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    Thank you notes to patients?

    casi replied to darkblue's topic in General Nursing

    I thought this was going to be a thread about sending a patient that really touched your heart a thank you note and if it was appropriate. Boy was I wrong. I would simply refuse to write the notes...
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    How do you study?

    casi replied to JustKeepSmiling's topic in General Students

    I LOVE NCLEX questions! My classmates know they can count on me to bring at least 2 NCLEX books to study
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    HS Senior Project Ideas?

    casi replied to JamesJr.'s topic in General Nursing

    My first question is what is it that interests you about nursing? There are so many aspects of nursing that you can touch upon. What could be fun is shelling out the money for a summer CNA course and...
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    qualities needed for CNA

    casi replied to k777's topic in General Nursing

    I took my CNA course at Century. Century and Inverhills have a joint RN program, so my title is Inverhills Century College Nursing Student. It's a really good progrm and I'm hppy with
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    Best Holiday Gift Given by Your Hospital

    casi replied to zoopnever's topic in General Nursing

    They served a hot meal for day and evening shifts and then on nights we got a nice layout of deli-meats and salads. It was really
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    qualities needed for CNA

    casi replied to k777's topic in General Nursing

    The ability to continuously priortize and repriortize your tasks. Team work. If you help others out they'll more likely be willing to help you out. When the poop hits the fan for a co-worker be...
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    How does one become charge?

    casi replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    They lose an extremely fierce match of rock, paper,
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    Husband uncomfortable with my job!

    casi replied to DA314's topic in General Nursing

    I would express my concern to him that he thinks that scrubbing down a 90 year old man covered in poop is
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    CNA or EMT while in school, CNA being a "dirty job" help please

    casi replied to KdnRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    Doesn't matter if you are a CNA on the floor or an ER Tech in the ER. People who are unable to care for themselves poop and someone has to clean them
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    Pediatric Teaching Project - Need Suggestions

    casi replied to SimplyMeL3's topic in General Students

    I also forgot to add, hit up organizations and buisnesses for freebies. My group is doing household chemicals yuck and we're trying to get frliendly with poison
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    Infuriating Responses To Questions

    casi replied to ADPIE10's topic in General Students

    It's the instructors way of making you put together what you know to come to an answer. When your in the field there won't always be someone there to answer your questions. You'll have to start...
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    1 assist transfers w sb

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

    You really can't be worrying about what others will think of you. You have two priorities. Keep your residents safe and keep yourself
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    Pediatric Teaching Project - Need Suggestions

    casi replied to SimplyMeL3's topic in General Students

    I'm doing something simular for class. We are teaching pre-schoolers on something health/safety related. A few ideas my class came up with are staying away from poison/household chemicals, cover your...
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    Nurses will do the CNA job

    casi replied to bongids's topic in General Nursing

    I hate to break it to you but nursing assistants provide basic NURSING care. When your patient needs to use a bedpan or be turned the CNA isn't going to always be there to do it for the
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    Acute Care Nursing Assistants: Advice for getting NA job in acute care?

    casi replied to andpeggy's topic in General Nursing

    It took me almost 3 years to get a job in acute care. Getting in really depends on the facility. I know a few people who got into the hospital as new NAs when the hospital was changing ratios and...
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    So angry right now. Warning: Extremely long

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

    *hugs* So sorry your family is going through this. It's hard enough to have a family member ill, but when the hospital is only making is worse by mismanaging his case that's torture. Is there...
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    new CNA at a hospital?

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

    I think that it really depends on where you live. On this board I've heard of a lot of CNAs getting hired to hospitals right out of school. I live in MN and this is rare. It takes a lot of experience,...
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    Enduring the Pain (long-ish)

    casi replied to EleRico's topic in General Nursing

    You need to ask yourself why you want to be a nurse and if it's really worth the pain. There are a lot of areas of nursing where you won't have to lift, but you have to still go through nursing school...
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    Should I contact them?

    casi replied to ton343's topic in General Nursing

    Give them time. You're luckhy they are sendin the letter to you so quickly. I applied to schools in February and they didn't get back to me until April. The school I got into put me on a wait list and...
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    Loved one soon to be passing

    casi replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    *hugs* My thoughts go out to you and your family. I hope she goes
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    SaniCloths trigger asthma attack

    casi replied to RNfaster's topic in General Nursing

    What about the HB Quat? We use it interchangably with the
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    do you ever just wanna yell..."Would you SHUT UP already???"

    casi replied to coltsgrl's topic in General Students

    Yes, there are no stupid questions, but there is such a thing as stupid interuptions and questions that don't pertain to the material. The people who are rambling about life stories or experiences...
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    Letting a pt on suicide precautions out of their room to ambulate.

    casi replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    It really depends on the patient if you let them up or not. If your gut is telling you no, don't let them up. As an aide I've ambulated a people on suicide percautions around the nurses station a few...
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    Tips for Repositioning & Bathing Pts!

    casi replied to Mary C's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, they mean drawsheets. I've seen very few liftting devices in the hosptial I work at. We're expected to use our
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    Trouble finding a job as a New Grad

    casi replied to R*Star*RN's topic in General Nursing

    If you have a friend that is good with resumes get them to look at yours and see if there are ways to make you stand out more. It seems just a bit odd that you aren't even getting