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My Anatomy teacher believes in using real slides, etc for everything. We never use diagrams of skeletons, etc, we go to an actual skeleton that is numbered and write down what the number is. I love this... I feel like it's preparing me for the real w...

My hospital hires "pct" but it's a cna cert that's required.

Yes... this... exactly

Oh and also... where I work, cnas sit in on interviews and help pick who gets hired also.

I didn't say my nurse wasn't my supervisor, I said my nurse can't write me up. My manager is an rn, (with a second degree in business) yes, but we were referring to immediate supervisors. Perhaps you didn't read my earlier post about how I agree that...

Working as a pct helps A LOT. I've been a cna/pct for two years and in that time, on my unit alone, I have seen four people graduate and get "gn" jobs (graduate nurse.. you start orientation but can't be on your own until you pass the nclex) then mov...

Ladyfree rns cannot write up techs in my hospital. Even the charge nurse can't... only the manager can. With that being said, if an rn goes to the manager with a VALID complaint, the manager will write the tech up lol.

Oh okay. Our hospital is actually huge on safety. We all help each other. We don't have a lot of hoyers etc so it's mostly man power, but there is always help. We also utilize gait belts with every transfer.

The rn is not my "boss" however they do have a lot of say in what tasks I perform and in which order. My nurses love me and its because I've learned how to baby them (sorry it's true lol) I know that one nurse wants her baths done early early, one nu...

Yep.. I'm 31, in school full time, work part time, and have four kids ranging from 12 months to 10 years old. It's worth it though and one day we will look back and know we did it!

I feel like it never hurts to apply. If you don't get in, then apply again next year.

I also love when the nurses call you... from the patients room... to tell you the patient has to use the rr. That whole nurses will help more comment was a great laugh lol.

That's normal. Get in and get out during vitals when you have lots of patients. One thing I do is if a pt has to use the restroom, get their vitals then. No reason you have to go in numerical order. Go around an hour before vitals to toilet, fill wat...

Could be prn or could be a float position meaning you work on whatever unit needs help.

I work in Tele. We do vitals every four hours (at least), you'll learn how to hook up Tele monitors, adls, toileting, glucose checks. Some places you also do stat ekgs. Not sure what you mean by transfer.. we get a lot of different types of patients ...

In those situations validation therapy works best. You aren't going to bring them to reality, just agree with them and go along with it. I see this all the time unfortunately.

I really need to take a science over the summer. Of course, it's a little accelerated because summer is shorter. I will also be taking my communications (speech) course which won't be much to study for, but will be a little time consuming with writin...

I am in Missouri. Most of the bsn programs near here require separate a and p. Thanks for the advice everyone!

I am a cna and I work with a few nurses (bsn) who bring home about the same amount of money each month as me bc they are paying tons in loans. Not worth it to me.

They're probably thinking it could be something that may pass quickly. Asking you to confirm is not the same as telling you to come in. It just means wait and see how you feel in the morning. Unless you've been to a doctor and have a diagnosis, it co...

Two weeks?? I guess it depends on the state. We had to do 75 lecture and 100 clinical hours.

Before you drop, talk to an advisor. It could screw up your financial aid for next semester. I learned that the hard way many moons ago....

Right there with ya!

I think I'm going to rule out Chemistry because I feel like Chemistry is more of a math than a science (I know it's science... but I loved it in high school and it always felt like Math to me). I'll be taking two sciences this fall, so I think I'd li...

I'm in Missouri (KC area) and I started at $10.85 in a hospital. I also got an extra 85 cents for working night shift and an extra 95 cents for weekends.