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I realized I have two allnurses accounts and signed into this one instead of the other oops! This is Bekah from few posts ago. @UVMgrad--It's crazy; PV offered me a job on the Medical floor. I declined the offer because I got a job in Oregon that I decided to choose instead. I emailed the recruiter for PV asking about an update before I accepted the Oregon job, and then the next day she emailed me and offered it to me. Crazy. That's cool! I think big hospitals are awesome too and there are so many learning opportunities. My PV interview was hard too! I also had several scenario questions and was wondering why the PV/CS interviews were so different. My PV interview was definitely tough. Several scernairo questions that I didn't expect. However I didn't think I did well with those questions and still got the job...so who knows. I thought I left out a lot from a few of my answers to those questions because I didn't always incorporate the nursing process. I usually just did the assessment part and sometimes interventions, so I was worried about that. I prefer Med because to me it's less predictable than surg which I could be wrong but I think there's more variety to learn and it's just more my style. I'm not a big fan of surgery in general so that may also be part of it. But since you're interested in surg/trauma that sounds very exciting :) Also, @courtneymr: Those are some good questions I don't have an answer to! But I'll do my best :) I think maybe what may have got me in is the supplemental questions...I shared from my heart, was genuine and also tried to apply my answers to their mission statement and values. My GPA was 3.5ish, so not spectacular. I have no idea how much they weigh GPA. My experience...hmm I don't have long term CNA experience but I did work at a summer camp doing health stuff last summer. And I worked as an aide for a quadriplegic for a short time. As for fixing up your resume, I made sure my objective was clear and talked about how I wanted to learn and grow. I also included a section on my "Areas of Expertise" which is basically my strengths. I got that from a lady who used to hire nurses and who checked out my nursing class's resumes. And I also had a separate section for my senior preceptorship. Then I did my most relevant jobs to nursing, and a section for awards/scholarships and then an activities section. I don't know what UCHealth values most in the application process, so on my resume I included as much as I could to stand out when it came to scholarships (I included a few nursing scholarships I got) and some activities I did in college where I demonstrated leadership basically. So yeah. If you have any questions you can always pm me. I'm not an expert at all but I have applied to a lot of jobs so I've had practice, but I'm sure you have too :)

I recently got my first nursing job in Oregon. I applied for licensure in Colorado because I thought that's where I was going to work, but my plans changed. My NCLEX is June 21, and the Colorado BON takes about 3-4 weeks to process your application. I'm supposed to start my job in Oregon on August 7. This leaves 2-3 weeks for Oregon to process my endorsement application. Anyone know if this will allow enough time? I've been reading some of the threads and it seems Oregon can be slow, plus it is summer so it's a busy time. I've called both boards and they don't move your application up or anything, which I expected. My other option is to cancel my application for Colorado and just start over with Oregon. Anyone have advice? Thanks!

Thanks for your help.

What else would I have done besides moving him if he was already defecating? Or maybe it's just that I moved him incorrectly. As for the milk, you're right. I should've asked a nurse instead of trusting his wife. It just doesn't make sense to me how often he has autonomic dysreflexia. It must have something to do with the sensitivity of his hip.

Also, JustBeachyNurse- I also just looked it up and there are some parts of the bowel program that CNAs cannot do. I should have checked on that. However, in that situation when he was already defecating when I got there, I did not know what to do. He did try calling the nurse that sometimes visits, but she did not answer. I probably should have called 911 instead. I remember that when he first told me that he needed a bowel program done, I hesitated because I had seen it done once, but had not done it supervised. I should have just not agreed to do it. I have another question-since he was starting to poop when I first got there one of the reasons his blood pressure went so high? Or was it because of all of the turning to try to get him in the right position? His hip has had problems in the past, and that's what was hurting at the beginning. Also, one more thing to add-his wife told me that he has AD a few times a week. That is really scary, and they don't know how to reduce it. He is on medication for it and they will talk to their doctor to increase the dosage. I just can't help but feel scared that my actions endangered his life. I feel like we do make mistakes, and I don't know the true cause of what started the AD, but this was a life-threatening thing and I felt incompetent.

Okay, I understand. I will definitely talk to my boss about this. The original reason I took the job was the good learning experience, and that I know several nurses who have worked for them as aides and they have a good reputation. But you're right, it's the patient's life that is important.

I have training as a CNA, and I have been trained on the job for this. It is basic CNA work, except for this one time when it was the bowel program, which I have been trained for once. Usually I have help available, but when I walked into this situation, his wife was not there, and I did call her for help and she came home. I will definitely learn from this and know what to do next time, and I did not anticipate myself being in a situation like this because every other time I was there she was there.

I am not working for an agency; this is just the patient and his wife. I believe a nurse visits on occasion, but his wife does a lot of the nursing procedures (she has been trained). His wife is the one who told me to give him milk and raise his head. I did not make that decision. I feel like I shouldn't have been placed in this situation when his wife was gone. Is this why HouTx you think that it was "way out of my scope of practice"? I know that his wife didn't know this would happen. I also will be watching a video about autonomic dysreflexia. I also have another question-with bowel programs, does the blood pressure raise more? Is there something I could have done wrong that would have raised his blood pressure?

I work as an aide for a quadriplegic. I will be starting nursing school next fall and just need some experience. Today I went to help him out and when I got there he was starting to poop (we do a bowel program). I tried to turn him so I could have a good view of his orifice/bowels. However, I could not adequately turn him and his right side kept falling, even with a pillow in place. He was very weak and his blood pressure was over 200. I called his wife and she said he could go in to shock and possibly die. I finally got him up high enough so I could start the bowel program, but he was in a lot of pain still the whole time. Eventually we called his wife again because he was not feeling well despite my efforts to lower his blood pressure by giving him milk and raising his head. I just need advice for quads and how I could have prevented the spike in blood pressure, maybe advice on turning and bowel programs? I just feel really bad that that happened! I have only trained once with his wife for the bowel program, so it wasn't the best situation to be in for my first time, but I feel bad that he was in such pain and his life was endangered. Thanks for your help...