what can I expect on an Ortho/Neuro Floor?

Hi there. Im a tech(CNA) on a med/surg floor. We get alot of ortho pts. I think the best advise I got was to always be there for my nurses and keep them from having extra work to do. I also help out anywhere, anyone, and anyway. Good luck on your interview. I know I really didn't give specifics, but that's my .

This is going to be a heavy floor as a CNA. I've worked both, as seperate units, can't imagine what it's like with both on one. In my experience, ortho was a little better b/c the patients weren't actually sick. They were there, in some cases, for elective surgeries (i.e, hip replacement, knee replacement). Others were traumas (i.e, broken bones d/t car accidents and such). It's going to be a lot of heavy lifting and repositioning. Study up on different types of tractions as you will see traction on both ortho and neuro patients. In neuro, we had spinal cord injuries, closed head injuries, strokes, epilepsy patients. Do you know what type of neuro patients you'll be dealing with yet? Study up on s/s of stroke and how to react if a patient starts having a seizure in front of you.

I'm glad I hardly float to that floor, as one of the posters stated, it's a very heavy floor to work on. It also requires a lot of patience because those patients sometimes have a hard time moving and depending on what their surgery is you really have to take your time and be careful becauese you can pop their hip out of socket, or you can reinjure someone with a spinal injury if they just had surgery. It's an interesting floor to be able to work on because you really see a lot of cool stuff. But that's definately a floor I don't want to work on a regular basis.