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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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,...
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 ...
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...
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...