amberdragonfly

"waiver was denied to stay per Governor." I took this to mean that the hospital was directly ordered by the governor to evacuate regardless of wishing to stay open. I would think that that would supercede any policies previously in place; and given storm ratings, wouldn't paramedics just bring patients to those hospitals actually rated high enough and therefore able to stay open?

Soon to graduate student nurse here...we ALWAYS have pens and I can't imagine trying to get through a shift without. I keep 2 different colored pens and a permanent marker on me.

Omg, I just looked this up and its very similar to the same technique I've been using for years to take care of the house as well as school work and home projects. I find it extremely effective when I need to buckle down and get a good chunk of work done. I discovered a woman years ago called The Fly Lady, and her biggest motto is "you can do anything for 15 minutes." It's all about not feeling overwhelmed and helping to stay on task for at least some decent length of time. Set the timer, work til it goes off, take a break, start again. I often find that once I get started, I get over that hump that had me distracted at the start, so I just reset the timer and just continue working, allowing myself a break when I need one.

I agree with pretty much everyone so far. Unless it was a serious infraction that got you escorted out, I wouldn't be pushy about it. If it's not a situation that has you banned from but whole hospital, perhaps mention that you used to work there, and ask if your instructor needs to take that into account when doing assignments. She might appreciate it but still tell you if doesn't matter. Let it go if that's the case. A couple of side notes: schools can vary, though. We were told we don't have a choice in time or location, but that our instructor will try...no promises...but try to keeps us geographically closer to our homes. That way we won't have students criss-crossing across the state. And even though we can't request anything, I've heard through the grapevine from current students, that for weekend clinicals they will take volunteering for those shifts under consideration. I also had a friend who found out her work facility was on the location list for her school. She requested to be assigned there for convenience and they accomodated her...she would come to clinical in the morning and stay to work her evening shift. This all occurred on her own unit. í ½í¸• She was really good at switching gears and not crossing scope of practice. And the nurses we worked with were always really good about educating and letting us watch procedures anyway, so they never had a problem with her being there in both capacities. BUT she was lucky it worked out so well...I can totally see that being a major issue in most cases.

I went to the Capital orientation in June, and the class and lab schedule seems fine: class is Monday and Friday 9-11, but lab is 8-330 Tuesday and Wednesday. The problem is, we don't know what we're going to be getting assigned yet for clinical rotations...could be days, could be evenings, could be a few spots on weekends. We won't know 'til closer to the end of September. Basically we were told, "We sympathize; bills need to be paid and food needs to go on the table. But if you want to be successful in this program, you need to find a way to work as little as possible." 😕

This is exactly what happened to me. I did well enough in high school, took advanced classes, and my test scores were always high. I retained all the info from class and took great notes, and generally just always understood everything, so I hardly ever had to actually study. When I got to college, my self-motivation and study habits were lousy, and with the increased intensity of the lectures I wasn't retaining info as well as I had been...which led to lower test scores. It was a BIG adjustment to shift gears and learn new ways to cope. It took two semesters of probation and dropping out to go to a community college, to help me forge those new skills. And now I'm back on track. But I never would have dreamed of asking my friends to bail me out...in fact I refrained from seeking their assistance because I didn't want to bother them with my own failures, though I'm sure they would have been more than happy to help. I saw it as a failure to ask for help and go see a tutor...I felt I should be doing it myself. I wish I'd been able to get over that. It's one thing I wish i could go back and change. While the adjustment from high school to college has been rough on OPs friend, I'm sure, it in no way excuses her behavior. She has plenty of options for help at her disposal, and if she refuses to use them, it's all on her, as it was on me. She's going to need to buckle down or find an alternate educational path that suits her better.

Yeah, you'll find out all this info that's specific to your school program when you go to orientation. I don't know if your program is different than ours, but for us labs are like classes as we have no choice in the matter. We all attend class and labs at the same time (like lab classes for chem/micro/a&p). To be blunt, we were told if scheduled times don't work out for us, we have to find a way to make it work. I'm fortunate I'm a stay-at-home mom right now, but I have friends who are entering the program, too, that are struggling to rearrange work schedules or drop hours so they can go to school.

At our Capital orientation our instructor had worked out the schedule for the whole semester (tests included) and gave us all a copy. If you're at a different school your times and days may be very different. We have class Mondays and Fridays 9a-10:50a and lab Tuesdays and Wednesdays 8a-3:30p. It looks like my class has lab until mid-October . . . after that, clinicals will be assigned to us for two days a week and they could be any two days in a row, day or evening shifts. Like I said, we won't know what our clinical schedule will be until probably the end of September. What school are you going to?

What school are you going to? At the Capital orientation, if I recall correctly, she said the clinical assignments wouldn't be made until we'd already been in lab for a few weeks...so not til mid/late September.

Yes, definitely give them a call. Who knows, maybe there's technical issue on their end or your email address is triggering a spam filter and they're not seeing them. Regardless, it will show drive and determination to call them, or to even go and show up at the school. Explain the situation and ask for the admissions office or to see an advisor. You can always call or walk in anywhere even when job hunting. Good luck!

13 years as a CNA and I've never had to write progress notes. Mostly my charting has been in the form of flow sheets where we had to check off and initial how patients performed transfers and ADLs through the day (Extensive assist of 2, limited assist of 1, Total, etc), as well as how and how much they ate, if they had a shower/bath, bowel movements, I&Os, vitals, distances walked if they did with us, and behavior sheets, turning schedules, weekly/daily weights, etc. Nothing was written out...everything with the exception of vitals and I&Os were check/initial boxes. And everything was legally binding, hence our initials and a nurse's signature being required. These sheets were kept in their own binders organized by room number or alphabet so we didn't monopolize the nursing charts. A couple of years ago my current facility transitioned to electronic charting and the aides have access to the same system the nurses do (touch screen computers on the hallway walls felt so futuristic! Lol), and when we log in it's programmed for what we need to see and utilize. But it's still basically the same in that we just select the options for how activities through the day were performed. Except instead of sitting down at the end of the shift to go through all our sheets, we are supposed to continuously chart as we work...it doesn't always work so well on busy and short days, but we try.

It was May 1st.

I just registered for class!!! I didn't have to meet with an advisor since I've taken all my pre and co requisites . . . I just had to fax in a waiver request (yesterday) so they could evaluate my transcripts, and they just called me to give the go-ahead for registration.

As I told another person, I have an android phone and the apps I used were "TEAS V Exam Prep 2016" by Pocket Prep, Inc and "TEAS V Mastery" by Higher Learning Technologies, Inc. They were great because they also tracked how well you do in each category so you can know where you need to focus. They do have some in app purchases to unlock more questions and features, so keep that in mind, but I do think it's worth it. The book I used that was really helpful was the "TEAS V Secrets Study Guide" by Mometrix (its yellow and black like one of those 'For dummies' books). It has a section in the beginning that runs down how many questions and how much time per section that you're given (really helpful when running through the practice tests), as well as web addresses to Review Videos that you can watch, and explanations and rundowns of all the concepts that you should know for each section. It's actually almost half the book before you get to the 3 practice tests, and each test is followed by an answer section where each question is explained. I took the first test before I read anything, no pressure, no timing . . . just so I could see what I was already sure of and to find out what I needed to brush up on. From there I read up on and reviewed what I was weak on and used that info to incorporate the apps on my phone and focused on those questions. I would say once you have a better handle on what you need to work on and you're doing okay with the app questions, try test #2 with no pressure and no timing, and see where you stand. Brush up some more on what you still need to work on and when you're ready, do test #3 timed. You should see some pretty good improvement over your previous scores. I really hope this helped.