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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...

  16. Muscles easier than bones??

    lilredrunner replied to 7237dallas's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think it's different for everyone. I had an easier time with the muscles myself, for no other reason than I just could picture them more easily and connect them. Good

  17. ATI anyone?

    lilredrunner replied to bagface's topic in General Students

    Before they switched formats, we used ATI for benchmarking based in levels. Have us a decent idea of where we were sitting compared with either students. They aren't that great for students, honestly,...

  18. Nursing School Uniforms And Their Fate After School

    lilredrunner replied to RunBabyRN's topic in General Students

    Never wear them again. Probably donate them to a local thrift store or first year students. Or have a bonfire. Because I want that satisfaction, can't

  19. First Clinicals; what to bring?!

    lilredrunner replied to adnstudent44's topic in General Students

    I have a pack belt that I found on Amazon (like $15) that I put everything in. I have a hemostat, bandage scissors, penlight, marker, pen, highlighter, alcohol wipes, bandage tape, 2x2 gauze, and a...

  20. Three months to kill before Nursing School... what to do

    lilredrunner replied to Myoclonicjerk's topic in General Students

    I have a calendar to count down every single semester, too. Finally in my last one.. Once you're in it, you will spend most of your time looking forward to being OUT. Enjoy your free time. Nothing...

  21. Dating a Doctor

    lilredrunner replied to Wildcat2009's topic in Male Nursing Students

    People that believe that nurses are people who couldn't hack it in medical school always baffle me. How many times have nurses had to catch the mistakes of doctors, apologize for the doctor's horrible...

  22. ATI Testing for BSN Students

    lilredrunner replied to Jen2010's topic in General Students

  23. Getting "points back" on a test

    lilredrunner replied to adnstudent44's topic in General Students

    This semester is the first time I've ever had a teacher that did a test review like that (and it's my last semester), and I personally hate the subjective push. Before this semester, it was always by...

  24. It's hard losing classmates...

    lilredrunner replied to SopranoKris's topic in General Students

    I started my RN program with 27 in our class. Right now, we're at 20 in our last semester, and that's with a few people injected into the second year as LPN students. It's tough to see them go,...

  25. PALS

    lilredrunner replied to Gina_Marie's topic in Pediatric

    Double