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    sending nurses home early

    LoveMyBugs replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    Just this week we ended up going on divert for 4 hours, because 3 RNs were sent home, then we filled up and went on divert because they were unable to bring the staff back in so we had 9 rooms that we...
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    Anyone have feedback on Clackamas online Microbiology?

    LoveMyBugs replied to Bella Kate's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't take the online class, but I did take Micro with the same teacher. She said the material is the same, she didnt do a lot of lecture, because it is a lab/lecture combinded class, and they post...
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    Anyone have feedback on Clackamas online Microbiology?

    LoveMyBugs replied to Bella Kate's topic in General Nursing

    Are you referig to Clackamas Community College in
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    CNA trouble.. again!?

    LoveMyBugs replied to lvlissl2ebecca's topic in General Nursing

    Did you approach the CNA's and ask them about staying over? Was a resonable attempt made to call someone in? Was agency called? I dont think that the CNA acted agaisnt you personally, it was the...
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    no more techs for us....

    LoveMyBugs replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    In my ED,(24 beds) the nursing ratio is 3:1, and depending on the room 2:1, with one RN as a task and one RN who floats, and the charge RN. There are two CNAs in the back one for each 12 bed pod. We...
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    Still a student, my heart set on ER...

    LoveMyBugs replied to karleigh's topic in Emergency

    I dont know how much longer you have in school, but have you tried working as a CNA in the ED to give you some experience there? I am a CNA and just got hired in the ED about 2 months ago and I love...
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    Medical Professional?

    LoveMyBugs posted a topic in General Nursing

    There was a conversation at work on who is considered a "medical professional." Specifically are CNAs considered a health-care or medical professional? One nurse at work stated that CNA are...
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    Medical Professional?

    LoveMyBugs replied to LoveMyBugs's topic in General Nursing

    I have every intention of going to nursing school, I have been to college have earned two degrees. I was not calling myself a "professional" nor I have never presented myself to be a nurse, when...
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    ER Nurses Week-What's everyone doing?

    LoveMyBugs replied to ERnewbieRN's topic in Emergency

    They have done something everyday this week. The days I worked we had cookies on Monday. Yesterday we had pizza, and today we had the Olive Garden catered lunch. Plus they handed out little gitft...
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    autism cure

    LoveMyBugs replied to NurseNature's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, seizures affect some children with autism. There is a strong link with epilepsy, turrettes and autism. Some children have all three some have a combination. Autism is like snowflakes, all very...
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    autism cure

    LoveMyBugs replied to NurseNature's topic in General Nursing

    I saw the show on 20/20 and on Oprah, while it is nice that she offers hope that it is the diet. This is a woman who could afford all the therapies that her son needed. Therapy is very expenseive, and...
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    Help, questions to ask during interview

    LoveMyBugs posted a topic in Emergency

    After almost a year of applying to the area hospitals, I finally have an interview for the emergency depaertment at one of the hospitals.:yelclap: I have worked for almost a year as a CNA in a nursing...
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    Help, questions to ask during interview

    LoveMyBugs replied to LoveMyBugs's topic in Emergency

    Thank You all who responded with the great advice. I just got off the phone with the ED manager and she offered me a full time position!!!!!!!! Very excited to be moving from LTC to the
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    CNA Training

    LoveMyBugs replied to studentmom2007's topic in Ob/Gyn

    hi studentmom2007 I am in Milwaukie, summer of 06 I took the CNA course at CCC and have been working in a LTC, and I finally have gotten an interview at one of the big hospitals in the area. I have...
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    CNA Training

    LoveMyBugs replied to studentmom2007's topic in Ob/Gyn

    To get your CNA, you can take a seperate course. My CC offers a CNA course that is the length of one quarter of school. Many nursing homes also offer the course for free, as long as you work for them....
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    RNs with Bad Credit

    LoveMyBugs replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I just interviewed at does credit checks. When you apply online, after you are done with the application up pops the page saying that they will do a credit check and to type your in name...
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    Anyone repeat A&P?

    LoveMyBugs posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am finishing up my last term of A&P, and I wasnt accepted to any of the schools that I applied to. I am going to take the CNA class during the summer. I passed the first two terms of A&P...
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    How many CNA's work

    LoveMyBugs replied to RNIAM's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    100 beds with a skilled wing, days 3 nurses, CNA 8 or9 with 2 med aides eve 2.5 nuses (one day nurse works a 12 and is on the skilled wing untill 7pm) with 6 or 7 CNA and 2 med aides Nights 1 nurse 4...
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    Feeding Residents

    LoveMyBugs replied to pat8585's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Feed them as long as it takes, unless they are refusing to swallow their food, or spitting it out. Then you try the ensure. A lot of times if a resident is taking a long time to eat we will switch...
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    Professional courtesy from police at traffic stops

    LoveMyBugs replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    My dad was a firefighter for 20+ years and they had stickers they would put on the back window of the car to identify them. They were red with the firefighter logo and usually what city.We were able...
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    "You dont look like a Susan Brown" (long)

    LoveMyBugs replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    We could have had the same doctor! My ex-husband is hispanic and when we had our first son we gave him a traditional name Alejandro, well took him to a new doctor for a check up I got there on time...
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    anyone working and going to school and having a family

    LoveMyBugs replied to greysa32's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    This coming school year I will be working Mon & Wens as a preschool teacher, classes on Tues & Thursday, working at a LTC as a CNA on Fri & Sat. Sundays for the family. I am a single...
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    Rejection Club:Come On In!

    LoveMyBugs replied to tigress_8207's topic in General Nursing

    I applied to four schools this year, 1 rejection letter, 1 was a lottery (didnt win), 1 I never heard back from, and 1 I missed the cut off by 2.4 points for their scoring system. Had I been working...
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    any single mom's out there obtaining nursing degree?

    LoveMyBugs replied to aspire2bpediactric's topic in General Nursing

    I am a single mom of 2, after I divorced is when I went back to school, I have done 3 years of pre-reqs and missed nursing school by 2.4 points, this year:madface:. However next school year I am...
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    First Impression of a CNA job

    LoveMyBugs replied to FinderKeeper's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunatly she wasnt fired, she was susspended and this week she is training to work the evening shift instead of