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I have two kids (10 & 5) and I am a junior in my BSN program. A baby changes everything. I am going through a divorce also. Big, giant life changes like a baby, divorce make nursing school 100x difficult in my opinion. I feel like I have to wor...

Guy comes into the front lobby of the hospital screaming at the top of his lungs he needs a Dr NOW. A surgeon shows him down to ED and he's still screaming "I HAVE NEVER SEEN MY DAUGHTER LIKE THIS BEFORE". He's screaming there's no time for paperwork...

I have been in my program for a year and a half, it's a 4 year BSN. I came as a transfer student. I am a little older, I am 28. A huge chunk of my cohorts are under 21, and a bunch are about my age with kids and there is a few who are older (40+). I...

I love working with elderly, don't get me wrong, but some of them won't do ANYTHING for themselves. Only when the families are around. Then act like we are crazy when cares go up.

I have crps/rsd on my right arms from a patient falling and it was a choice of her cracking her head open or me attempting to ease her to the ground. This is hell. I am in nursing school? So far able to maintain nursing school, I begged the dr to ...

Yes. That is why I put it in quotation marks. Thank you

I am a CNA at a ALF. I have been here for 3 years. I get paid $11.37 a hour. I have 5 years experience. People that walk through the door with less experience make more than me. I have been a good employee. Now I am in nursing school, I am looking f...

I don't understand why some people lie either. There is nothing Shameful about being a CNA.

#6 really grinds my gears sometimes. I dislike this daughter/son/in-law-kids/priest/nosy passerby scenario "She/he looks uncomfortable when did you turn her last, has she had pericare/morphine/atropine/lorazepam/ice chips" as I am walking out of the...

Not really swallowed butttt..... At my ALF one of our resident put a flower from one of the inside plants in her "front bottom". I thought it was a blood clot at first

Is it in ALF or skilled? I know in ALF it's in the contract that they are not with staff 24/7 so there is the disclaimer. I'm not sure about skilled or the hospital.

I get a lot of clothes at goodwill. They have amazing sales!! I got a brand new pair of nikes for $5.99!! I get my kiddos clothes there too.

Currently I work in Alf. I have worked there for over three years. I am in my second year of nursing school getting my BSN. The school I go to also had a couple hospitals. It's not going to great at the ALF, so I decided it was time to move on. I hav...

I also work in ALF. One time the nurse thought the resident was having a anxiety attack, he was really having a heart attack. Always send.

I am a CNA but I have a few stories. We have a diabetic resident (sugars average 250) and his buddy the dementia resident. Diabetic resident got jello one night and the dementia resident got a piece of pie his wife bought. Diabetic resident was yell...

I am still in nursing school, but work as a CNA. I used to be tiny, but after two kids and studying I have piled on the weight. I also have 50 pounds to loose, on top of the 17 I have lost :). It is hard for me because where I work we get free meals,...

27 year old mom of 2 (8 and 3). In my second year of nursing school for BSN. Work as a MA at a assisted living, also lead a Girl Scout troop.

I had a patient that scolded me for laying the blanket over her with the fringe on the right instead of the left. Told me I have a long way to go in nursing school and I'll never make it. Over a blanket.

This is really interesting. I have RSD in my right arm. I get very intense pain. I have a pain management doctor, and meds but this day it was unbearable. I went to the ER, bawling in pain, it was so sore I was shaking. I couldn't sleep, my Teeth wer...

Can you go PRN? I work PRN at 2 places and pickup when I have less schoolwork ( yeah right!). It works out well.

I study when my kids are in bed. That calls for late nights and early mornings. My kiddos are 2 and 7 so they are a distraction. I also like to study at school.

Make sure you lock your cart!!! I worked in a ALF as a med aide and we got dinged because our LPN and our director did not ensure the locks were working on the draws. (Resident had their meds in their rooms, supposed to be double locked. One lock on...

I work in a assisted living facility. I also work temp prn and I see a lot of students too. They said it is hard and they lost a few but it's worth it. One girl said that they have some people who are getting good grades that are working. She said if...

I start nursing school on the 25th. I was wondering do you buy our books used? If so, what do you do about the online codes? My experience has been that most classes do not usually use them, and a used book is sufficient, but what about the ones that...

Congrats! I start the trad program the 25th!! I have talked to some of the ace students who do clinical a where I work. They said it is hard but very worth it!!