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  1. How to get a hospital job

    tnicnat replied to lucef1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Totally understand, but don't hold out, you could miss an experience you can learn from. Look at all routes in....billing and coding, med assist school....phlebotomy won't be the deal breaker.....if...

  2. How to get a hospital job

    tnicnat replied to lucef1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm in new mexico, and the hospitals don't hire cna's to learn on the job. If you don't have any expierence they require nursing school. The snf's and ltc's are hard to get into here, they solely...

  3. How to get a hospital job

    tnicnat replied to lucef1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    My advice, get more education. Very rarely as a cna can get a job in a hospital. Maybe apply for a clerk job while getting more education, that way you will be able to apply internally for a job....

  4. One thing I learned today is that honesty will get you nowhere in Nursing School.

    tnicnat replied to guest08/05/2014's topic in General Students

    We had people late to class all the time, it was an interruption especially if there is a test. If class starts at 7 am I try to get there 30 min prior. It doesn't always happen but it's my...

  5. How old were you when you started nursing school?

    tnicnat replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    Of course not! My Dad is 83 this month and can out walk me in a minute (well maybe not so much after his heart attack a few weeks back, but he's back up now and doing what he does, still works and...

  6. Do you want to be jobless after nursing school? I didn't think so...

    tnicnat replied to Manny92's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I'm graduating my pct course, taken while wait listed for Bsn, and our program is basically nursing fundamentals, with EKG,phlebotomy which was the phlebotomy tech course, and we did Foleys, enemas,...

  7. Clinical skills...advice pls

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

    In the real world there is usually one rail, the beds are against the walls. Heck we would put a pillow under the mattress to not let the resident fall out, and they did a lot. One of the residents...

  8. How old were you when you started nursing school?

    tnicnat replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    Got my science aa at 52, cna and pct at 52, finishing up pre reqs at. 52, starting Bsn at 52.....big year this

  9. What are things I should take advantage of in nursing school?

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

    Took vitals during clinicals.......heck I volunteer for pretty much everything.....tho I was with another student in the er, I told her we could take turns with patients, I didn't think it was fair to...

  10. What are things I should take advantage of in nursing school?

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

    I for one got the study guides and supplemental material to help me in classes. With the reading it helped to work in the workbooks. In class I also printed all ppts with lines for notes, I was able...

  11. Clinical skills...advice pls

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

    This is for testing.....when you leave the resident....bed down, side rail up, call light available , breaks on....testing is different than real

  12. Clinical skills...advice pls

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

    Side rail is for safety.....safety is one of your top

  13. Too late to be a nurse?

    tnicnat replied to woodland123's topic in General Students

    Figured I should post to the boards eventually and this is a great post to start....everyone in most my classes are the same ages as my daughters basically saying I'm one of the older students....just...

  14. Clinical skills...advice pls

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

    Ask yourself, why raise the bed for emptying a drainage bag or for cleaning dentures....where are you and what do you do with both skills....as for brushing teeth, unless you want an aching back,...