Maverick80

Maverick80

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  1. ER CNAs

    Maverick80 replied to KungFuFtr's topic in Emergency

    congrats on the interview going well! you'll love it, just give yourself time to adjust!! Just curious how many hours of orientation do they give

  2. ER CNAs

    Maverick80 replied to KungFuFtr's topic in Emergency

    Good luck you'll do just fine. It will take a little adjusting, because the ER is such a busy and crazy place. It will do wonders for your knowledge base!!! let us know how it

  3. Too Young?

    Maverick80 replied to Coloradogrl's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I just heard last week in fact from the school that I'm obtaining my BSN from that they are starting a FNP program that will be set to start in 2007. They are not requiring 2 years of experience to...

  4. ER CNAs

    Maverick80 replied to KungFuFtr's topic in Emergency

    I am a Tech in the ER. I'm in nursing school, and all i had to have to get the job was my first clinical, at a 4 year accredited university. I got a job at local ED level 1 trauma center (Which...

  5. ER nurses...what shoes??

    Maverick80 replied to RN2MSNasap's topic in Emergency

    i wear birkenstock white tokyo clogs. I work prn as a tech in the ER and i'm a nursing student. i have to have white shoes for school, so i bought the white ones and wear them for work and clinical....

  6. who here is CNAII's? and what state do you live in.

    Maverick80 replied to gretchengirl's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    . I live in an area where there are 6 or more major hospitals (not counting all the little hospitals within the different Health systems) all within 1 1/2 hours of each other. All of the hospitals...

  7. Scared about ER clinical rotation

    Maverick80 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in Emergency

    You'll do just fine!! I am a junior nursing student. At the school i go to we don't have an option to do an ER rotation. I would absolutely love to have to opportunity that your going to get. I have...

  8. CNA after first semester nursing school?

    Maverick80 replied to Nursing in 09's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm in a BSN program and the hospitals in my area, will hire nursing students after they've had there first clinical rotation, which is med-surg. They hire you as a nurse tech, or a senior tech....

  9. Death- Do you ever get used to it?

    Maverick80 replied to CJolin's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Is it possible to get used to it? I'm a nursing student, and about a month and a half ago started working as a nurse tech at a local, level one trauma emergency department. On the last day of...

  10. # of triage nurses

    Maverick80 replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    on a good day:rolleyes: we have 3 RN's 1-2 tech's. The tech's which is what i am at the moment until i finish my BSN and take state boards. We are able to do, Vital's, blood draws, EKG's, and...

  11. New to ed

    Maverick80 replied to GoBlue's topic in Emergency

    Congrats!! I'm in the same position you are. I was hired on the july 11th, and i'm sooo excited!! I start orientation on the 24, and continue on with training that week, and then the next week i...

  12. CNA ED jobs...best way to get them?

    Maverick80 replied to ejmonroe's topic in Emergency

    Persistance!! Turn in your application, and start there. Then figure out who the head of the department is, or the nurse manager, and leave a message with them. I turned in an application for a...

  13. Do I have to take off my clothes?

    Maverick80 replied to Yossy's topic in General Students

    First time i did a bed bath was on a real patient!! We had a video that was a step by step guide. I watched that about 5 or 6 times and i was fine for clinical!! i had no problems!! I would not...

  14. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    Maverick80 replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    Well with all the walking and being on your feet you will understand, when your feet hurt it's a lot harder to keep your mind on what your doing. I don't have a great pair right now, and toward the...

  15. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    Maverick80 replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    At my school we are strongly recommended to have them. All professors tell us to get one. But we are not aloud to use them on tests, only for class, when looking up lab values, and other things and...

  16. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    Maverick80 replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    i started nursing school last semester and i'm in my first clinical this semester... these are a few things i've gotten that i don't think i could live without... 1. littman cardio III 2. PDA, i have...

  17. Question on taking Blood Pressure and Respirations

    Maverick80 replied to Rhonda V's topic in General Nursing

    my lab teacher actually told us...that this was better then trying to hold it on the arm to do it. (which he saw a nurse doing to his mother's arm) Make sure you note that you didn't do it in the...

  18. Should I take a refresher chem class?

    Maverick80 replied to melpip3's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hmmm...in my BSN program the required us to take fund. of chem with our structure and function (aka..A&P) and then we are required to take organic chem with microbiology...and then human phys....

  19. What do instructors think of PDA's in clinical?

    Maverick80 replied to Sunshine Sweetheart's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Taber's, RNLabs4, RNDiseases, Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses) these are the programs my nursing program wants us to buy for

  20. anyone waiting for letter w/classes left

    Maverick80 replied to sobelle's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i finshed my pre-reqs last fall 04' I am going to Kent State University and the last few years things have gotten crazy....We have the biggest program in Ohio currently. There are so many students...

  21. 1950s nursing

    Maverick80 replied to colrainrn's topic in General Nursing

    this information is absolutely amazing...it's crazy how nursing has evolved in just in the 20th

  22. What do instructors think of PDA's in clinical?

    Maverick80 replied to Sunshine Sweetheart's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    i will be starting nursing in the Fall...thankgoodness...i didn't think i was ever going to be done with prenursing...but anyway...they are pretty much requiring us to drop 300 to 500 dollars on a PDA...