tnicnat

tnicnat

Member

  • Content

    89

  • Visitors

    2,037

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    7

All Content by tnicnat

  1. NOTES...how do you take yours?

    tnicnat replied to jkblevins's topic in General Students

    I'm a pencil and paper gal too....I also have a bunch of different colored pens and highlighters....I'm trying out Cornell Notes for each chapter and use that with the powerpoints given. This way I...

  2. Nursing school too hard on purpose?

    tnicnat replied to fangirl's topic in General Students

    If there is a Level 3 emergency and no one should be on the roads, police and fire escort nurses to work.....and I agree with rob post above mine, you are going to have to work in these conditions,...

  3. What are my options?

    tnicnat replied to chloe247's topic in General Students

    I don't know guys, when I was in the Army I wanted to be a broadcaster but could only get in going with Communications, so I served 2 years, re-enlisted tested for broadcasting got in the school and...

  4. What are my options?

    tnicnat replied to chloe247's topic in General Students

    Are you Air Force or Army? I would look into changing my MOS (I was Army) if you f have to reenlist than do that, get your degree in the

  5. My experience as a NS and CNA

    tnicnat replied to prettyboyswag's topic in General Students

    I like this post. I am a tech on a very busy sac floor and when I start getting down and think I can't make it in school or even as a tech on the floor one of the nurses says she's so happy I'm there...

  6. Newbie student at 50

    tnicnat replied to sch-64's topic in General Students

    DO NOT second guess yourself, I will be 54 when I graduate, my goal was to graduate and be an RN by the time I was 55. Age has never stopped me form anything. I still plan on specializing getting my...

  7. What's in Your Backpack?

    tnicnat replied to LaceElaine's topic in General Students

    Definatly a rolling backpack - books and one notebook per class, notebook has dividers with powerpoints for each chapter, folder and a notepad. I take my Ipad instead of laptop, I have a flash drive...

  8. Does it matter where you get your nursing degree from?

    tnicnat replied to kcsunshine's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If I may add something to the conversation, it doesn't really matter on the school, but, hospitals do know the programs in the area and what is offered in that program and if that program works or...

  9. Starting new PCT job tomorrow...

    tnicnat replied to AmberK1026's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I had to get shoes with memory foam, your right 12 hours can be brutal. I go in about 15 to 30 min early so I can pull reports on my patients, see who my nurses are and get report from them and I...

  10. When you have a minute

    tnicnat replied to funtimes's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    This is one of the reasons we have shadowing....nurses follow a tech and help in the work and a tech will shadow a nurse and help with the work. A lot of tasks overlapped but nurses do way more...

  11. New PCT on Med-Surg Floor, Need Tips!

    tnicnat replied to eclectmint's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Your not piling on, it's ok....let me clarify before more panties get in a bunch...I don't push meds, I can't I'm not licensed to, I am certified in phlebotomy, I can start IV's, if the nurse is in...

  12. New PCT on Med-Surg Floor, Need Tips!

    tnicnat replied to eclectmint's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Looks like my post didn't go...anyways, we are a teaching hospital, not short staffed, I have some nurses that are preceptors and teach all kinds of stuff. It's a great floor, and everything is a...

  13. New PCT on Med-Surg Floor, Need Tips!

    tnicnat replied to eclectmint's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I'm a tech on a med surg floor right now, starting nursing school...we are expected, and I do, Foleys, bladder scans, enemas, kangaroo feelings, trachs, phlebotomy, HUC and tele....my unit educator...

  14. post your fall class schedule

    tnicnat replied to reka2014's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm taking micro, micro lab, a and p (have to retake it's over 5 yrs) and math survey....last semester as pre nursing...spring semester will be here soon enough than it's packed nursing courses. Heck...

  15. How to get EKG training?

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

    Normally the EKG training is to monitor the station with the HUC. They won't be performing EKG's, but they might put on 6or 12 leads. EMT's working in the ER would run EKG's. You would learn to...

  16. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    tnicnat replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    I've read a lot of this thread and a lot is very true, I have a lot to add but this one really gets to me....I work in a med surg unit at a hospital while going to school.....and I hate it when other...

  17. Job search advice

    tnicnat replied to GaNicuRN14's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I networked during clinicals and made a point for the unit director to know who I am. That got me the interview and

  18. How long did it take you to do your prerequisites?

    tnicnat replied to carys's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I've changed my minds so many times, it's taken me awhile. I didn't want to quit my other degree/certificate programs so it's taken me longer, BUT I just found out that next semester is my last and...

  19. Online program

    tnicnat replied to MSofia's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I don't see how a PCT course could only online. Everything we did was hands on clinical, from phlebotomy to feeding tubes to catheters. You can't learn this stuff online. The course I went to was...

  20. PVAMU Student Taking A&P I and Micro Fall 2014...good idea???

    tnicnat replied to bettiboop___'s topic in Texas Nursing

    I'm doing a and p, with lab, micro with lab and algebra in the fall....then three more classes and I'm finally done for pre reqs... Wish I hadn't completed another degree first but I didn't want to...

  21. Jobs after graduating - (or lack of!)

    tnicnat replied to stickynoodles's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I agree about the dream unit/job, I want to ultimately work in trauma....I know that I need to learn so much more before I can get to that level. I took the job on Med Surg cause you do everything...

  22. Jobs after graduating - (or lack of!)

    tnicnat replied to stickynoodles's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I worked on the floor and asked a lot of questions, and when the time felt right I introduced myself to the charge nurse and then the floor manager. I thanked them for allowing me to work on their...

  23. 2nd Semester Student Looking for PCT

    tnicnat replied to Stacilator's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Classes, classes, classes! I meet with the floor supervisor on Thu, I get my schedule. I will be in classes all week. I went up to the floor to get some information and the unit supervisor saw me...

  24. Transitioning stages

    tnicnat posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This is my first post I'm starting, I hope I ask the right questions! This is a big day for me, I'm transitioning from being just a student and working to being a student and working at a hospital....

  25. Chemistry

    tnicnat replied to SunkissedRN2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm in chem this summer also. The last time I did chemistry was high school, 1979! I had to drop cause it was really hard, well at the time it was hard, but I know it's because it wasn't cool and I...