Crystle_clear

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1. Keeping the faith.

   Crystle_clear posted a topic in Indiana Nursing

   Hey just wanted to give you guys some encouraging news. I got my letter last Wednesday from Ivy Tech Terre Haute for their ASN program for the fall semester and.....I got in!!!! (yah Happy Dance!)...

2. I have never met anyone like her...

   Crystle_clear replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

   Shay, I feel your pain. I worked on a psych unit specifically for borderline personalities for about a year. It was the longest year of my life. Imagine working everyday with 16 of those people. They...

3. Med techs

   Crystle_clear replied to jennyga's topic in General Nursing

   I'm working as a QMA (qualified medication aide) right now while I finish nursing school. In Indiana to become a QMA you must have worked as a CNA or certified psychiatric technician for 1000 hours,...

4. Ivy Tech - Terre Haute ASN program

   Crystle_clear replied to Crystle_clear's topic in Indiana Nursing

   Thanks guys for all your replies. I've been stressing myself out over this whole thing for over a year. I'll just be glad to KNOW one way or the other so I can finally relax. My fiance will be glad...

5. Not for profit vs for profit facility?

   Crystle_clear replied to veegeern's topic in General Nursing

   I work for a not for profit psych facility and it is sooooo wonderful. I don't know if it just my facility, but they really listen to the employee needs. There are no dangerous cost cutting measures...

6. Ivy Tech - Terre Haute ASN program

   Crystle_clear posted a topic in Indiana Nursing

   Hi, just wondering if anybody out there will be applying for or have completed the ASN program in Terre Haute. I'm applying this month for the fall semester and I am sooooo nervous I won't make it in....

7. Need help talking with new RN

   Crystle_clear replied to Crystle_clear's topic in General Nursing

   We do have a two week orientation period where the new nurses follow another nurses around and learn the basics of the unit. After that period a case manager or therapist is assingned to the nurse to...

8. Need help talking with new RN

   Crystle_clear posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work in a 18 bed psychiatric facility. I was a case manager there, but now that I'm in my 2nd semester of nursing school I've switched posistions to a QMA. Recently a new RN was hired to work the 2...

9. Md's Against Crna's?

   Crystle_clear replied to LLL123's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Thank you for proving my point about prejudice without knowing the facts. I got my QMA to help pay for my nursing school and I have several years of pre-pharmacy under my belt. It seems the nurses on...

10. Md's Against Crna's?

    Crystle_clear replied to LLL123's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'm just pointing out some of the hypocrisy I've read in these forums,

11. An idea: Change of Shift Report Form

    Crystle_clear replied to drd19's topic in General Nursing

    Our forms are printed up on night shift ready for the day with the pt. name, age, diagnosis, MD, and legal status(ie. commitment, has gaurdian), and V\S from the 0600 rounds. Throughout the day we add...

12. An idea: Change of Shift Report Form

    Crystle_clear replied to drd19's topic in General Nursing

    My facility has a "daily report sheet". It is actually more of a booklet because there are two pts. on each page. Throughout the day the secretary write all new orders on it as well as the MAR's and...

13. Did you care for a psych patient today?

    Crystle_clear replied to onconurseRT's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a psych facility too. The thing that makes me so mad is the poor treatment that our patient recieve when at the emergency room. We are a free standing facility, so we have no access to...

14. Md's Against Crna's?

    Crystle_clear replied to LLL123's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I don't see any difference between the two. It is still prejudice against a person's ability to do their assigned job based soley on their job title or the letters behind their name. All I am trying...

15. Md's Against Crna's?

    Crystle_clear replied to LLL123's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    A qualified medication