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    Adventures in the McDonald's drive-through...

    casi replied to Bumashes's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The things you got to do for a free breakfast Good
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    Day/Night with young children at home

    casi replied to jesshopper12's topic in General Nursing

    Make sure you have daycare for the days you have to sleep. Those who work nights and then come home to take care of their kids all day burn out very quickly. Also don't get in it in your head that...
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    Dont want to get anyone in trouble

    casi replied to dscott76's topic in General Nursing

    I personally would advise against the pictures. You could accidently wake up a nurse that could get really cranky with you or otherwise be caught by another co-worker taking pictures. I wouldn't want...
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    UMN-TC application update form

    casi replied to waiting11's topic in General Nursing

    Get yourself on the waiting list. People do drop out last minute. I had one classmate who got the call to join our class the day before classes start. It's a little to late for this, but apply...
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    Does it matter where you get your ADN to get a job?

    casi replied to fianne's topic in General Nursing

    I went to Century College and felt I had a really good clinical experience. I really can go on for hours about how wonderful the program is. I will say this though. The current job market sucks,...
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    CNA Commandments

    casi replied to greeniebean's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Thou shall keep a trash liner in all garbage cans that are accessible to confused patients and on that note please keep trash cans out of small rooms that the confused patients can confuse as...
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    what should CNA's carry at all times?

    casi replied to NatashaArian's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    As a CNA why do you need a steth and penlight? Honestly I work in a hospital now and all I carry on me is the two pens, a watch, a highlighter, and my brain sheet. Only thing I can think to use a...
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    Can a CNA get a job as a MA?

    casi replied to ccastor's topic in General Nursing

    I know a while back in MN I was seeing clinics hiring CNAs instead of MAs. From what it I remembered they were using CNAs to room the patients and take vital signs. I would look around for day shift...
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    assisted livivng facility vs nursing home?

    casi replied to inspired-nurse2b's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Assisted Livings can vary greatly. It all depends on what kind of patients the ALs accept. There are some in my area that once you need more than an assist of one or need someone else to give you your...
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    what should CNA's carry at all times?

    casi replied to NatashaArian's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    All I carry is a watch on my wrist, 2 black pens, 1 highlighter, and my brain. Sometimes I'll add a sharpie to that mix. When I worked in Assisted Living I always carried an extra pair of gloves...
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    What do you do when telemetry calls?

    casi replied to RaziRN's topic in General Nursing

    As a monitor tech I'm going to suggest giving the monitor some parameters on patients that you think may cause them to call a lot. A few parameters I got last night we're "frequent PVC's are okay...
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    Shoes for Men in Nursing

    casi replied to Shotty's topic in General Nursing

    Not a man, but I swear by new balance walking
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    Documentary: The Business of Being Born

    casi replied to SlightlyMental_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I thought this is fascinating. As much as I'm interested in natural childbirth, when the time comes for me to start having babies I'm paranoid enough I probably wouldn't have a home birth. For those...
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    to go or not go to pinning ceremony?

    casi replied to LuvPedsNrsg's topic in General Nursing

    There were quite a few people in my class who chose fellow classmates to pin them. One classmate even pinned herself. It was all kind of cool. The pinning ceremony is a fantastic end to nursing school...
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    Ideas for a graduation party

    casi replied to Amber4383's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't do anything nursing related for my graduation party. Since I graduated in December I had a luau which in MN sets a nice mood and served hot beverages. The one thing I did that was nursing...
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    RN-BSN in MN

    casi replied to casi's topic in General Nursing

    For those who've taken part in Bethel's program. How is religion incorporated if at all? I know Bethel is a religious school which is what makes me shy away from them as I'm very not
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    Can AMI cause acute CVA? or seizure?

    casi replied to Wildschmidt's topic in Emergency

    I know that sometimes vfib can look like a seizure. I went running for a patient room as they went into vfib and the nursing in the room hit the call light because she thought the patient was about to...
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    NCLEX.....Pay to prep???

    casi replied to NurseVab's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If you took the HESI use that as an indicator. It's really all about how you feel about the test I have heard really good things about Kaplan. I however didn't take Kaplan and passed the NCLEX first...
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    best decision based on circumstances...

    casi replied to seriouslyserious's topic in General Nursing

    My advice is to apply to all and see what happens. If the ASN program admits at random then there is chance you wont get it. If you don't get in retake some classes and create a stronger application...
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    Is new grad program just for new grad students?

    casi replied to Lu_rn's topic in General Nursing

    If the hospital has a nurse recruiter call and ask what route they think would be the best fit for
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    Appropriate Shoes for Interview

    casi replied to chevyv's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I agree with those that suggested a nice looking pair of black tennis shoes. I'd hope that most interviewers aren't checking out your
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    online BSN programs

    casi replied to aflac381's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Check out some of your local 4 year schools, I've been searching for online or reduced seat time RN-BSN programs and found that a lot of reputable universities have them. I've so far applied to...
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    RN-BSN in MN

    casi replied to casi's topic in General Nursing

    Anyone hear anything about how primarily online Mankato state is? Reading up on their program it looks like you have to do some classroom time, but it really doesn't say if I'd be taking monthly or...
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    ACLS and/or EKG classes in MN?

    casi replied to MauriceRC's topic in General Nursing

    I'll go with the others and say hold off on taking ACLS until you've at least graduated nursing school. As a new grad I'm hoping to get into an ACLS class, but I've worked as an aide and a monitor...
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    Pets in the office? (LTC)

    casi replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that some people are really uncomfortable around snakes. We actually keep our ball python in our spare room where we can shut the door to keep visitors happy. Maybe get a pair of gerbils for...