LoveMyBugs BSN, CNA, RN

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    Has anyone else ever failed Nursing 101

    LoveMyBugs replied to Lericalpoet's topic in General Nursing

    ((hugs)) I know that it has happened to others, one of the girls I met this year was a student last year who failed and was re-accpeted and she told me that there were 7 other students in our class...
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    Will a CNA with a previous back injury looked down upon...

    LoveMyBugs replied to twicexmommy's topic in General Nursing

    I am confused is there somewhere where you have to declare a workmans comp claim and that you had perviously hurt your back on the job? As long as you pass the pre-empolyment physical why wouldn't you...
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    Alternative to spanking

    LoveMyBugs replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree that taking things away works well. With my youngest son, he had a major meltdown, he wouldn't stop. So we packed up all the toys from his room and put them in the garage for a week....
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    Alternative to spanking

    LoveMyBugs replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    Like others have said, it depends on the child, and the offense. I have given my boys the option of being grounded or a spanking. When they were younger if it was dangerous and needed to be stopped...
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    Change room, staff room, gym, locker room?

    LoveMyBugs replied to woknblues's topic in General Nursing

    We have a break room, with table chairs, lockers for about 90% of in the ED, a bathroom with a shower, couch, TV, fridge and computer. Ours is fairly large, we hold pre-shift hudles so it holds about...
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    Frustrated: Want to Quit Current Job to Work in a Hospital

    LoveMyBugs replied to Dottie78's topic in General Nursing

    I would be somewhat honest. Tell them that your long term goal is to be a nurse and that you want hospital experience. At my job, I told my manager that I wanted to be a RN, that my school gave extra...
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    Single Moms-How do you do it?

    LoveMyBugs replied to nkugrad1's topic in General Nursing

    Establish a great support group of people you can count on. My mom is my main babysitter, then my sister, then my other sister, my dad, and then their former daycare provider It took me almost 3 years...
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    looking for an apartment in NE Portland , Oregon

    LoveMyBugs replied to ukmelai's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Have you tried craiglist/portland, or go to oregonlive.com both should have listings for
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    how many times were u rejected to nursing school

    LoveMyBugs replied to lunden's topic in General Nursing

    It took me 3 years to finally get into a program. My first year of applying, I was in the process of finishing my pre-reqs, and I applied to the community college where I was taking classes and a...
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    Should I do a psych rotation?

    LoveMyBugs posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a fisrt year student, and my goal is to do ER or pediatrics and I currently work in an ER as a tech. My school is giving us the option for next term to go to the state psych hosptial or do a...
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    Should I do a psych rotation?

    LoveMyBugs replied to LoveMyBugs's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for youe replies and I decided that I will do the
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    crazy bereavement rules

    LoveMyBugs replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    That is terrible. When my grandfather died earlier this year, I had only been at my job for 5 months, I was given 3 days bereavement leave. I know that I called HR, and filled out a notice and gave it...
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    Requesting input from nursing instructors or nursing school administrators

    LoveMyBugs replied to AZO49008's topic in General Nursing

    My school had us buy the Prentice Hall nursing skills CD-ROMs to watch at home, and they were listed as part of the many books that we are required to purchase. There is a basic skills set and...
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    OHSU and other PDX area applicants for 2009

    LoveMyBugs replied to studentmom2007's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Not a bridge to OHSU yet, but they do have a bridge to Linfield, plus you could still apply to bridge to OHSU even if going to PCC. I wouldn't count out the lottery, and good luck
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    Better clinicals with BSN program???

    LoveMyBugs replied to litebrightgirl's topic in General Students

    I am in a ADN program and at my first semester clinical site there are two other schools there doing clinicals and they are both BSN programs. The students are doing the same things that I am doing in...
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    Difference between F&N 225, and F&N 270

    LoveMyBugs replied to LiveYourDreams's topic in Oregon Nursing

    If you are trying to get into nursing at PCC take FN 270. Other colleges may only require FN 225, but PCC requires FN 270. I learned because I did all my pre-reqs at CCC and they only offered 225, I...
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    CNA, why does it seem like I'm being tossed around?

    LoveMyBugs replied to Gloin's topic in General Nursing

    Have you tried your states nursing board website. I know that my states BON, website as an education link and it shows all the places in the state that are approved to offer CNA traing, CNA 2 training...
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    Just asking..

    LoveMyBugs replied to JMMagana18's topic in General Nursing

    I am 4 weeks into my nursing program and have been a CNA for 2 years. got the CNA over the summer while working on my pre-reqs. The CNA class isn't that long and is not stressful to do. I think that...
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    financial aid opportunities

    LoveMyBugs replied to h2oforzodie's topic in Oregon Nursing

    The hospital I work at offers a loan repayment program, and if you are a full time employee for a full year then they will do tuition reimbursement. I know that Providence has a scholarship program...
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    Hospital provided uniforms

    LoveMyBugs replied to jjkerr01's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital provides scrubs, for OR, ED, L&D. I work ED and we can wear our own or the hospitals, they are nice to have on hand if your scubs become
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    How time consuming is a community college CNA course

    LoveMyBugs replied to KTSNurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    I think that you should be fine. The CNA class dosn't have a lot of time consuming reading like you A&P
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    Soon to be nursing student seeking advice.

    LoveMyBugs replied to Zalan's topic in General Nursing

    If your ultamate goal is to be a RN, why not just got for the RN? Looking at a cost and time stand point. My program cost about 8-10 thousand for the two year program at a CC with a bridge program to...
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    GPA requirements for Portland schools?

    LoveMyBugs replied to nickos's topic in Oregon Nursing

    PCC, has one more year of a lottery entry, so no GPA requirment for them yet. As for CCC I had a 3.5 gpa in pre-reqs and did not make it to the interview both times I applied, same with MT. Hood, I...
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    Worst doctors orders ever received

    LoveMyBugs replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    there was no rectum, it was
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    How long to wait?

    LoveMyBugs replied to oscarPapa's topic in General Nursing

    took me 3 years to finally get accepted into a school. This year I applied to two school the apps were due by the first of Febuary for both schools, the one I got accepted to I heard back by the end...