
That's right, I will finally be starting clinicals in January! I went to an orientation type of meeting last week and they said I was all set and ready to go, go go!!! Seems like I have been waiting forever. Now I'm scared. Now I'm questioning whether or not I can do this. I have heard many horror stories about various instructors, how they want to weed people out so badly that it doesn't take much to the one dismissed from the program. I've heard how the program can be the end all of marriages and how friends are lost......gulp.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
The Time Has Finally Come!!
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Let's Talk About Evil Nurses
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Quick Update
Well hello! Are you looking for me? Sorry I haven't been around, man, life has been crazy! Here is what has been going on.
1. Semester is finally over! I have nothing left until clinicals. Feels good to be almost there!
2. I got another job. I am still working at my old one, for now. I am trying to decide if I should keep them both or just my new one. Decisions, decisions.
3. It's almost time for baby. He is due to get here any minute now! Hello! I am going to be a grandma ANYTIME NOW! Me.....a grandma! How do you become a grandma? Is there a class for that? Does it require a degree?? *sigh....*
4. I am still not smoking. BUT, yes, there is a downfall to that. I have eating issues now. I have put on 15 lbs since I stopped smoking. I know, I know, I can lose weight but I can't replace my lungs...yada yada yada...but it doesn't take the suckiness out of gaining weight. Everytime I think about dieting, I take a huge dose of chocolate.....sigh....
So that is what has been up with me. Doesn't sound like much, I know, but I have been busy, busy, busy. I'll try to post more regular updates. Now that school is temporarily done, I *should* have more time.
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Friday, March 27, 2009
Wow, It's Been A While!
Sorry about that. Life has been uber busy. I am mid-way through my nutrition class (boring), been working and getting ready for grandbaby.
There have been a lot of changes at work. The boss got fired (WoOt!) No kidding, they gave her until the end of the day to clear her office. Um, I think things weren't working out or something. In fact, a lot of people got the boot, and I wasn't one of them, thank God. Did I mention that we were purchased by a larger company? Oh, my bad, forgot to mention that. The take over began at the first of the year and let me tell you, they cleaned house. I like the new company. I like knowing that as long as I keep them happy, I will be able to move to almost any state and still have a job with them. They will also pay for my clinicals, if I were to work for them full time. I am contemplating it. We will have to see what happens.
I love my new boss. She is the bomb! She listens to us, she also cares deeply about the same things I do. I think she is a keeper! She does have a few bad points, but who doesn't, and well, her good points weigh out the bad. Like I said, she is a keeper.
So anyways, that is what I have been up to for anyone that was wondering.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Dear Boss,
Dear Boss,
When you hired me, you hired me to provide top notch patient care. I do that. I love that. I love every aspect of my job. There is nothing more fulfilling to me than taking care of those in their last days. With that said, I challenge you to interfere with my patient care. Patient care is ALL that I am about.
Here are some things for you to consider:
1. My patients come before laundry, cleaning toilets and any other house keeping chores, period. DO NOT expect me to drop the hand of a dying patient and walk away to wash or fold a load of laundry. That laundry can wait, my patient wont.
2. Don't expect me to stop feeding a helpless patient just because they are taking a bit longer and the trays haven't been returned in sufficient time. I will return the trays at MY PATIENTS CONVENIENCE, not that of the kitchens. The only reason that we have a kitchen staff is because we have patients and the patients come FIRST.
3. Do not threaten to write me up for not taking my breaks on time. I will not leave the side of a fall risk patient until I am satisfied that they are safe. I will take my breaks at MY PATIENTS convenience. Thank you very much.
4. Don't preach to me about patient safety when I have come to you several times about alarms not working and you have done nothing to ensure that they get fixed. And don't ask me why the patient is lying on the floor with half of the alarm still attached and why it never went off. I told you why, fix the problem. I am within inches of inviting a state safety investigation.
When I hired in, you were impressed by my will to advocate for my patients. You expect me to keep up my end of the bargain and I expect for you to keep up with yours.
Thank you,
The Patients Advocate
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Saturday, December 27, 2008
Life Is Good
That's right. One semester left before the nursing program. Woot! Yea, life is good. I think back to all of the struggling with *some* of the pre-reqs and am so glad it is over. I will be forever scarred from the brick walls that I have banged my head on, the tests that I almost failed, the instructors that gave me more gray hairs and the screw ups from the financial aid department.
Yea baby....I am a survivor!
I'm not as worried about nursing school, well, not today anyways. Maybe tomorrow I will worry, but today, life is good.
I found out that my grandchild is a boy. Double Woot! He will be here in 19 ish short weeks. I have been online shopping for baby boy stuff. Ahhh, life is good.
I am still loving my job. I work as often as they will let me, which lately has been a lot. I am so blessed to have gotten such a good first CNA job. My patients love me (of course, what's not to love?), my coworkers tolerate me (heh heh heh) and I look pretty darn good in my scrubs! Life. Is. Good.
So the new semester starts in a few weeks, giving me some, er, recovery time. I am taking Health and Nutrition. How hard can it be? I mean, really. I am so ready to do this and get er done.
Yea, life is good.
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Thursday, December 11, 2008
Semesters Almost Over!
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