TWnursingstudent

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1. Did you have to take the CNA class before nursing school?

   TWnursingstudent replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Students

   Hello I think that all schools should make the CNA class a pre-requisite to the nursing program, in my experience as a CNA you can tell the nurses who did so before becoming a nurse, they have more respect for their aides and are more willing to help...

2. LPN/LVN rate of pay in your area.

   TWnursingstudent replied to Couture_Honey's topic in LPN/LVN

   Hello I am from Michigan and though I am not a nursing student quite yet I do know that 2 people who worked with me in the LTC Facility that I am currently at graduated from their LPN program and went to a county facility starting out at $19.00 per h...

3. A&P study guides

   TWnursingstudent replied to Chopchop11's topic in Student Assist

   Hello I have found 2 study guides that are available through Barnes and Noble or probably any other bookstore and they are not real expensive. 1. Anatomy & Physiology for Dummies 2. Schaum's Outline of Human Anatomy and Physiology A friend of m...

4. Nclex Qod 5/17

   TWnursingstudent replied to Pocamom's topic in General Students

   Hello I am thinking the answer to this question would be number 1, As in my experience with patients with depression the depressed mood may be present but other symptoms override this, also depression alot of times can be mistaken for signs of Alzhei...

5. staffing on nights

   TWnursingstudent replied to donmomofnine's topic in Geriatric

   I am in a facility with 3 halls with 29 on two of them and 18 on the third, we also have an assisted living floor with 17 residents. We have 2 nurses on third shift, one responsible for two halls (29) (18) emergencies in assisted living, and then on...

6. Nursing Issue - Medication Aides

   TWnursingstudent replied to M&MRN2005's topic in Safety

   Ok I am going out on the limb here cause I am currently a Med Aide, I work in an assisted living facility with 23 residents, I pass meds on 2nd shift, do physicians orders, telephone orders, yes I do have to have a LPN or RN sign my orders and I am n...

7. Anyone have any good fall prevention measures

   TWnursingstudent replied to kcherryrn's topic in Geriatric

   Hello I work at a LTC facility and recently we were having major issues with falls, here are a few things we put into place: 1. Seat belts that are actually alarms, if the resident undoes the belt an alarm goes off. 2. Bed Tab or pressure alarms, c...

8. What's your grossest, funniest, craziest CNA experience?

   TWnursingstudent replied to Keely-FutureRN's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Ok folks I know not another fecies story but here goes: I work in a LTC facility where there are 3 halls, the one nite I was assigned to C hall which has 29 residents, we had this one really cute, sweet, lady that at the time I had no clue she had a ...

9. Question Of the Day

   TWnursingstudent replied to Aneroo's topic in General Students

   Answer here #1 as well

10. What type of homework does a college CNA class have?

    TWnursingstudent replied to lifestudent's topic in General Students

    I took my CNA class at the community college that I am now attending for my nursing work, the facility that I was being hired as a CNA paid for it, the class was 2 weeks and the first week was the basic book work type stuff, vital signs, bedmaking, b...

11. Summer/Fall 05-what are you doing?

    TWnursingstudent replied to jhawk07's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Hello I am taking the summer semester off!!!!!!! The weather turned nice here now and finding it tough to finish off the Dev. Psychology class that I am in now. In the fall I am taking Anatomy, Humanities, and Communications. That only leaves my phy...