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  1. Resume Help Please

    pnkgirl25 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Anyone...please? I could really use the

  2. Any one in/has been in a 10 month LPN program? few questions

    pnkgirl25 replied to countrygirl1234's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I am also starting a 10 month LVN program in Jan. We go Monday-Friday from 7am-3pm. I know its going to be hard but I always tend to do better in short term classes then I do in long term classes. I...

  3. Question for you LVN's that are working and going to school

    pnkgirl25 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I only have my daughter 50% of the time. So I was thinking of serving 3-4 days a week. So that way I would really only have to pay for one day of

  4. Question for you LVN's that are working and going to school

    pnkgirl25 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I start LVN school in Jan. Program is from 7am-3pm Monday-Friday. I am having a hard to thinking of any jobs that would work with that schedule. Since I dont get out of class until 3pm I would need a...

  5. $8.25 an hour...*** is this normal?

    pnkgirl25 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Whats the pay? I am sitting her filling out these online application to hospitals and I want to shoot myself in the head. Im ready to say screw this and mail in my resume and cover letter.

  6. $8.25 an hour...*** is this normal?

    pnkgirl25 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    OMG SWEET!!!! This is EXACTLY what I need! So I find something like this at a hospital or do i go though an agency? I am looking for something that will allow me to work 3-4 days a week but on the...

  7. Is this insane?

    pnkgirl25 replied to lace_face's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I did something like that. I took an accelerated A&P course (4 weeks), plus a phlebotomy course, medical terminology and a 10 week cna class. I am also a single mom to a 3 year old and am in the...

  8. $8.25 an hour...*** is this normal?

    pnkgirl25 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    How do PRN jobs work? Do you go through an agency for that? Do they basically call and say can you work today and you say yes or no? Any chance they might have evening or night

  9. $8.25 an hour...*** is this normal?

    pnkgirl25 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I know me too. I am a single parent on limited income and with loans for nursing school and living expenses making $8.25 is a waste of time. That wont even cover daycare for me. It's really sad that...

  10. $8.25 an hour...*** is this normal?

    pnkgirl25 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Well looks like I better dust off my serving resume. I refuse to work that hard for $8.25 an hour. If someone else out there will do it then more power to them but its just not worth it to

  11. How would you word this on a resume? Help Please

    pnkgirl25 posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I am applying for CNA and Patient Care Technician positions while I completed LVN school. I am certified by the state as a CNA however I just found out that my Phlebotomist certification class that I...

  12. How has being (becoming) a lpn changed your life?

    pnkgirl25 replied to futurenurseOB's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You inspire me. I'm going through a divorce right now and am now a single mom. Every day is a struggle but I keep telling myself I can push though it. Being a single mom sucks but I look at it this...

  13. LVN Hospital Schedules

    pnkgirl25 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Question for you LVN's working (3) 12's in hospital setting. Do you guys have set schedules? Do you usually know the days you are working when you accept the

  14. LVN Hospital Schedules

    pnkgirl25 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    So just so im clear...I should be expecting to work Every other Sat/Sun and then one day during the week for a total of 36 hours a week? I ask bc I am a single mom and would kill for a set schedule....

  15. B/P Cuff and Stethoscope reccomendations?

    pnkgirl25 posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Need a B/P cuff for clinicals (manual). Can anyone recommend a decent one? Nothing crazy expensive. Also, our school gave us a stethoscope but the thing is AWFUL. Can anyone recommend a decent one...

  16. B/P Cuff and Stethoscope reccomendations?

    pnkgirl25 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Thanks

  17. False vitals data???

    pnkgirl25 replied to jval's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I am in CNA school right now and our teacher teaches the same thing. She says for all you going on to be nurses and having to pass meds her advices was "I don't give a @#&$ what the chart...

  18. Am I a CNA or a PCT?

    pnkgirl25 posted a topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I am completing my CNA and HHA class next week though Goodwill (great program by the way and only $200 in California)and taking the boards. Always, I am also wrapping up a Phlebotomy and EKG class...

  19. Pulled my transcripts and about fell over HELP!!!!!!

    pnkgirl25 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    So in my younger years (when I was 18, 19...Im 32 now). I bounced between 3 schools because it was really hard to get classes in my area. Anyways, I would get on the waiting list at all three schools...

  20. Acute Care or Phlebotomy?

    pnkgirl25 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I am just wrapping up my CNA/HHA Program and now have an opportunity to enroll in an Acute Care program and Phlebotomy program. The only issue is both programs run at the same time so I am only able...

  21. Acute Care or Phlebotomy?

    pnkgirl25 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I was told it gives you "acute care" training. I was told that if I want to work in a hospital setting I would need acute care training. Hmmm is this only a California thing? All the jobs I see for...

  22. How do you make it through the sciences?

    pnkgirl25 replied to 123itsjesset's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    As odd as this sounds, I found it easier to take the classes in the summer. Becuase the classes were so short and the test were back to back you dont really have time to forget anything which gives...

  23. Wait-listed...what to do about student loans?

    pnkgirl25 replied to buckeyepaige's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You only need 6 units to be able to apply for a Federal loan. While you are on the waiting list can you take 6 units and apply for then? You might have to pay for the 6 units but it should be pretty...

  24. Single mother needs advise

    pnkgirl25 replied to mmichel's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Single mom here of a 3 year old. I too am also just completing my CNA. What I am doing is looking at LTC places that will allow me to work a 12 shift on Thur night, Friday nigh and Saturday night....

  25. Pulled my transcripts and about fell over HELP!!!!!!

    pnkgirl25 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Well met with the nursing department at one of the schools today and we went over all my transcripts. I was basically told that W's count as repeats and if the school does not accept a repeat then the...