book and my grades ...

Okay y'all, I am in my 2nd semester of a 4 semester program. I did fairly well in the first semester and I do know "my stuff" during clinical. I have gotten very good marks and comments on my work in clinical. But these darn NCLEX style questions on ...

Class of 2014 here!!! Feeling the senioritis big time!!!

Just and update here. I went and talked to an instructor after class yesterday about my exams and grade and she gave me a pep talk about how I can make up for those 3 points and pass this class and graduate on time. She isn't the type to give out com...

As far as resources go, I have extra reference books, extra Powerpoint presentations the instructors give us to look at, videos, studying with fellow students, other experienced nurses, education websites, plus more. I had a friend in class give me a...

I am considered morbidly obese as well and I felt the same way you do. Some of the instructors at my school are young and petite and I feel awkward when I go to them for help. I don't feel like I have been discriminated against in anyway but I did f...

I agree with you, except my agency is pretty good about not digging into my business. If I need a day off, I just shoot them an email saying what day or days I need off and that's it, no questions asked. I do agree that we are underpaid and that we ...

I won't start the actual ADN program (the NUR classes) until August 2012. I don't know anybody that has been through the program before but I have never heard it being "impossible". It will probably be challenging and time consuming and involve lots ...

Yeah it kind of sucked that I have to run all these errands for the client in my own personal car with the gas the I purchased with my own money and did not get reimbursed for gas mileage from the agency.

I have worked in home health care for over 3 years now, and I have worked in LTC facility for 2 years before working in home health care. I thought I would like HHC better than LTC because of the flexibility of hours and one-on-one attention to clie...

I did get my acceptance letter after a mix up of addresses. I guess they sent it to my old address instead of my new one (I thought I gave the school my new address??). Anyways I will be going April 27th to the orientation. If anybody else that re...

Thanks for looking this information up RT21! I will have to look into this.

CNAs are not required to be CPR certified at my company unless we are caring for patients under 18 years old. I had to pay for my own certification, which was like $35. I currently do not have any clients under 18. So if my certification would run ou...

Perineal care is a very important part of a CNA's job. You are there to help the patient. If the patient is unable to wipe his/her own private areas, then that is where a CNA steps in and does it for them. Some patients are in accidents or have str...

I am CPR/First Aid certified now, but it expires in July and I don't believe it is health care provider level. I am a HHA and a CNA for Bayada Home Health Care so they may have something. If not I am sure they can point me in the right direction.

Where are you planning on taking your CPR class? The American Red Cross up the road from me (in Salisbury) is offering it for $110. I didn't realize it costs that much to take a CPR class! Do you know of any other place that is cheaper?

I did A&P I and Chem in the same semester along with Psy 150. Straight A's that semester! It's definitely doable. And another good thing about taking once-a-week classes is that is saves gas which would be a good thing since gas is getting to be...

it depends on what else you have going on in life, and what your learning style is. i personally like having the choice of having 1 class a week. that way i designate that time for class and the night i don't have class, i can study, catch up on ho...

Congrats to everyone for acceptance for Fall 2012! I live in Salisbury myself, and I have heard the classroom part is online?? Not 100% sure. I know someone who did the CNA program at Stanly and she did all the classroom part online and went to clin...

I got my acceptance letter on Saturday for Fall 2012 :)

I would definitely take the scheduled class for A&P because you will need that "hands-on" experience that you would not get in an online class. Pictures in the textbook and online makes anatomy look "pretty" when actually it is quite different i...

I'm the same way! I noticed it myself earlier this week on Webadvisor and I told my husband that I got accepted to nursing school at Stanly CC but now I am wondering if that means that I am truly accepted to the nursing program or not. I want that a...