Trillcat

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1. Best shoes for a CNA/Nurse

   Trillcat replied to acubed's topic in CNA/MA

   I love the brand cobbie cuddlers. I have bought them for years for retail jobs, lots of standing, walking runing, etc. They are very nice on the feet, support and cusions where needed. Mine are butt ugly nurse shoes now, but they were the most com...

2. The Fear of the Skills Test

   Trillcat replied to Trillcat's topic in CNA/MA

   Great stories and advice so far everyone! lorelei1973, I also had the witten test 8am and my skills were not till 4pm! (also somewhere I had never been before) I didn't stay at the facility after the written part, I went home and came back. I don't...

3. The Fear of the Skills Test

   Trillcat posted a topic in CNA/MA

   I have read so many posts, and shared in some of them, about the fear we all face taking the skills part of the exam. I was terrified going into mine! Scared to death, legs like rubber bands, hands shaking, brain swimming, nausea, wanting to just b...

4. Questions About Shadowing a CNA

   Trillcat replied to Dream Girl's topic in CNA/MA

   Yes to a,b &c . I wouldn't worry about annoying your assigned CNA, they will probably be grateful for the help! Unlike CNA Sam, I did ask the nurse (s) if there was anything I could do. Sometimes my assigned CNA (s) were busy with someone and t...

5. Tell me about your clinical experience....

   Trillcat replied to bluemorningglory's topic in CNA/MA

   I did my clinicals in the cardiac unit of a hospital. We were also the first students to ever be there, and at first the staff was very leery of us, but they quickly discovered we were not in fact a buch of bumbling idiots, (well most of us anyway) W...

6. Is it ok to mail in job applications?

   Trillcat replied to tavia_yeung's topic in CNA/MA

   Do you have public transport where you live? If so, look into getting a bus pass, many have discounts if you are a student. Even if you dont get a discount, the pass is worth the money you have to spend up front, and I do know, believe me, it may b...

7. Wearing scrubs to CNA exam in Florida?

   Trillcat replied to LRyder's topic in CNA/MA

   lol, I feel your pain, I'm 5'2" (And yep, had to hem the scrubs!) They are extremly easy to hem though! I used the excess I chopped of the bottom to make a hair band, everyone at clinicals asked me how in the world I found one that perfectly matche...

8. Wearing scrubs to CNA exam in Florida?

   Trillcat replied to LRyder's topic in CNA/MA

   I am in WI, and just took my test 10/3. (I passed, first try, yay!) Out of 12 people testing only 2 were in street clothes, all the rest of us were in scrubs. The women had hair pulled back if necessary, and no excessive jewlery, or long nails. (I c...

9. Announce that you passed your CNA exam here!

   Trillcat replied to jb2u's topic in CNA/MA

   I passed!!! :anpom: I am ro relieved! Whew! Between the classes and medical pre-class stuff and paying for the test, had a lot of my very generous Dad's money riding on this! I passed both the written and skills. For skills I drew washing hands (ever...

10. Pray for Me

    Trillcat replied to justme01's topic in CNA/MA

    I feel your nerves! My test is on 10/3. I have no victims, er, friends, lol, to practice on, though I do have to make my bed around a cat sleeping in the middle of it (does this count as making an occupied bed?) We will do great! The only fear is ...

11. I'm Done!

    Trillcat replied to Mentos's topic in CNA/MA

    I think you handled the situation perfect. Your family comes first, above all, and if they could not understand that, well, I have many choice words they might like to hear. It makes me mad that the nurse chewed you out, you gave more than enough t...

12. CNA trainees peforming peri-care in class on each other? Is this true?

    Trillcat replied to Dream Girl's topic in CNA/MA

    Heh, this thread gave me a good laugh! All the various naughty coments, lol. But seriously, NO, NO, and NO again, students do NOT preform pericare on eachother! Our class did give eachother bed baths, which was the face, neck, arms & arm pits,...

13. Male perineal care? Please help!

    Trillcat replied to CNANessa's topic in CNA/MA

    I may have been harsh, but it was out of trying to give a wake up call. It would be nice if we could pick and choose what makes us most comfortable. It is a wake up call for me to read that some CNA classes do not cover both male and female anatomy ...

14. Male perineal care? Please help!

    Trillcat replied to CNANessa's topic in CNA/MA

    May I ask what CNA class you took that did not include male perineal care? Where did you do your clinicals that you didn't care for men? Something is very wrong here. You mention you don't date men, that is of no relevance for a CNA, I dont date wom...

15. Wondering why I did this

    Trillcat replied to Trillcat's topic in CNA/MA

    Its not the dirty work I am afraid of doing, heck, one day into clinicals and I was over that. It is the posts of understaffing, infights, borderline or just out and out abuse of people, staff and residents. I don't know if I will hold up under that...