jacob1

I am still going to school and i just posted a thread the other day "should i give up my dream" because i too have been thinking am i making the right choice, and i was given very good advice from the posters and felt 100% better....I think we all go through this at one time or another but nobody will hate you..:)

i am glad that i am not the only one who gets stressed while going to school............i was beginning to feel like a failure....

Thanks for all the advice, i already feel better and i am still plugging along, i think i will cut myself to working every other weekend instead of every weekend 12 hr shifts..........I also know i would have to work more if i went to walmart or kohls, i would have to do double in order to get close to make what i do now so thats not a smart decision......How many of you worked while going to college?

candykane you are right i can find another job but i make 19$ an hour at the hospital i work at and i am afraid to lose that money....I know i shouldnt be complaining then because its my fault if i stay there but i am sure everyone can relate to how it can be when money is tight...

I totally get your drift and although i like walmart, i want more then that....I am still working on my prereq's so i have a while to go still and thats why i am so upset because i am not even in the program yet and i know that the program is hard...My aunt went back at 40 and got her RN and she has advised me not to work at all but i need the extra money right now, although my hubby tells me i can quit and he will work overtime, so i dont know......

i have been seriosly thinking about quiting my job, but that is our "play money" and i would hate to lose that...but i feel like the whole going to school for my RN on top of working at the hospital is too much right now and maybe a less stressful job would be better while i am in school??

I am sorry but i need to vent a minute, and my hubby doesnt want to hear it...I have been so frustrated these past few days, i work at a hospital on the weekends, plus i am taking 3 classes this semester and i have a 4 year old and i am feeling overwhelmmed and i feel like crying. I dont know if i should just give up on my dream to be a RN i feel like i will never be able to do it....And no offense to cna's but i dont want to do this forever, i am tired of wiping butts everyday, i know thats not all we do and i will still have to do it as a RN...But i almost feel like giving up and going to like walmart or kohls and getting a job and not having the stress....Is this normal for students with families to feel like this??

The only reason i mentioned about her being bipolar is that a bunch of the nurses came up to me after this happened and said she has treated others this way and using the bipolar as a reason to excuse it....I dont know if she really is bipolar, i dont know her well enough and if she is or not i was simply saying that doesnt matter what her mental condition is you still dont treat people that way.....Thats all Michelle

I have worked as a CNA on and off now for about 11 years, i should be a pro at it, lol.....I am now going to school for my RN and i am glad i have the experience in patient care and have been exsposed to the hospital setting since thats where i work....A few years ago i never heard of CNA working in maryland hospitals so i only worked in LTC, which i think i would like to go back too when i am done school...The hardest part for me being a CNA is i feel alot of times like you are not appreciated, but thats ok...I am sure the nurses feel like that somethimes too, i think that just goes with the business.....

Thank you :)

Our hospital is giving us the flu shots also but i dont know if i should get it, i didnt last year and did not get sick.....but i do have a 4yr old and i dont want him to catch it, but i hear you get sick with the shot anyway?.?.? I dont know??

I think that unfortunatly she using the fact that she is bipolar as an excuse to be nasty and have episodes of "flipping out".......I ws told that this wasnt the first time she has done this and this is a usual thing with her......I have a unit based position so i get floated where ever there is a need and pick up where there are openings, so i will never pick up on that unit with her again......Thanks for everyones advice i really appreciate it....

I did document the incedent, in even tracking which apparently the "right people" will recieve this....but i still am not convinced that anything will even be said to her with that being done and i dont want to call and followup on it because i dont want to seem like i am out to get her or something....

well i know i dont have to socialize with her...But i know we all get stressed especially when we are short staffed but that still doesnt excuse the way you are talked to, i wont scream at a coworker because i am stressed.....I dont have ill feelings towards her, i just think she is rude.....I also documented it and the administrator was on her way up to see her about it as i was leaving, so i am not sure what happened after that..

I wasnt leaving her to clean the mess i had already started cleaning this when she was yelling so i didnt leave the patient at all, i went to speak to the administrator after i was done with the patient....but after this happened everyone was like " she is bipolar just ignore it she is like that all the time" but i dont think that justifies yelling like that in from of 2 patients and talking to me like that..BTW i was a tech today when this happened.....