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I always wonder about the efficacy of washing ones hands IN the patients room? Its good to see comments by other healthcare staff in this thread. The light switches, many of which are not automatic/faucets and/or sink are used in various ways throug...

Venting. Love the actual skills I am doing and learning and the interaction with the patients at my hospital CNA position. However, I'm thinking after 6 more months I'd rather ask to transfer to a department that has fewer CNA's maybe. I'll be in my...

I hope you get some really great informative replies and will be watching the thread as well. I specifically have a BSN as my goal, but have had to adjust my plan A and B with regards to achieving it as a second career adult. I wanted to mention t...

Thank you for your post BostonFNP; very considerate and erudite. As to the middle part where you said, "it's just the evidence-based practice is not what you want them to tell you..." I disagree since I do not want to really have an innate need to be...

JenRNWI, I would like to thank you for your very thoughtful and engaging post. I appreciate some of the points you made, and feel motivated to search further about some information you pointed out. I have wondered as I read through this thread why th...

Re: "he's not even allowed to drive me to my job..." Pretty sure she meant her company disallows friends or family driving one to client appointments. That is a standard policy in Home Health/Hospice organizations.

Dear O-P, Its so much harder to make life decisions once you are in a committed relationship, and especially when you have children! I have had a somewhat atypical jobs and life path myself, and I have 5 children. At first glance it might seem that...

Looking at recent job openings, there are some part time and one ft CNA position at a huge AL, about 45 minutes drive one way from where I live, and one opening at a very close by hospital on Med/Surg with three overnight 12 hr shifts per week. I ha...

**It's all about critical thinking baby!** Soooo many interesting posts in this thread; thank you all! Of course these type of questions about whether certain academic programs are more or less difficult to endure or succeed at receive answers which ...

OP - its awesome you are so focused and aware of where you want to stand on the line between right and wrong. I was SO happy to get the chance to go to CNA school over the summer and thought I'd work weekend overnights to supplement funds while I'm ...

Morning! I've been searching around and haven't found the differences between the actual sorts of duties and exactly what one/an example of a typical nightshift - does in comparison to say, an evening 3 p - 10p duties are. I'd love to see any details...

Hi all, I'm just starting CNA work at an LTC soon. I will be attending full time college classes this year- finishing up some health science courses before applying as a junior to a BSN program. The plan right now will be working three eight hour shi...

Wow, thanks everyone for the info. mvm2 -- I would be fine with staying awake all night. I'm a night owl anyhow, I love working nocs, and that is the shift I'm working at the new job in the LTC, so wouldn't be any difference. Though depending on the ...

]I so appreciate the experiences and knowledge being shared here at allnurses. Its good to have various sources of information including laymen or anecdotal data. Worth considering while we all try to inform ourselves about the current concerns rel...

Oh, very good reminders about the potential fall residents, *nods. Well on the weeks where my three night shifts truly do have the call lights blinking on and off continuously -- I'll just take advantage of that leg work and cut out part of my lower ...

Thanks so much for replying and giving me examples! Okay, well maybe I can involve myself with holiday happenings they may have at the nursing home occasionally throughout the year and make some connections that way. Maybe I will also do stocking a...

jromeo93 - I am glad you've found a job as we all know how tough it can be, - but that is crazy-making, and unsafe. Be careful jromeo93 with your back, your scope of practice and gl getting another position.

Congratulations owlnuggets! I am getting out of an LNA program soonish and aspire to work eventually at a hospital as well. May I ask either you and/or Meaganfn -- is the definition of PCA/Tech a little different in each state? I have seen posts her...

Thats so awesome ruralnurse84 -- sounds like some of the great advice we get here as far as working as a CNA/LNA is very beneficial for those going on to become an RN. And you made good connections with staff who decided they wanted you to work for ...

Hi all, I've been working away at my pre-reqs for three semesters at a CC nearby. My theory was to sort of get my 'sea legs' and also save a little money doing the gen eds. Its gone well, have really enjoyed it and with my studies so far have a 3.73...

Hi all - I am a non-traditional student finally focusing on becoming a Nurse, to do what I have wanted to for a long time ;o). I'm in my second year of 3/4ths-time pre-reqs; have been taking 12-15 credits at a community college for three semesters n...

Thanks so much RubySlipper06 for taking a minute to answer. Yep, I've got a majority of all the other pre-reqs done except A&P I, A & P II, Stats and Micro. The 'preference' shown to pre-nursing students at the university is one of the reas...

*Thanks for the comments. I appreciate the time taken to respond. In the greater scheme of things, of course, organization and convenience on campus aren't the absolute most important, but it grates on me I guess. The important part is this is the ca...

I am that person who almost always finds the positive in a situation. I spent 12 years in the military, and have learned what hard work is over these years in several jobs and my personal life, so I'm not a primadonna. But the whole positivity thing ...

Hi mvm2 - Just wanted to drop you a note of encouragement and see if you were doing ok. I would have been more than a little scared too; have fallen on my inside stairs in my too-slippery socks before ;o/ Let us know how you are.