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  1. Coursera Classes

    tnicnat replied to NurseGirl525's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I agree! I'll see you in the vital signs course, the more I learn the better nurse I will be. Thats the goal right? I have links to all kinds of free courses and schools, just takes some

  2. Let's hear from the over 40 students

    tnicnat replied to 47yomalestudent's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    52 here, got a full time job at a hospital and going to school full time. I'm kinda mad at myself, cause I started out Billing and Coding, I decided to finish that program before I complete my...

  3. 2nd Semester Student Looking for PCT

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

    I'm on the busiest floor in the hospital, med surg subacute. I got offered the OR after but since I accepted med surg first I'm staying there first. Everything happens on the med surg floor I'm...

  4. 2nd Semester Student Looking for PCT

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

    Congrats! That is great news. I start on Monday, nervous, excited and just want to get on the

  5. CNA II OR MED TECH?

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

    I skipped over the NA job, and went straight from NA class to a PCT course. I start my hospital job next monday! Whoo hoo! I'm also in school full time. I will be working in a teaching hospital,...

  6. Is taking 4 classes in the summer too much?

    tnicnat replied to stagha's topic in General Students

    Okay I must be a glutton for punishment then, two bio courses and their labs, and a chem course and lab. I work full time too. Fall I have already picked out my courses, a and p and lab, micro and...

  7. Uniform Inspection

    tnicnat replied to saraCOS's topic in General Students

    We didn't have an inspection per say, but we would have tat, nail, piercing, shoe inspections. If you looked like you spent the night in your scrubs you were sent home. So glad only our first year...

  8. To Buy or Not to Buy: MyNursingLab

    tnicnat replied to BusyBee91's topic in General Students

    I do all supplements.....it just helps me retain all the information. I'm getting a PrepU for the first time I want to experiment with it and see if it's a good

  9. Classmates?

    tnicnat replied to InsideWindow's topic in General Students

    Unfortunately this is how it is a lot. But then I find this the case for all types of classes from science to math, I'm older than most, okay a lot of time all, after awhile I'm called Mom to the...

  10. Hands around neck when moving

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

    No, not around the neck at all....when you are in the position to move a patient/resident, have the patient but their hands on your shoulders or upper arms. Use your gait belt , then rock them a bit...

  11. All of the classes I need are full!!

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

    Check your waitlists and also contact the instructor, let them know your on the waitlist and ask that on the first day if you come into class can you be added to the roles. I was told to do that if I...

  12. What to do pre-pre-Nursing School?

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

    Totally agree. I have two bio classes with two labs and a chem class with the lab this summer, each class is it's own and will get the study time. Plus I bought the workbooks for the textbooks,...

  13. What to do pre-pre-Nursing School?

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

    I agree with pink rain, I took ap for non majors to see if this was for me, I was working close to 50 hours a week and failed the class. Now I work 3days a week, and go to school full time. Study...

  14. Anyone taking summer classes?

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

    Yes - 2 bio classes with their labs, Chem with

  15. Cuurently in Pre Reqs Stage

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

    The only reason I took pct during my pre reqs is because getting into an accredited program here is near impossible. So in the meantime, I got the skills. This gives me the base that some don't have....

  16. Cuurently in Pre Reqs Stage

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

    No, I got a certificate for PCT which encompassed the CNA. I don't know what your training is, ours was very extensive, with four straight weeks at clinicals at two large hospitals. The course was...

  17. Cuurently in Pre Reqs Stage

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

    Well I'm going to spend all my time studying this summer ...I have bio health science and lab, intro to chem and lab and bio non majors and lab. Only because I want it all done soon! Two labs are in...

  18. 2nd Semester Student Looking for PCT

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

    I think it depends. I will be working the day shift so I come on the floor at 7 AM, I am the first person they see in the morning, so my mood and how I interact with them will set the day, for me, the...

  19. 2nd Semester Student Looking for PCT

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

    I did NA before PCT after, got certified from the school, networked at the hospital I did clinicals. Our NA and PCT course was basically the first year of nursing school. I was surprised when we had...

  20. 2nd Semester Student Looking for PCT

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

    I networked during my clinicals. I tweaked my resume and applied all over. I just accepted an offer today...yay!!! As a PCT at a teaching hospital. I will be on the med surg sub acute floor, the...

  21. I'm so old!

    tnicnat replied to Laraine's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    We're pups!!! I'm 52 and went through the NA/PCT/Phlebotomy/EKG courses and finishing up my science pre-reqs to get into the program....everyone in my class could have been my kid, but that didn't...

  22. Summer classes?!

    tnicnat replied to mrsvickerie2's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have two bio classes, a bio lab and a chem class this summer. I cut back hours at work to study....I had to, one of the science classes I'm taking I got a D in when I worked too much. But then I...

  23. Which specialty would you like to end up in?

    tnicnat replied to baseball mom's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The OR, trauma, geriatrics or psych. I've been in the OR and worked in geriatrics, and loved

  24. Panic mode! help with keeping up on my assignments...

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

    Don't panic, you will be fine. Talk to your residents, talk about anything, the weather, the food, use humor. Ask them about where they were born, what their likes are....just talk and be...

  25. In my late 40's, is it worth it to go back to school to become an RN?

    tnicnat replied to 4everpeace's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I agree with others, I was a single parent raising two daughters didn't have time for school. When the girls turned 18 and started college I thought why not.....I was 46, but I didn't really know I...