countrygirl1987

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1. Clueless and Excited!

   countrygirl1987 posted a topic in General Students

   Okay so I just found out last weekend that I got into the ADN program for the fall! I am so excited and so nervous all at the same time! On one side its like "yes!" I am finally in! Two years and I can be done with school! On the other side its like ...

2. My first Awful PT. any advice?

   countrygirl1987 replied to WideEyedNS's topic in General Students

   i would say no, you do not have feel all warm and fuzzy about all the patients you take care of. When I have patients like this I tend to take a lot more 5 minute breaks so I can take some deep breaths. the most important thing tho is the patient doe...

3. State Surveys

   countrygirl1987 replied to dedream's topic in CNA/MA

   don't sweat state. as long as you are doing everything the way you were taught in class you will be fine. I am in IL and they always come like 8-4 mon-fri. so off shifts don't usually see them but they still feel the stress. If your rooms are clean (...

4. Male CNA student

   countrygirl1987 replied to ShawnieBoy's topic in CNA/MA

   first of all congrats on being a male CNA!! We need more of them in this world. When I worked at the nursing home I had 14 patients all to myself and was insanely busy all the time. I will admit if there was a strong man on my hall, student or not, I...

5. I will miss her...

   countrygirl1987 replied to mncna08's topic in CNA/MA

   it is always hard when a resident dies. What I find helps is remembering that these people are older...most in their 80-90s and this is the life cycle. remember all the good stories they told and think of all the good times you had taking care of the...

6. Moving from Shift to Shift

   countrygirl1987 replied to justme01's topic in CNA/MA

   honestly I have had two different CNA jobs on the three years I have been a CNA and both had been on day shift. Being in school the whole time, night shift would not have worked and I really didn't want to work 2nd shift. I had no experience for the ...

7. CNA Exam Dilemma! Help!

   countrygirl1987 replied to bluechick112's topic in CNA/MA

   The biggest piece of advice I can give is...take a deep breath. Being a CNA is mostly common sense. I do remember almost being in tears over making a bed. Things like giving a bed bath and feeding people are not too hard to task. As far as things lik...