lilredrunner

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1. Working as a CNA help with RN employement in future?

   lilredrunner replied to MikeDee1234's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   Don't think it helps one way or the other getting a job, but I am of the firm belief that nurses, ALL nurses, should be CNAs first, and have the experience, because it builds the foundation of...

2. PT fell... Now I'm paralyzed with fear

   lilredrunner replied to mevsmom's topic in General Students

   One of the things I've realized, going from a CNA to an LPN and finishing my RN, is that all patients are risks for falls. Every darn one of them. Just because they don't fit all the criteria for...

3. IV removal

   lilredrunner replied to melcolbstorm's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   Check the facility procedures and policies. Cover your butt by knowing them before you perform

4. Cna becomg cpr certified?

   lilredrunner replied to 5ummer's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   Many workplaces require BLS as a healthcare provider to even work as a CNA. Depends where you go, but I would take the course to have the background, as even if you don't "need" it; the perspective...

5. Work Smells

   lilredrunner replied to mstearns09's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   Smell that would NOT get out of my nose even when I got home was an AWFUL sinus infection on an unconscious ICU patient who was on a vent. I had to put menthol chapstick beneath my nose the entire...

6. Nursing students on medication

   lilredrunner replied to kjnsweets's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Big, sticky issue there.. Back in the 80's, when my mom went through nursing school, she had to get on Lithium to get control of her anxiety and depression issues. That was pretty much the only thing...

7. Getting Recognized by Former Patients On The Street

   lilredrunner replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

   There are very few patients I remember well enough to know, so most of the time if I see them and they say hello, I just try to play off my lack of memory of them and hope they don't notice. I don't...

8. Am I too old?

   lilredrunner replied to ollieanne's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   We have an awesome fellow in our class who just retired after 30 years of teaching high school before going into nursing school. He's in his 60's, and graduating this May. Plus the youngest person in...

9. What should we doing by last clinical?

   lilredrunner replied to leekaye's topic in General Students

   I'm in an Associate's program, and have done pretty much everything except hang and administer blood products. I also can't draw blood from central lines, but have drawn labs peripherally. I've...

10. I hated being a CNA.....

    lilredrunner replied to lovelove254's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think there are some clarifications about being a CNA that I had to do before I went on to being a nurse. I LOVED being a CNA. Loved the patients, loved the interactions, and loved the caregiving....

11. ABSN, LVN, or BSN 3 year Program?

    lilredrunner replied to poshdoctor's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    100K for a BSN?! I have about 25K in a two-year, and at the end of my four year BSN, I'll have about 50K in debt, which I can live with. 100K seems like a ton of money to me for

12. What does your username mean?

    lilredrunner replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm a redhead. One of my favorite songs is a song sung by Sam Cooke called "Little Red Rooster", wherein a rooster keeps everyone in the barnyard upset in every way, and is too lazy to crow for day....

13. What does your username mean?

    lilredrunner replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

14. Becoming discouraged about becoming a nurse?

    lilredrunner replied to RainbowHead's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You're going to have conditions and workplaces that suck. You'll have coworkers and bosses that just take the life out of you, and you'll even have patients you loathe to the bottom of your soul. But...

15. Working as a full time ER TECH while in nursing school.

    lilredrunner replied to thommybee91's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Depending on how your program does clinical hours, it may work, or may not. We've always had 12 hour clinicals, usually at least two days a week. Add that on to two days of lectures that are usually...