ShyGecko replied to healthcarefome's topic in CNA/MA
I never wore my watch, I just kept it in my pocket. It didn't matter what hand I held it in when taking pulse, because I worked on an infant/toddler floor of a peds hospital and we took pulse with the stethoscope. I don't really have any experience...
quote: "we are expected to be neat and clean, wear underwear (i can't believe we have to tell adults this), no thongs (again i can't believe we have to tell adult women this). we can pretty much wear whatever color shoes." "as for this, if they tried...
ShyGecko replied to GatorRN21's topic in Pediatric
They are considered restraints at our hospital, and we have to have a new order from the physician every 24 hours in order to keep using them. We only use them if absolutely necessary, though.
At the hospital that I work at you can normally only work 12 hour shifts. You can only work an 8 hour shift if you pick up an extra shift and don't want to work overtime. Most everyone wants the overtime pay, so people rarely ever work 8 hour shift...
I work in a Children's hospital on a floor that has mostly infants, and we do all rectal temps on children under 6 months. *shrug* I haven't heard anything about them being discouraged. I have used a temporal thermometer in the past, and bought o...
ShyGecko replied to brotherbear's topic in Management
At our facility, the ONLY people that can delegate to CNA's are charge nurses and management. Nurses are not our supervisors, and are not allowed to delegate to us at all. This is said up front to everyone in general orientation, directly from the ...
ShyGecko replied to brotherbear's topic in Management
This is exactly how it is at our facility also. I am a CNA, and the only person at my work that can tell me what to do is the charge nurse and the management. The nurses are not in charge of us or above us in anyway, and are actually just as equall...
I didn't start getting replies from hospitals in Omaha until I added my American Heart Association CPR training for healthcare providers on my resume. I know that at least Methodist and Children's hospital want that specific one, they don't want peo...
It really depends on the hospital. I live and work in Omaha, also, and I know at least at Children's Hospital it doesn't matter if you are certified as a phlebotomist or not, they won't let you draw blood if you are working as a CNA (or Child Care P...
ShyGecko replied to The Bell Jar's topic in CNA/MA
I work in a Children's Hospital on a floor with children ages newborn to 3 years on average (we get the occasional spill-over from the floors with older children), and I normally have around 8 patients. Occasionally I have as many as 12 if someone c...
At our hospital, the majority of us work 12 hour shifts, and anything 24 hours and above is considered full time, with full benefits. So yes, working three 12 hour shifts is full time with benefits. I get paid hourly as a CNA, and I'm pretty sure ...
We HAVE to work every other of the 6 major holidays (memorial day, 4th of july, labor day, thanksgiving, christmas, and new years), and we are automatically scheduled for them. We work one set one year, and then switch to work the other three the ne...