LonghornChic

LonghornChic BSN

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  1. Clinicals at a high school

    LonghornChic posted a topic in School

    Hello! I'll be starting Peds clinicals at a local high school soon and was just wanting some input into what should be expected from a nursing student in this type of setting. Is there anything that...

  2. A newfound appreciation

    LonghornChic posted a topic in School

    I had my first Peds clinical today at a high school and let me tell you, it was AMAZING. Whatever pre-convinced notions I had about school nursing (if I were being honest) were completely shut down by...

  3. A newfound appreciation

    LonghornChic replied to LonghornChic's topic in School

    "School nurses are so important! I looked at a few openings for school nursing when I first graduated but I never applied because I knew there was NO way I was ready for that. Those nurses work...

  4. A newfound appreciation

    LonghornChic replied to LonghornChic's topic in School

    Definitely got the impression that my cohort felt the same way I did during post conference. Going to schools for clinicals is very beneficial to all students and I wish that they would do this for...

  5. A newfound appreciation

    LonghornChic replied to LonghornChic's topic in School

    My entire cohort in general had a blast at clinicals yesterday! The nurse I was with handled everything from feminine products to someone who was under the influence (he confessed to using...

  6. Any Certified Medical Assistants that went in for Nursing?

    LonghornChic replied to FutureLPNNursing's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Do you think you could get a job at the hospital as a clinical assistant? You would be getting great hospital experience (something you won't get as a clinic CMA) and pay off some of your loan....

  7. CMA to RN

    LonghornChic replied to bekahinpink's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I was an MA for about 12 years. I'm now in my senior year of my BSN. There are many differences between MA and RN skills, mainly that as an MA you do very little to no basic nursing care (like you...

  8. MA to ICU RN, Testing and Advice?

    LonghornChic replied to dariannarnold's topic in General Students

    I was a certificate MA for about 12 years. Am currently in my senior year in a BSN degree and have been working as a CA (clinical assistant or CNA) at the hospital for the last 6 months. The MA cert...

  9. Article on a possible new method to assess pain in babies

    LonghornChic replied to LonghornChic's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, yes, yes!!! Thank you so much!! Greatly appreciated

  10. Article on a possible new method to assess pain in babies

    LonghornChic posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all! I started my peds rotation today and my professor was lecturing on how to assess pain in babies and young children. She mostly discussed using the FLACS scale, vitals, etc. She didn't really...

  11. Safety issue: 2 high risk pt's: one fell during shift

    LonghornChic posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I am currently a nursing student working as a CNA in an internal multi-hospital float agency. Occasionally, I am assigned to be a patient sitter rather than a CNA. I am always assigned 1 patient to...

  12. CNA course with a bad rep

    LonghornChic replied to mrs303abuse's topic in General Students

    I don't have a CNA license but I would assume that the rep of the school doesn't matter since you will ultimately gain a CNA license. In the grand scheme of things, where you go to school for CNA will...

  13. Safety issue: 2 high risk pt's: one fell during shift

    LonghornChic replied to LonghornChic's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Update: I ended up resigning because the agency 1.) refused to remove the absence from my record even if I wasn't at fault and 2.) informed me that I would be required to sit for 2 patients due to...

  14. Safety issue: 2 high risk pt's: one fell during shift

    LonghornChic replied to LonghornChic's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yes, the nurse was already in the room with them but the patient had already made it to the door by the time she got there. I think that this could have been prevented if there was someone there with...

  15. "My Nurses"

    LonghornChic replied to HairyMurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    On the flip side: I've been called "my CA" by RN's multiple times before. Yes, sometimes it bothers me because I know I'm at the bottom of the totem pole but it is what it is and I have much bigger...

  16. Nursing student seeking summer job!

    LonghornChic replied to LKVRN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Many hospitals will take nursing students that are in their sophomore/junior year without a CNA license although some might require at least one semester of clinicals. I picked up a job as a CA at a...

  17. UT Austin Pre-nursing to BSN

    LonghornChic replied to Yunikat's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I answered this in another thread but I'm going to leave it here also in case anyone else is searching: As you might know by now, the rules have changed. You no longer have to do the upper division...

  18. Nursing Admission Help

    LonghornChic replied to wish791's topic in General Students

    As you might know by now, the rules have changed. You no longer have to do the upper division application, but rather almost everyone that's admitted gets automatic admission to the nursing the...

  19. Intubation tube dislodged, RN blames PCT

    LonghornChic posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am shadowing a couple of units as a nursing student this summer, with one of them being the ICU. This was my third and last day in this particular unit. I was shadowing an RN who had just completed...

  20. Feeling kind of sad and discouraged for the new generation of nurses

    LonghornChic posted a topic in General Nursing

    Through out nursing school and clinicals, nursing core values have been drilled into my head. My clinical instructor has been at my school for 30 years and she's wonderful! She's really tried to...

  21. Setting aside (suppressing?) my traumatic past during pedi psych unit clinicals.

    LonghornChic replied to LonghornChic's topic in General Students

    Thanks for all your advice and support. I've been talking to my school mental health professional and my professor has been very understanding and accommodating. I'm slowly learning to separate these...

  22. Setting aside (suppressing?) my traumatic past during pedi psych unit clinicals.

    LonghornChic posted a topic in General Students

    Hi all, During registration last semester, we received a few choices of psych clinical sites. All of the choices were known psych clinics or hospitals. I chose a state hospital. As we were doing...

  23. Setting aside (suppressing?) my traumatic past during pedi psych unit clinicals.

    LonghornChic replied to LonghornChic's topic in General Students

    Thank y'all for the advice. I'm going to consider making an appointment with someone at student health services. I'm really trying to sort this out before it becomes a much bigger

  24. Setting aside (suppressing?) my traumatic past during pedi psych unit clinicals.

    LonghornChic replied to LonghornChic's topic in General Students

    Thanks for your advice! It's not that I do not want to work with this population, it's that I do not feel mentally or emotionally prepared enough to deal with children who have been through a certain...

  25. Mayo Clinic Externship 2016 (Summer III)

    LonghornChic replied to futurenurseas5's topic in School, College Programs

    I'm from Austin Texas! Currently a second semester junior in the UT Austin BSN