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Proud and super excited to say that I'm fulfilling my lifelong dream of becoming an ER/Trauma nurse. When my friends were asking for toys and video games at Christmas, I was asking for a stethoscope and BP kit. I got both and a microscope as a bonus ...

I work with a few CNAs that actually bully the nurses (charge nurse included) and spend more time sitting at the nurse's station texting their boyfriends than the nurses do while doing paperwork.....right in front of the nurses. Luckily, this LTC CN...

Some areas of the country DO pay their CNAs well, but that is the exception, not the rule in my experience and in my area of the US. There are CNAs in my facility (not me, I'm in nursing school working P/T) that work 16 hour shifts on a regular basis...

Beautifully said!

I'm a 2nd semester ADN student that's attending a community college here in NC. If you were not planning on changing states, you could get your ADN at Coastal, then find out which 4 year schools close to you are offering the 1 year ADN to BSN program...

Becoming a CNA helped me to learn what kind of nurse NOT TO BE. It's simply mind boggling to me how quickly some RNs and even LPNs can forget what it was like to be a CNA. I work with 3 that were previously CNAs. All 3 have extreme cases of amnesia. ...

THIS^^^^^

Very well said!

NO....Just no. OMG..NEVER do that...I don't care who tells you to.

I did not say saying that "Fly by night" CNA crash courses don't produce great CNAs. I said that NURSING SCHOOLS in my state will not accept their (crash courses) curriculum as a prerequisite. The "good thing" being that you must be on the registry b...

And I might add, one MUST attend an accredited CNA I course, clinical rotation, and be on the CNA registry in the state of NC before he/she can attend a nursing school...no "fly by night" 3 week crash courses allowed either..which is really a good th...

In my state, CNAs start at around $9.00/hr. for most LTC facilities. I'm sorry, but for lack of a better phrase, that's pathetic. Nonetheless, facilities continue to analyze and wonder why turnover rates are so astronomical. When people like my ex fe...

Both will get introduced to my friend one day. You'll see. Her name is Karma and she's on a world tour. She'll be coming to their area. Very soon.

Amen. We have new nurses that come in (from other states) and the very first question they ask is, "Like,do I need to help with changing briefs or peri-care, and if so, how often? I'd rather not if possible." First off, use your grown up voice in the...

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This for the win.

I want to vomit, yet I can't stop reading.

This is the difference you will make. And it's HUGE! Your time will come for that dream job. You'll see. Keep your chin up.

HUGE congratulations my friend. LTC is a very noble position and I think you'll really enjoy making a huge difference in those residents' lives. Believe me, you will become attached to them. Best of luck to you! I may have to "dust off" my bow tie wh...

It will be a daily thing.

Haha. No doubt. I'm a CNA, and my team would eat that alive and spit it out. Then fight to see who gets to eat it alive again. We can smell nurses like that from a mile away, and we feed on them. Without mercy. Like you said, those CNAs on his "plane...

Speaking of moving, my nursing school is a consortium of 3 different colleges. Each in adjoining counties.(thank God they're joined). This means I will need to travel to 3 different counties and 3 different hospitals for clinicals.

NOADLS would last 3 mins in my facility with that "God complex." My CNA team and DON puts nurses with that attitude in the unemployment line. We just got rid of one like that last night. Brand new nurse with that attitude. She lasted 3 hours. 2 hrs a...

I will say that I'm lucky enough to have an honest advisor/school. She/they have been really honest in our meetings in regards to the job market. Like she says, it's the area. Right now, my area of NC is okay, but that could change at the drop of a h...

Ok gotcha. I wasn't sure about how that worked. Thanks. I didn't even think about the clinical bedside aspect of teaching. You're 100% correct. That being said, a BSN is not very far off course for a BS in Biology, maybe a couple of core Bio courses....

Can we call them briefs instead of diapers? Surely no one here calls them "diapers" when talking to the resident/patient. Unless they are actually babies of course.