christacarver

As students there is no protection for them. As employees they are covered through employee health if they are exposed. They are also getting paid for it. We need support staff desperately but we don't have the resources to distribute PPE for students right now. Plus they are not just scut work. ACT status actually expands the scope of practice of a tech to include pretty much every nursing school skill except administration of medications and assessments.

Our hospital cancelled all students but is offering work as advanced care techs to nursing students. There is a site, nursing.com, that is setting up a free platform for nursing students to get virtual clinical hours.

I have adc, littman and ultrascope. ADC is my favorite. The ultrascope it's hard to hear with... Honestly better if I'm listening through the gown. It is a combo head and supposed to be diaphragm and convert to be with pressure... But honestly it always sounds like a bell to me. The littman is more expensive than the ADC and I don't hear as well on it.

My son is 17, got accepted to an ADN program but has to wait a year to start. He has 6 semesters as a full time college student under his belt and has chosen to go ahead and finish his BS in biology and then go through the ADN program since the one he was accepted to is ranked #1 in the nation among ADN and BSN programs. In the meantime, he has gotten his CNA and is working part time in transport at the hospital where I am a med/surg nurse. And he has done all of this on his own, truly. He filled out his own application for nursing school....I didn't even know he turned it in! He stated a concurrent enrollment high school at 13 and has been writing his own plan all along! He'll graduate with a BS in biology the same semester he has all his credits for high school graduation. The thing about being 18 is that kids cannot be handling medications that are controlled substances when they are not even old enough to be held legally responsible for managing them appropriately! It's ok for her to wait....I know my son was disappointed but he is taking some classes for fun this semester and it makes me happy to see him studying world mythology and taking voice lessons! It's great when they are over achievers....but it's also good to balance that with some fun!