Pets to People

My money situation is desperate right now and the only job offer I have had (after puting in atleast 30 applications) is at a non-skilled, long-term care facility. The pay is great but the job is so far from what I want it's not even funny. My only...

Thank you all for your support, I appreciate your comments. I have decided that it is just not practical to take the ICU job, there is just no way. I have turned it around in my head every which way for the past few days, trying to think of just so...

Thank you LadyFree! I will ask, your correct, it wouldn't hurt. Hopefully, if I turn the position down at the ICU, another position at this hospital could still be open to me in the future.

To make it just a little worse, I was offered a job at a very large and amazing hospital in an ICU but it is twice as far away as the non-skilled facility. There is just no way my car would make it, not to mention I would never get to see my family,...

Don't judge someone who is in the situation to borrow money for rent. My family and I have worked hard to get to where we are now and have busted our butts in school to get off of food stamps and change our lives. I would have gotten a job as a wai...

If it makes you feel any better, the cats you dissect are those that shelters were unable to find homes for and were thus euthanized, but so as not to be a total waste, their bodies are donated for educational purposes. The same with cow eyes, brain...

My problem is that I find myself too often trying to help these people. But I have found out 99% of the time that they don't want help, they don't want to change to do better, they just want to whine and complain and validate their failure. I would...

To make the best impression during an interview you should always answer a question put to you as a scenario, whether it is or not, because that gives the interviewer the best impression of what you are capable of and what you are like. If they ask ...

And this is a pretty pathetic excuse for a homework assignment for a DNP....this might qualify for a freshman RN, but a doctorate assignment, come on.

This line of thought always cracks me up....."I would like to think/hope most parents do want what is best for their kid" which basically means "I hope parents do what is best for their child" which is only what I think is best for your child. Don'...

I didn't realize a nurse's aide could draw blood, other than a finger stick glucose check?

It is possible to aerosolize particles while you are cleaning up feces, especially large messes, even if you are careful. Also, you said that you couldn't wash your hands right away so you used sanitizer and was careful to not touch your face....bu...

Why do Christians always think everything started with them? The arrogance and/or ignorance is astounding. "The nursing profession" does not have its roots in Judaeo-Christian traditions butterfly, "nursing" or people who have acted as "nurses" has...

7) Mrs. White thought that the Frontline+ (flea & tick) medication she picked up at her local pet store was to be given orally. Or how about the K-9 frontline or OTC K-9 flea med given to the cat, because they got more for the same price versus ...

Yes, Orange Tree, you learned to mimic/copy/memorize how to do things because you were trained on the job, but you have no clue why you do those things and the reasoning behind them. I have met many assitants like you, who think they are just the sa...

Yes, yes I know, I still haven't gotten in the habit of the CAB, my bad. And I just realized, it is LOC first! If you see someone unconcious you don't just walk up and lay your head on their chest or put your hand under their nose to check for pulse...

You completely skipped over PULSE/HEART BEAT. If they are breathing you do not then check their BS lol aka BG, you check thier pulse! You know, ABC, not AB then BG. If you check their ABC and they are within normal range and they are unconcious th...

If you just consider the basic pathophysiology of diabetes, don't worry about any of the other factors mentioned above, which can be confusing, the reason the BG drops is because the person has glucose in their bloodstream which cannot get into the c...

For those who think there is not BS when working in a clinic and think it would be a cake retirement job, you're sadly mistaken. Those pets are on a leash, and attached to that leash is a person. You can't get anything done for that pet, no matter ...

Seriously!? Why do people who were never actual Vet Tech's in the first place but vet assistants and have no idea what they are talking about always have to pipe in with their vast knowledge? A VT is NOTHING like a medical assistant...even a vet ass...

Wow, really?! Guess I shouldn't have wasted all that time in chemistry, biology, microbiology, etc and two years of school and $15,000+ on student loans to get my license to work as a Veterinary Technician since it's sooo easy There needs to be a ...

This is why a person, no matter what field they work in, must keep their eyes on the future. It's just not realistic anymore, if it ever was, to just get a job and become complacent and expect things will never change. This is why I will start wor...

That reminds me of a vet that I once worked for who would have her assistants (high school students trained on the job that did a little of everything) stay late at least once per month to count all her meds and measure all the injectables because in...

If you believe you can do it and you want it bad enough, it can be done. I have learned by experience that a person may be amazed by what they can handle when it comes down to it, sometimes you just don't know until you're in the middle of a situati...