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    Bad back but want to be a nurse.

    casi replied to bkep25's topic in General Nursing

    Even though there are some areas of nursing that require less back work, you still have to use your back throughout school. If you want to be a nurse because you want to get into the helpping...
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    For Experienced Nurses.....?

    casi replied to NatashaFromOregon's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not exactly experienced, I'm just a first semester student. The thing I've found to be the most helpful is time management. You have a tentative schedule that you plan on sticking too, but at the...
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    Cna

    casi replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    Just because the technical college says you should take so many credits doesn't mean you should. I would contact them just and specifically ask about a cna
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    Any techs out there? How many patients are you assigned?

    casi replied to liljeepster's topic in General Nursing

    I think a reasonable number of patients depends on the patient acuity. There are nights that I have 26 patients and I'm bored. Then there are the nights where I may only have 15 and I'm ready to be...
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    Will you work during a Pandemic?

    casi replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I wouldn't work without PPE. If they offered me PPE I'd be doing all I could do to help. BUT: Nowhere in my job description does it say I have to give up my life to save
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    Any techs out there? How many patients are you assigned?

    casi replied to liljeepster's topic in General Nursing

    I'm the only CNA at night on a 26 bed unit. If the census is below 10 I get floated. Sometimes I get floated when the census is well above that. So the answer to that is I can have up to 26 patients,...
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    Code blue: family at bedside????

    casi replied to ljcraigrn's topic in General Nursing

    So Timothy, as a young reckless person lets say I do the worst and wrap my car around a tree. I land my butt in the neuro ICU comatose with tubes coming out of places most people didn't know tubes...
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    Code blue: family at bedside????

    casi replied to ljcraigrn's topic in General Nursing

    What really bothers me about this thread is it seems like people turn death into this big scary thing that people should be sheilded from. It's not. We don't consider family members who crowd around...
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    Double Briefing

    casi replied to michael79's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'll admit this is something I used to o occassionally with incontient/combative patients. It was a lot safer to stick two pairs of briefs on them when they were in a good mood because the next time...
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    Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    casi replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    If you are terrified of patients, turn green at the sight of blood or a wound, and label most nursing tasks as disgusting... Why are you becoming a
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    Anyone know this med?!?!

    casi posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been prepping until I can prep no more for clinicals and try as I might I can't find the medication Calamine Phenolated. I've been through the Davis Drug book several times and have google so...
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    Anyone know this med?!?!

    casi replied to casi's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the help! I'm on my way to clinicals
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    A doctor helps children change their gender

    casi replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Most of me thinks this is fantastic, but a little part of me is uncomfortable about starting gender changes in someone so young. I think that my worries just have to do with it not being something...
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    cna, to be or not to be.

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

    I would say become a CNA. It gives you an excellent idea of what nurses do and go through. At sometime in your training you are going to running to adult puke and poop, so you might as well find a way...
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    How do you get over the smells?

    casi replied to flipper4u's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I've learned to focus on the patient and the task, not the smells or grossness. Quite honestly I think that after so many times of cleaning stuff up it just kinda stopped bugging
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    CNA's, I need YOUR help!

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

    RUN far and fast. This job is toxic. Under no circumstances should you be expected to work in it. There are tons of good places looking to hire a good
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    CNA...not superwoman...HELP

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

    I would smile sweetly and say, "I'm sorry, I'm not Super Woman, I'd like to be, but I'm not." You're still new and it sounds like you are doing
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    Overtime

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

    I'm ALWAYS getting calls to come in early, stay late, or come in for an extra shift. Overtime is pretty easy to accrue if you want
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    Float Pool

    casi replied to Katie89's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I don't work float, but I've considered it because the job is ever changing, and you really don't get into the floor
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    Compassion....Why is it lacking?

    casi replied to RedhairedNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yes pain is subjective. As I'm a nursing student I recently went through that lecture in class. Here's the thing, in the circumstances the OP described, she could have easily asked another nurse to...
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    Vital Signs and the Nursing Asst

    casi replied to mcpkin's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work the staffing is a little bit different, but the nurses do their own vital signs. Or at least they do the first set. It's apart of their
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    Compassion....Why is it lacking?

    casi replied to RedhairedNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think the nurses that burn out quickly are the ones who care too much. They'll put their patients needs before their own and take home all of their patient's burdens. A good nurse is able to say...
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    Assessment and Urgency a thing of the past?

    casi replied to MAISY, RN-ER's topic in General Nursing

    *hugs* Not much I can say as I'm a nursing student and don't have the real world experience to answer your questions. I just wanted to say that your father-in-law is blessed to have a daughter who is...
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    Nurse Assistant - A New Career?

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

    Go for it!!! If your heart is in it and you think you would enjoy it, there is no reason for you not to. I've worked with quite a few CNAs who were in their 60's (and I have a strong feeling that...
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    Scrub Nurse Pros/Cons

    casi replied to Baseball33's topic in General Nursing

    Science and math help, but basically all high school classes do is get you into the college of your choice. I would push her to take classes and do activities that she enjoys. Depending on your...