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dorselm

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  1. Do you have to be mean to make it as a CNA?

    dorselm replied to safarigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Boy can I relate. I have been a CNA for almost 7 months on a floor with some who have been a CNA for 10, 12, 15 yrs!!! I'm sorry but I cannot see myself being a CNA that long. I don't know that my...

  2. Anyone Starting At UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing?

    dorselm replied to ChristineN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Hi all, I'm a 2nd semester full-time day student. I have 4 teenagers and work double shifts on the weekend as a CNA in an LTC facility. I love Shadyside NS! The instructors will really do what they...

  3. Study Habbits

    dorselm replied to rnmomtobe2010's topic in General Nursing

    I can tell you right now that if you don't like to read then you are going to be in trouble with NS because if you don't do anything else....YOU READ, READ, READ and READ! I like to read but only...

  4. Working 16hr Shifts-Weekend Double

    dorselm replied to brotherbear's topic in General Nursing

    oops...charge=car

  5. Working 16hr Shifts-Weekend Double

    dorselm replied to brotherbear's topic in General Nursing

    I am a CNA at a LTC facility on the skilled floor and I do doubles on the weekend. I work from 7am to 11: 30 pm. I'm not going to lie, it is very hard on my back. My feet are a little used to it...

  6. complaints about nursing care!?!?!

    dorselm replied to JeN-SN's topic in General Nursing

    The wild thing about it was that the sleeping roommate is 52 yrs old. He's in the NH because he is on the skilled floor. We have patients of all ages and health needs. He causes major trouble with...

  7. complaints about nursing care!?!?!

    dorselm replied to JeN-SN's topic in General Nursing

    I am a CNA at an LTC facility and one time I was working in a room with two residents. I was bathing one resident while his roommate was sleeping. The sleeping roommate is one of those residents who...

  8. Preceptor woes....

    dorselm replied to InfoNurse81's topic in General Nursing

    I could see if the person was a meanie or if when they are showing you things they do it with attitude but goodness, you are passing judgement and don't know what the preceptor would do! Don't go...

  9. Do you use the Nurse ProPack

    dorselm replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Do you think these can be used in school for

  10. Nursing, not as rewarding as I thought...

    dorselm replied to Wen83's topic in General Nursing

    I was a little scared of life after nursing school before I read this post. Now I am out right terrified. I keep thinking, what did I get myself into and how do I get out. I am a first semester RN...

  11. Nursing as a second career at 30

    dorselm replied to 5418ujyyhbewbttberbr's topic in General Nursing

    In nursing there are five paths to becoming a registered nurse. 1. Diploma program-this is usually a hospital sponsored program where you go to school either 22-24 months full-time or 4 years...

  12. Nervous about Clincals

    dorselm replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

    To be honest, as an aide in the RN program, I too thought being an aide would make it easy in clinicals. That's not true at all. Maybe in the beginning it may be easy when it comes to ADL's but...

  13. Dishonest Nurses

    dorselm replied to Pam I Am RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think that as long as you approach the nurse first and tell her/him that what they are doing is wrong and that you are being a patient advocate and that if they don't stop or if they don't...

  14. Happy-happy Joy-joy! I GRADUATED RN SCHOOL!

    dorselm replied to DavieRN's topic in General Nursing

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!! I can't wait until I can say that! I am in my 3rd month of a 22 month nursing program. It's sooooo hard. Learning to think like a nurse is killer! Now that you are a NURSE...

  15. Nursing Student HATES Nursing Assistant Job

    dorselm replied to PeachyERNurse's topic in General Students

    I am a CNA at an LTC facility. I do doubles on the weekends. Being that I am a first semester NS, I will be doing doubles for the next 2 years! I HATE IT!!!!! We are always understaffed. On the...

  16. Did I miss the memo???? (rant)

    dorselm replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    Your post is a real tear jerker. I am a nursing student now and seeing this comforts me and lets me know that there are compassionate nurses out there. I work as an aide in an LTC facility and I...

  17. Want to be a CNA- nervous! Advice?

    dorselm replied to Jenso79's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hello, I was an Accountant in the corporate headquarters of a fortune 500 company for 8 1/2 yrs. Well actually I was in payroll for 4 years and then moved to a property accountant position for the...

  18. Well gosh-darned it! That dang BP!

    dorselm replied to couldntbhappier's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The hardest thing for me was putting briefs on the pts. I could easily put one on a skinny person but it was the heavier people that I had the hardest time with. What is still a little difficult for...

  19. Pittsburgh nursing student

    dorselm replied to momx4's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Sorry it took so long to reply. I go to Shadyside School of Nursing. I am in my first semester but it is a really good program. It's a 22 month diploma program. I will graduate in Dec 08. So far,...

  20. What would you do?

    dorselm replied to JennieO's topic in General Nursing

    One week is not cool. One month is bad and one year is just sheer insanity. How can you or anybody else let her get away with that crap for more than a week????? I have never, ever worked anywhere...

  21. Ideas for Nursing Grad Party

    dorselm replied to leesespieces's topic in General Students

    Lizzy, I am a new student in a diploma program and I WILL be graduating next year. As hard as this program is, I will be throwing a big a** party when it's over!!! And I also have a BS in Business...

  22. Guilt over the death of a pt

    dorselm posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a CNA at an LTC facility. I do doubles on the weekend. On the 7-3 shift, I was feeding a pt who was bedridden and couldn't feed himself. He was on high oxygen and had a lot of mucous in his...

  23. Pittsburgh nursing student

    dorselm replied to momx4's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I'm a Pittsburgh student also. I was considering doing med-surg just so that I would have a well-rounded background when I found my niche and that if I didn't like one thing, the med-surg background...

  24. Guilt over the death of a pt

    dorselm replied to dorselm's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks so much for all of the comforting. Yes, it would have really been considerate if the nurses could have shared a little more info with me. I never experienced someone dying in my care and...

  25. What do CNAs do?

    dorselm replied to MissionMike's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hello, I've been a CNA for almost 4 months now. If you wanna know what a day in the life of a CNA working at an LTC facility is like, then view my previous post. Hope it