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Dec 04, 2008 11:19 AM

Skills test--Where do they have you put used linens/towels during a step?


Hi,
I am scheduled to take my CNA test on December 14th at Divine health academy in Charlotte NC. I am practicing like crazy, but there is one thing that is troubling me. As I am removing dirty bed linens, where am I placing them. The skills book for the state only discusses removing them at the end of the skill, but they do not state where to put them in the meantime WHILE you are doing the skill. I am hoping there is a hamper in the "room" where the test will be, so I can place them in the hamper as I remove each piece of linen.
I have asked nurses, and they say that sometimes they take a towel and place it on the floor, then they pile dirty linens on top of that.
So could anyone give me insight with their experience with dirty linens? This would help me practice my skills a little bit better.
When I am finished taking the test, I will come back and post how it was!
thanks so much for any information!
Ellen

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from ColtsMom
Old Dec 04, 2008, 05:48 PM

Default Re: Skills test--Where do they have you put used linens/towels during a step?
I did mine in High Point a couple weeks ago. They are supposed to have a dirty linen hamper in the room where you can put dirty linens. I would not put ANYTHING on the floor. I was told that's a big no no. But there should be 1 dirty linen hamper for sheets and such and 1 dirty linen hamper for wet items like wash cloths from bed bath etc. The tester should go through the room with you and show you where everything should go. Good luck!!
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from fuzzywuzzy
Old Dec 04, 2008, 11:17 PM

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For your test I would use a small trash bag.

In the real world you'll just throw them on the floor. lol.
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from yousoldtheworld
Old Dec 05, 2008, 12:08 AM

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mmhmm. and if you're doing bedmaking, you can roll the dirty linens down to the foot of the bed until you're finished, or at least you can here.
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from Pauligirl
Old Dec 05, 2008, 02:01 AM

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Yeah, in the real world we throw it all on the floor!

If it's a super big mess I usually roll the linen cart into the room. Or get a linen bag and throw it all in the bag which is on the floor.
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from escherner
Old Dec 05, 2008, 05:52 PM

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I don't know why this linen thing is throwing me off so much. Keeping it at the bottom of the bed is apparently a no no in NC. Oh, how I will long for the rolling hamper like I saw in the videos. Rolling hamper--Makes sense--

thanks for all of your help!
Ellen
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from escherner
Old Dec 05, 2008, 05:53 PM

Default Re: Skills test--Where do they have you put used linens/towels during a step?
Originally Posted by fuzzywuzzy View Post
For your test I would use a small trash bag.

In the real world you'll just throw them on the floor. lol.
Would you actually put the linens "in" the trash bag, or just pile it on the floor, on top of the trash bag?
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from yousoldtheworld
Old Dec 05, 2008, 05:56 PM

Default Re: Skills test--Where do they have you put used linens/towels during a step?
I guess the important thing in the test is that you indicate the proper place to put it.

If they don't have the room set up with a hamper, you can just state "and now I would place the dirty linens in a hamper"
If they do have one in the room, just make sure it is in reach before you begin to make the bed.

It's little things like that that are the hardest to remember and the most stressful! I remember!
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from yousoldtheworld
Old Dec 05, 2008, 05:58 PM

Default Re: Skills test--Where do they have you put used linens/towels during a step?
And, just for the record, in real life there isn't always a hamper in the room.

In the nursing homes I've worked, you have a trash and linen hamper in the hall that you can wheel around to outside of the room you're working in.

In the hospital, we actually had a hamper in each room.

So learn the proper way for the test, but you'll probably never do it just that way again, haha.
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from L3Janit0r37
Old Dec 07, 2008, 07:46 AM

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We use hampers with signs saying "soiled linen" here that you can roll around. The hamper is usually in the hall between two rooms, or in the dirty core. What i see nurses, cnas and techs do is just strip the bed and go slam dunk it into one of these hampers in the hall, (or bring the hamper with you).

Or just put them in a trash bag, but don't throw it away, then find where they store dirty linen.
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