cjcsoon2bnp MSN, RN, NP

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    What would you have said to this CNA

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to zofran's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As a nursing student and a CNA I am appalled by what this CNA said to you. Let me start off by saying that you did nothing wrong! You stepped off the floor for a few minutes (the reason for this is of...
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    Male Nurses

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to Keptonkurtis's topic in General Nursing

    You've put a lot of information in this very short post so let me see where I can get started. First of all let me introduce myself. My name is Chris, I'm a CNA and nursing student and I also happen...
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    Who HATES the term MURSE?

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to LuxCalidaNP's topic in Men in Nursing

    i'm not really sure whether to laugh or be offended at "murse days" so i will just choose to move on from that. let me say however that your husband is awesome and my hero for kicking the cardiology...
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    did i do the right thing?

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to erin01's topic in General Nursing

    I think you did the right thing by not leaving your patient. The most important thing was to stay with your patient and finish administrating the medication. After you finished administrating the med....
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    What if you can't hit a vein to draw blood?

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I think that before any kind of procedure you need to have at least seen it done once before they can just throw you into it and expect you to do it competently by yourself. As a phlebotomist here are...
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    How do you get aides to give good peri care?

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to geriNurse1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    As long as you all have enough supplies and resources then there is absolutely no excuse for not giving good peri-care. I will say as a side note that I do not really like using the pre-moistened...
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    How many of you had to wait on a waiting list for nursing school?

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to aabdelhadi88's topic in General Nursing

    The community college that I went to had a wait list but the four year college I go to now doesn't have a wait list but its not easy to get in. I think no matter where you go, your going to find...
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    What is the difference between Medical Assistant and CNA?

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to girl8582's topic in Nursing Career

    I think the pay difference depends on the area of the country to be honest. Medical Assistants assist physicians in doctors offices where as Certified Nurses Assistants work with nurses in nursing...
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    How do you get aides to give good peri care?

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to geriNurse1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Good peri-care is essential and I don't think there is any excuse for not giving a patient good peri-care but I think you should find a way to organize a staff meeting and find out from your CNAs on...
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    Who HATES the term MURSE?

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to LuxCalidaNP's topic in Men in Nursing

    I don't really mind murse but then again I've never really seen it used before except on this board so... I will say one thing that ****** me off is when some lady who is a customer I have known for a...
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    Nurse Educator Role - A Fifth Advanced Practice Nursing Specialty?

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    My initial reaction was to say "Yes" the nurse educator deserves to be the fifth advanced practice nursing specialty. However, since reading some of the arguments made by other users it makes me...
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    Rules for the ER (long)

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    I'm not sure if anyone said this yet but... The ER is not the place to come and get a refill on your birth control.
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    ER tech forum.

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to FirefighterDoug's topic in Emergency

    I know that we already have a CNA form but maybe we could rename somehow to include techs. too. I'm not sure, its just a suggestion
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    What supplies do YOU use to start an IV?

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to rnleigh's topic in Emergency

    On my floor we have two IV trays and the nurses just bring the tray as close to the room as possible and grab the supplies they need for that patient. I haven't heard any complaints yet.
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    which job should a new nurse take

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to angiendev1's topic in General Nursing

    Its up to you really, you need to go where your heart is but if it were me personally I would go for the ER all the way. If I couldn't have the ER then probably Med/Surg but definitely not Oncology...
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    Codes?

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to nkara's topic in General Nursing

    I was told that if its your patient then stay with them and do whatever you can to assist the nurses and physicians, this could mean taking blood pressures or grabbing supplies or even drawing blood...
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    Will BSN get jobs over ASN in this recession?

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    As someone who is persuing their BSN but was an ADN student at one point (but transferred because of the program's wait list.) I will say that generally speaking Associate's degree and Diploma nursing...
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    "Atypical" Nurse? How discouraging...

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to Darjeeling22's topic in General Nursing

    Well gee golly! I didn't know we we're still in the 1950's! Tell that nurse not to fear since your just becoming a nurse so you can snag a doctor husband and have a few babies anyways. Tell her while...
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    RIC-so confused

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to tamaraglennon's topic in General Nursing

    I never buy my books from the campus bookstore, I buy all of my books from Amazon. The only time I get anything from the bookstore is if a class has a packet or workbook that you can only get from the...
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    RIC-so confused

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to tamaraglennon's topic in General Nursing

    If your doing Anatomy during the summer just keep in mind that Anatomy is a very intense course, it requires a lot of study time but the summer actually isn't a bad time to take it. You really need to...
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    No More Fingersticks for Techs!!

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a nursing student and a CNA on a Med/Surg floor in a large teaching hospital and as a CNA we are able to do EKGs, fingersticks and venipuncture for labs as well as the usual CNA tasks. So while I...
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    RIH/Hasbro Critical Care Internships:

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to lei7's topic in General Nursing

    I thought I'd give a little update to this post. I did a little investigating and found out that this year there were 8 positions open and they interviewed somewhere between 120 - 140 applicants. Out...
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    Is this common?

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to chickapea's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Try working for a LTC facility that has a limit on how many washcloths and towels you can use on each resident (in this case it was two washcloths and one towel per person per shift.) This means that...
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    RIC-so confused

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to tamaraglennon's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a good plan to me! RIC does take into account your GPA when you transfer (it will use that as part of their decision to allow you to be accepted to the college) but the only GPA you have...
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    RIC-so confused

    cjcsoon2bnp replied to tamaraglennon's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Tamara, I'm Chris and I'm a junior at RIC (going into Pediatrics and Med. Surg I in the fall) and I'm also one of Lauren's classmates. I'm glad to hear your looking at RIC, its a really good...