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Hi There! I am a relatively new CNA instructor and I'm loving (almost) every minute of it. I feel like my classroom instruction is excellent but I'm just having a hard time with clinicals! At my clinical site, the students are paired up with a CNA p...

Thanks, everyone, for your replies. They are very helpful. I do want to clarify - I see the students do every skill I check off on in the lab - which turns out to be about 50-60 skills. So, by the time they go to clinical, I've actually seen them do ...

I was in a similar situation and found that Mosby's CNA video set was VERY helpful. It's great too because they do the skills on real people. I was nervous about teaching CNAs since I had no long term care experience and was even more nervous about d...

I'm sure this question has been asked more than once, so please bear with me. I've been sifting through all the information I can find, but I still don't quite understand... I've just started toying with the idea of Navy Nursing. I graduate from a BS...

A good indication to me of my teaching skills on a particular subject is how well I am able to explain it to my 75 year old dad. I love him dearly but he is completely clueless when it comes to all things medical. So tonight my dad told me that he h...

I absolutely LOVE oncology. People often think of oncology as a depressing specialty, but it is really just the opposite. I have not yet met an oncology nurse who doesn't love it - I'm serious. Yes, there are people get burned out sometimes because o...

I really need your help. I'm about to graduate and feel as if I don't know nearly enough! In school, we are taught SO MUCH and retain SO LITTLE. I feel like my brain has been overloaded with details about disease processes, obscure medications, and s...

As with my other post, since it's my question, I'll go ahead and respond with some of the things I think are good to know... Lab Values: PT, PTT, and INR. White Blood Cell Count Platelets The Cardiac Enzyme Markers How to respond to: Decreased O2 ...

I really need your help. I'm about to graduate and feel as if I don't know nearly enough! In school, we are taught SO MUCH and retain SO LITTLE. I feel like my brain has been overloaded with details about disease processes, obscure medications, and s...

Since it's my question, I'll go ahead and respond with some of the things I think are good to know... Lab Values: PT, PTT, and INR. White Blood Cell Count Platelets The Cardiac Enzyme Markers How to respond to: Decreased O2 Saturation Hypertensive...

Oh - and one more thing. Someone said that you have to remember that a Navy Nurse is an Officer first and a Nurse second. Could someone explain to me what the officer part of the Nurse's role entails? Thanks Again!

Hi, it's me again - it seems that I started a rather interesting thread... but I haven't been back to say thanks. Thanks! Many of my questions have been answered (again, thanks!), but I do still have a couple. I have pretty much made up my mind to jo...

So, no "boot camp" or anything similar to that? What kind of training do you get?

Sorry, I don't have any advice, but my mother is borderline and I'm looking forward to the replies.

A diabetic candy... that's hilarious!

Me! Me! December 2007! I'm in semester 4 of 5 and I can't believe how quickly time has gone by. I'm excited, but also scared out of my mind. Look out real world - here we come!

Yes, it gets easier and you will feel more and more capable as you go along. Look at it this way - it is a GOOD thing that you don't feel capable yet. You are just starting to learn these skills. If you felt competent, you would be dangerous (and yo...

How hard? HARD. But, in a good way. You are dealing with people's lives and wouldn't want it to be easy. Like you, I was scared by these sort of posts before I started nursing school. It's funny, though. What I've found is that nursing school is muc...

As a female, I am probably unaware of the subtle differences that likely exist. But, one big glaring difference I saw had to do with the way in which the male students were treated during our OB rotation. While the female students were able to see al...

Yes, the average GPA of students accepted into nursing programs is very high. But, please don't let this discourage you if your GPA isn't perfect. That's what happened to me. Because of some poor choices on my part, my GPA was not up to par with that...

What would you say are the top 10 - 15 drugs that you give on a regular basis? I am in desperate need of a quick and dirty pharm review. You see, I am about to start semester 4 out of 5 of a BSN program, which is the last semester of clinicals befor...

hi there! i am a hospice volunteer and i would love some advice from you guys! what are some things that i could do as a volunteer to make the patients more comfortable, at ease, etc? fortunately, my hospice gives the volunteers lots of leadway conce...

They are out there. I found a few online last semester by googling something. I used one and it helped me so much. I'll look and see if I can find the link, but I'm in the process of moving and have limited time. If I don't find it, I'm sure you'll b...

Exactly!!! I am a nursing student and I can certainly see why many nurses hate to have students working with them. Take my word... we students will not always do things by the book after a few years of nursing. After more years of real life nursing w...

I don't understand why age is the focus here. As others have said, people have different personalities and that is likely the real issue. It's important to realize that maturity has very little to do with a person's age. I am 31 and I carpool with tw...