ChristiHamm8 CNA

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

I have one more Final on Wednesday, it should have been over last week but ya know, hurricanes. I already have my book for A&P 1 for next semester and I am going to be working through it over Christmas break. Also, I will be working on my HESI pr...

I know how you feel! I do not have a competitive GPA (in my eyes) but I am a working CNA, I have two associates in the healthcare field, and I am working my butt off to get in. I feel like my GPA is going to kill me. I only have one school within rea...

I am a brand spanking new CNA and also a full time pre-nursing student. I was just licensed in October and started work last night. I wasn't very actively looking for work. I put in one or two applications through indeed the first week and let it dwi...

I am on pins and needles for the next two weeks. My classes are all on the verge of an A or B depending on how my finals go. I could completely fail my last two tests in Biology and make a B or miss only 15 questions on both and have a solid A. My ot...

It is not required for most programs, but my hiring manager at my CNA job said that they will hire an RN who was a previous CNA over anyone who was not every time because they know the work, how to delegate realistically, and already have experience....

I will be testing soon for FL state CNA licensure but I live in GA and am going to nursing school in GA. It was more convenient to go to a FL CNA program and FL has more jobs. How do I go about transferring or holding licensure in both states since I...

I found some answers in case anyone is interested. In Florida you can renew your license if you have worked for 24 hours as a cna, you can have your license transferred to GA if you have worked for 8 hours as a paid CNA and apply online and it will b...

This will depend on your school and their programs policy. One school I was interested in would only consider you if the classes were completed and another school would consider you as long as you have them on the schedule and you will finish them be...

I just picked up a weekend only CNA job with chances to pick up shifts whenever I am available. They are out there! The shifts are 8 hours each.

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