Beaue

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  1. I sat with a resident at a hospital and respiratory therapy came into the room twice a day. They start off with a high pay racket but probably don't get many raises. Their duties seemed so much simpler than a nurse's duties and they didn't seemed str...
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    giving up on nursing

    I took anatomy in Summer and retook the class this semester to have a better understanding of the material since summer classes moved so quickly, I did not learn everything. I made 80's and high 90's on the test, 80's and 90's on practices test, and ...
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    90 minutes for a 100 question exam!

    I dropped Biology class because the teacher made the rules as she went along. She gave us twenty-five minutes to do a 65 question test and some of it was filled in the blank. I gave her a bad evaluation at the end of the semester. She loved seeing st...
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    How To Survive Nursing School If You Do Not Like Lectures

    "I read only the boxes, bolded words/sentences,and the first and last sentence of every paragraph. I made concept maps insteadof notes, graphs instead of flashcards, and for things I needed to memorize I utilized online flash cards to save time." Can...
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    How I Got a 97.3% on My TEAS VI.

    I read your article yesterday and started doing the list of things you mentioned in your list today. I covered temperature formulas and memorized the metric system today. I was wondering if they had any problems converting metric to U.S. units or U....
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    School Bus Tragedy

    This is such a sad tragedy for the children that died and their families. The saddest part is this accident was preventable. I am Praying for these family.
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    CNAs give medications

    When my schizophrenic uncle lived at in assisted living, he never received medicine correctly by the staff. After missing even one dose of medicine, The challenge of getting him back on schedule was tough. I loved giving medicine because it's somethi...
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    CNAs give medications

    The program that Ialmost signed up for cost only 900.00 for the whole program. Somethinglike that. It was years back so can't remember the exact amount. GladI backed out of it. I posted the link for the place. It was a longdrive for me so didn't do i...
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    I am not proud of my track record.

    I agree with NurseGirl, and fully recommend that you take her advice. You falsify information on your chart and even lied about the time you left work. You are lucky that they did not report you to the nursing board. After getting fired from your sec...
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    CNAs give medications

    They are CNA with 3 months of training. A CNA can farther their education with another 3 to 6 months in school to become a PCT, Patient Care Technician. PCT's can do vitals, bladder scans, draw blood, remove catheters, do EKGs and any other type duti...
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    Rate Your Pain

    A few months back when I had a bladder infection, It was definitely an eight on the pain scale. After having to sit in the doctor office bent over in pain, I stopped drinking soda drinks or any kind of drinks with carbonated water. Occasionally, when...
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    Colleagues who hate patients

    When I worked in an assistant living, I disliked the employees, but loved the residents. Most of the people working at this place were young and did not understand it's not about them but about the residents. They'd set a plate on the table for an Al...
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    3 Strike Rule: Non-Compliant Patients

    I partially agree with cocoa puff. If a person with no insurances goes to the hospital every week, someone has to pay the bill. People doing such things are probably the reason insurance is so expensive. People who refuse to use resources are in den...