ChristiHamm8 CNA

ChristiHamm8 is a CNA and specializes in Family Clinic.

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1. Spring 2017 Chat

   ChristiHamm8 replied to ItsThatJenGirl's topic in Pre-Nursing

   it was a lot more specific. I had a few questions about ear structures and their purpose, locations of veins and their specific functions, vague descriptions of the body and how another body part would be positioned, a lot of terms that were just not...

2. Spring 2017 Chat

   ChristiHamm8 replied to ItsThatJenGirl's topic in Pre-Nursing

   That is exciting! I have always wondered what it would be like to do EMT work. This semester is cram packed! I have: Anatomy & Physiology 1 Biology 2 Microbiology Composition 2 (online) Quantitative Reasoning I am working weekends as a CNA. I ju...

3. Disappointed with Nurses at first job

   ChristiHamm8 replied to ChristiHamm8's topic in CNA/MA

   Last night I had an isolation patient with c-diff but she had a colostomy and an ileostomy bag. I got absolutely no direction in how to care for her and had to improvise everything. Every two hours her ileostomy bag would come unattached and the whol...

4. Disappointed with Nurses at first job

   ChristiHamm8 replied to ChristiHamm8's topic in CNA/MA

   I ended up working 32 hours over the weekend and I ended up covering about 22 ( I was assigned 11) patients two nights in a row while every other CNA kept conveniently disappearing. I was changing, refilling drinks and supplies, turning, feeding, amb...

5. Disappointed with Nurses at first job

   ChristiHamm8 replied to ChristiHamm8's topic in CNA/MA

   I wouldn't dare assume that nurses aren't doing anything, I know they are swamped with paperwork and management duties. I've observed them and what they do and I have seen many of them not get lunch breaks and I myself have even added to their long l...

6. Disappointed with Nurses at first job

   ChristiHamm8 replied to ChristiHamm8's topic in CNA/MA

   I agree that they do a lot more, that's all that I could recall at the time. I also know their nurse: patient ratio is ridiculous (unless this is normal). I believe there are 2 nurses for 54 patients on our wing and 2 nurses per 55 patients on the ot...

7. New nursing student mom

   ChristiHamm8 replied to perfectohno's topic in General Students

   YouTube and Pinterest! Do some freezer meals where you take a lot of stuff and portion it out on Sundays then add the seasonings and such and freeze it. When you want it just dump in the crock pot turn it on and by dinner time you just microwave some...

8. Disappointed with Nurses at first job

   ChristiHamm8 posted a topic in CNA/MA

   I am working as a CNA while I am taking prerequisites for the nursing program. I figured not only would it give me a solid idea if nursing is truly the right path for me before I spend thousands on an education but it would also help me to gain exper...

9. Freaking out about HESI A2

   ChristiHamm8 replied to KatMill2312's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I feel the exact same way but I think the Hesi a2 score will determine my entrance or not. It is a big deal but try to remind yourself that it is a simple general knowledge exam. You are probably doing more than most have for prep ( I am doing the sa...

10. Did you work while in school?

    ChristiHamm8 replied to ChristiHamm8's topic in CNA/MA

    I ended up having a quick chat with the people in charge of scheduling and none of them realized that I live an hour away from work and to work a double I would only get about 4 hours of sleep in between. So they no longer will be asking me to do dou...

11. Has anyone got into nursing school with a C+ ?

    ChristiHamm8 replied to alishaH's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Khan academy. They have a youtube page too that helps out a lot!

12. Having a hard time with the people in my nursing school...

    ChristiHamm8 replied to tbnurse1's topic in General Students

    It is certainly normal to feel like everyone is completely losing it in such a competitive group like a nursing cohort. It is hard to find people whose personalities match and all get along. From my very little experience it seems that some of this d...

13. Did you work while in school?

    ChristiHamm8 replied to ChristiHamm8's topic in CNA/MA

    I think you may be right. With the classes I have in Spring, 3 sciences a math and a comp class, I am already going to be pretty busy and then have the weekend job on top of it. I will see how hard it is and try to tough it out so that I can at least...

14. Did you work while in school?

    ChristiHamm8 posted a topic in CNA/MA

    So for the original school I wanted to go to gave extra application points for being a CNA. The current school doesn't care but they allow you to add it to your application. I do not believe there are "no working" requirements for the program I want ...

15. First week- will I die of boredom?

    ChristiHamm8 replied to gypsierose's topic in General Students

    Look at it this way. In this field you have to learn to deal with a lot of $H1#! Learning the theory of how to communicate is crucial because a lot of nurses, patient, aides, management are stressed out and any little thing worded wrongly can set som...