verene MSN

mental health / psychiatic nursing

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    Postponing CNA class for a potentially good opportunity

    verene replied to Jamieanne08's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Jamieanne - Sounds like you answered your own question. :-) This does sound like a very good volunteer opportunity - much better than the typical volunteer position, and could lead to a hospital job...
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    Postponing CNA class for a potentially good opportunity

    verene replied to Jamieanne08's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Volunteering may or may not give you a good idea if you like CNA or nursing work. It really depends on the volunteer position and what they have you doing. If you are sitting at an information desk...
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    How much do sitters make? And how to qualify?

    verene replied to Phoenixbyrd's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Where I work sitters are CNAs - any CNAs working a unit that has low patient census can be pulled to another unit serve as a sitter for the shift. We aren't allowed to work the floor on a unit we...
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    Working as a CNA while in Nursing School?

    verene replied to madisonbrasselle's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    As an above poster mentioned - traditional program or accelerated? Also how many hours per week are you looking at working? A few of the CNAs I've worked with were in nursing school while working as...
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    CNA course left me feeling inadequately trained

    verene replied to BioChic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No this is not common practice for CNA programs. I attended a very well run 6 week program from a CNA/HHA vocational school. While I certainly did not know everything necessary for my first job, no...
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    CNA? Yes or no?

    verene replied to futuremidwifee's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hi, For me becoming a CNA has definitely been worth it as a start to changing careers. I initially took a course because I was interested in changing to a healthcare career but wasn't sure if I would...
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    Seattle University APNI 2016 Applicants

    verene replied to historybe's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Got my official wait-list letter in the mail. It looks like I'll be attending OHSU. Good luck to everyone on here. I hope all of you have success in your future
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    How to get more pay as CNA

    verene replied to SoulPsych's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Depending on specialty and hospital there may be a slight increase in pay for picking up specialty nursing assistant certification if available. E.g. Working in hospice and having a hospice and...
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    Seattle University APNI 2016 Applicants

    verene replied to historybe's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Congrats Oregonian! I am also psych track but haven't heard anything yet. Good to know they are sending out e-mails as I was told snail mail notification at the
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    How am I going to pay for nursing school?? input pls...

    verene replied to Socal_EMT's topic in General Students

    Have you contacted the school's financial aid office about school specific scholarships and grants you can apply for? Also apply for outside scholarships and grants - a google search should land you...
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    ADN vs ABSN (cost vs job opportunity)

    verene replied to LGDee's topic in General Students

    $120K for an ABSN is really high. Most ABSN programs I've see run $40-$50K, and I think it would be hard to justify spending much more than that. Funding for second bachelor's degrees is pretty low so...
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    explaining a low GPA to potential grad programs

    verene replied to jayxcub's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Most programs do allow additional documentation to be uploaded to explain poor grades. I think a medical diagnosis and a change in grades prior/after would definitely be
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    On my way to my Nursing dream career but chemistry has overwhelmed me! am I alone?

    verene replied to Nanyanzi's topic in General Students

    Chemistry was a tough course for me. It was the pre-req I ended up with the lowest grade in. I found using outside resources to study (see Kahn Academy link prior poster shared) as well as asking the...
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    CNA Job - Is It Really That Hard To Get a Job?

    verene replied to iam_kathryne's topic in General Students

    Try applying to a variety of places not just hospitals as other posters have suggested. If you still aren't getting any calls look over your resume and see if that is what is lacking. If you are...
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    Lowest-cost online science pre-reqs?

    verene replied to blondielocks's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Make sure if you are taking science pre-reqs online that they are accepted by the program(s) you want to apply to. Many schools will only allow in-person or hybrid option courses because of the lab...
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    should I take A&P 1 this summer?

    verene replied to jredo2617's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Depends on how well you take to science classes. If you've done fine in bio and/or chemistry in the past you'll probably be fine in A&P (most people don't take A&P in high school and only have...
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    Should I work as a CNA or wait until I graduate in a few months?

    verene replied to Tedstar's topic in General Students

    Most employers will not be happy hiring a CNA who is only going to be around a couple of months before leaving. And even if one did a couple months experience as a CNA is not going to bump up your...
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    Name Modifying/changing

    verene replied to Ermias's topic in General Students

    Patients rarely know last names of staff (except MDs) so having a pronounceable first name or nickname is more important. Several of my coworkers with names that are difficult for native English...
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    What states require only CNA license to work in a hospital?

    verene replied to Cherryrizzo's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    How does that work for people who transfer in from out of state? I currently live in Washington and work for a major hospital but may be moving to Oregon in the future. Would I have to retrain and...
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    Get CNA cert? Before NP?

    verene replied to Polly Peptide's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    RN and NP schooling is a very contentious subject currently. There are several different options for becoming an RN and for becoming an NP available right now, each have their pros and cons....
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    Seattle University APNI 2016 Applicants

    verene replied to historybe's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Congrats Denise! In response to earlier posters - there hasn't been much activity on the APNI facebook group lately. What activity there has been is less constructive information and more people...
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    Bedpan Changing Question

    verene replied to rnk1712's topic in General Students

    Use to toilet in the bathroom to dump the BM into. Put water from the sink in to rinse, and then pour into the toilet. I'm fortunate that the facility I work in has toilets like the ones picture above...
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    CNA job description schedule/tips?

    verene replied to YoungMaleCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The routine is going to be facility specific. I've worked evening shift at both AL and hospital and the tasks I do are slightly different. Even when I float to another unit I have to check in with the...
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    Classroom CNA student

    verene replied to Vtachy1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In my CNA class we had a work book that we did exercises from, we watched short video clips, and the instructor lectured on various topics (usually w/o power point) and we also had guest speakers come...
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    Please help- RN vs MSW advice needed (long)

    verene replied to TiniestLights's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think you may need to take a step back and really look at both roles. Both social work and nursing are broad fields and while there are areas they overlap they are two different professions with...