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Also true, but he won't be a stay at home dad if he doesn't invest in enough time with his wife to keep her around, or to have children with her.

MiketheRN, that's very true! I'm not saying it's impossible at all. I am saying that speaking from a girlfriend/wife's point of view, a home life is so much more harmonious when both members of a relationship dedicate time out to enjoy each others' c...

This has probably already been covered...just saying one thing more... The OP mentioned he wants to get married and be a stay at home dad in the future. That is an awesome goal, but working 60 hours a week is going to make it extremely hard to mainta...

I am looking at a per diem CNA position at a local hospital and I have some questions about y'alls experience with per diem work... Do hospitals usually look for on-call anytime-anywhere per diem workers or have you found that they are willing to wor...

The lab is where I did most of the work on the bones. The lab manual had most of the resources on various bones including pictures and diagrams. It also helped me the most with dissection related material. Best of luck to you! You can do it!

I just finished a combined A&P class and let me tell you...STUDY!!! With a capital S-T-U-D-Y! The cavities and planes will be easy, they are just methods and words used to help orient you to the body. A lot of the beginning chapters also orient y...

Sorry to double post - I'd be AMAZED to see that kind of pay for LTC with benefits included. I've never seen LTC pay that much around here. Edit - I have heard, through the grapevine mind you, that Huntington Somethingorother hospital in Pasadena pay...

LTC/SNF started at $10/hr with no prior experience for me. Went to $10.50 after my first evaluation.

I am not old enough to provide true insight on this topic, I do however want to say - I am 20 years old and am SO DIFFERENT from the person I was at 18, it's not funny. That's even a farther departure from when I was 16 - not even in the same solar s...

Hi all, I'm so sorry if this is in the wrong place - please lead me to the right one if that's the case. I'm a CNA/CHHA in a big retirement facility with independent, assisted, rehab, and LTC. For the past few months I've been working as a caregiver ...

I've applied at several places already, but I am more confident than I would be otherwise because I "sort of" have a second job - I work at my school's bookstore between and into the first few weeks of each semester, so I should be starting work with...

Okay, I think I have one more question for everybody...you have been so helpful and I hope I am not wearing out my welcome! I've given it some thought and am sure that I will put in my two weeks very soon. I am just done. I happened to talk to one of...

Chisgirl, I will shoot you a PM with more info so I don't drag this thread off topic, but yeah, it was mentioned to me at one point but none of the stuff done to me apparently showed any signs that that could be so.

Oh gosh, I so definitely agree with you chisgirl. For years I've suffered from horrible dysmenorrhea (pale, sweating, shaking, vomiting, at times losing consciousness) and for a while I would take one of my mom's leftover painkillers from her own bac...

It is routine for the other caregivers to prepour days ahead of time. :S I thank you all for every bit of advice and encouragement. I have taken it to heart and I will also DEFINITELY be looking more at the PTA program Dutch. I'd rather put myself th...

Durr, I blended two sentences into one, Dutch. I MEANT to say that the PTA program was suggested to me by several people, and as far as the PT program, I knew it required a master's, yadda yadda...gotcha! Thanks for your help. I went to the session a...

The PTA program was suggested to me by several people, but everything I have heard as of late is that it only requires a Master's. Erk...I work with several PTs who only have their Bachelor's! Thanks for the heads up, it is definitely something I wil...

*PHEW* I am so relieved to hear you confirm my gut feelings...THANK YOU! Now, I have one more question that has evolved from this topic. For the past month or so I have had One Of Those Gut Feelings about work and have deeply considered working for a...

Okay, I have done some searching on here thanks to you giving me the right keywords to search for. We get prescriptions from the nearby pharmacy and keep them in the med cart as is. On my shift, 3-11, there is no licensed nurse in assisted living but...

Sonoran - the gagging reflex, oh man, I had that for the longest time! I think it reached a breaking point when I had a bedbound pt that invariably reached back and went spelunking in her rectum for feces with her bare fingers whenever I had to chang...

Hi everyone, I work 7-3 in a rehab unit of a LTC. Please set me straight on this as I am really mad! Am I being merciless or correct in my judgment? I am getting the impression that night shift is very lazy and doesn't do anything. They used to not e...

I have not noticed any staffing problems with night shift lately. Some of the other CNAs I work with on 7-3 have complained that the night CNAs sleep on the empty beds though, and 7-3 has to fix the beds again in the morning. :icon_roll

Thank you for the advice, everyone. I said "night shift" in general because I am not the only one who complains about the 11-7 shift. I have heard grumbles from almost every corner. I've spoken to my immediate supervisors and also the DSD about it (t...

Amen, amen, amen!! I am not anywhere near the fastest one on my team, but I absolutely make sure that my residents have smiles on their faces each and every day. I am very proud of the work that I do, though I have my less than stellar days like ever...

CNA course taught me the bare bones in equipment like that, but it wasn't until I started my internship and my on the job training that I learned how to operate and adjust oxygen tanks and concentrators as needed, ergolifts, Hoyers, etc. Don't be int...