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  1. Taking a first step

    SlaveHeart replied to AngelaChanel36's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Wow, I could have written this post last year. Actually I did write one very similar under my former screen name and thanks to the words of wisdom of fellow all nurses I've gotten my life turned...

  2. Has anyone ever worked as a CNA while going to nursing school full time?

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

    Some of the schools that I have applied to require that you work no more than 20 hours per week. They ask that you have your employer sign a form stating that during the term you will not be working...

  3. Home Health Aide Requires You to Know How to Drive

    SlaveHeart replied to sebig001's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The two HHA's I have worked for requrired me to show them my drivers license and insurance. But according to my insurance company I am not covered to transport people while at work (unless it is a co...

  4. Had an interview today:)

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

    Congrats! Is the facility a research facility or is it a LTC that happened to have a clinical trial going on? I've always thought those type of things were cool and want to sign up to be a research...

  5. Advice for brand spankin' new CNA?

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

    When you start at a facility you will probably spend a week or two in orientation/training. I just got my first CNA job and will be training this weekend and next week. I started a thread about what...

  6. Taking the NY state board exam for cna this friday- Need Help!

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

    Good luck! Practice the day before with some classmates and have a skills party. Write down everything on index cards and eveyone draws some skills. Have someone timing and observing with the book to...

  7. Pt's/visitors reading Fifty Shades of Grey???

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

    Ummm... good for them; but I agree with paws. It's not nearly raunchy enough for my

  8. Have YOU trained new CNAs at your facility?

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

    Funtimes: I think I'm going to write down most of those questions in my mini notebook and make sure to jot down answers the CNA gives about each resident. Which leads to my next question: In clinicals...

  9. Patient care tech challenge quiz.

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

    Are you in nursing school? Are you interviewing to be a nurse tech? Or as a patient care tech? If you are interviewing as a I would assume there would be a lot of questions on reading EKG strips and...

  10. Embarrassing question reguarding CNA classes...

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

    My teeth are so bad I actually had to get a tooth pulled at a sliding scale emergency clinic towards the end of my CNA class! We were being quized on random skills the next day and my partner kept...

  11. Have YOU trained new CNAs at your facility?

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

    Thanks for the help. Note to self: read care plans, read care plans, read careplans. I'm a bit worried if I don't try to rush I will be too slow and not give everyone the care they deserve. I suppose...

  12. Have YOU trained new CNAs at your facility?

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

    Thanks for the response. I don't plan to compare much because I did my CNA program in a different state and have only worked in home health since then. So I'm going to try to soak in and absorb as...

  13. 9th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

    SlaveHeart replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    "She's just practicing her precordial thump for the next time the AED turns up missing down the

  14. 4 Quadrants/ 9 Abdominopelvic Regions

    SlaveHeart replied to margerator's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Graph it out on a grid. You don't need to draw everything to scale but it will give you a good idea of where the different organs fit into place. Or take nine note cards and draw the organs on each...

  15. Most difficult nursing pre req?

    SlaveHeart replied to kjohnson1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I must be an odd ball or I had the best Micro professor ever because I love Micro! I love micro so much I took pathophysiology even though it isn't a prerequisite. Physiology is the normal function of...

  16. What to expect on PM shift?

    SlaveHeart posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In my clinicals we were at a facility from 7-3 three days a week for a month so if I were to get an AM shift I would know how to handle it. However I have no clue what to expect on PM shift that...

  17. What to expect on PM shift?

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

    Thanks againg to everyone who has replied. I start a pm shift this Friday thru Monday! I had my second interview with the facility today where I did a lot of paperwork and watched videos and took a...

  18. CNA Application

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

    Do you have any obligations like school, family, hobbies that would put a restriction on your time available? You could just fill out each day of the week and put in the hours of each offered shift if...

  19. What courses did you take in conjunction with A & P?

    SlaveHeart replied to hellonewyear's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took A&P 1 with Microbiology, Developmental Psych, Critical Thinking and a PE class I've forgotten, lol. I took A&P II with biochemistry, abnormal psych, ethics and a childhood education...

  20. low gpa, can i still become an RN?

    SlaveHeart replied to Mcfrito's topic in California Nursing

    There are a few schools in the state that have waitlists: Shasta College; Cabrillo College and College of the Redwoods. All are in nor cal though. There are two LVN programs that admit first come...

  21. Shasta College Waitlist

    SlaveHeart replied to SlaveHeart's topic in California Nursing

    Hi Charlie! Good to hear I'm not the only person from Rding on here! Do they really take sixty students each year? That is a huge cohort for such a small college! I'm applying this September and hope...

  22. Advice for Potential California LVN/LPN's

    SlaveHeart replied to morningsunshine78's topic in California Nursing

    Some of the Cal States only accept applicants that either graduated from a certain set of counties or did their pre reqs from specific community colleges so it might be tough to get into a BSN...

  23. I want to know how much LVN's in the San Fernando Valley get paid in CA

    SlaveHeart replied to basskat's topic in California Nursing

    The pay is so low for the crappy work that it is not a reason to become a nurse... there are so many new grads in it for the pay that there are not enough jobs for all of those who live for the crappy...

  24. Anyone Out There Taking Chemistry?

    SlaveHeart replied to CJ2blpn2017's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    For me what really made a difference in my understanding chemistry was drawing everything out and then making notes around what I drew. So instead of just describing a valence shell I woudl draw...

  25. Any advice for a Pre nursing student :)

    SlaveHeart replied to 1futurenurse12's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I agree with becoming a CNA to give yourself some prespective on what you are up against. As for academics A&P is the most important and will be built upon in future classes like micro and patho....