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1. Dealing with family complaints

   recentlycertified replied to recentlycertified's topic in CNA/MA

   I definitely told the nurse, and my supervisor. I went out and I bought my own gait belt, my own manual blood pressure cuff, and thermometer, because theirs doesn't work. Have you ever known someone who lost their license because a family member made...

2. Dealing with family complaints

   recentlycertified posted a topic in CNA/MA

   Here is the current issue I am dealing with as a recently certified nursing assistant. I accepted a job from a major company in a skilled nursing facility, it's a bit of a shady place when it comes to a lot of issues that are presently there. I've be...

3. Deeply saddened

   recentlycertified replied to recentlycertified's topic in CNA/MA

   Well, after I reported what I saw, they asked me to come in to work, so I did, and when I came in, there was definitely a lot of people there who were looking into it. There were a lot of people there that had on suits and stuff that I've never seen....

4. Deeply saddened

   recentlycertified replied to recentlycertified's topic in CNA/MA

   Well, I just let my supervisor know, about what I saw with the pulling the hair, and the sweater. I hope I did the right thing. For some reason I feel...guilty, but I know I shouldn't. They said they have to investigate it, so, I hope this is going t...

5. Deeply saddened

   recentlycertified replied to recentlycertified's topic in CNA/MA

   Thank you very much, I appreciate your honest advice. It means a lot to me, and I'll definitely keep that in mind. I get the feeling that they're doing that, but not because I've said anything about them, but because...I feel like they may be jealous...

6. Deeply saddened

   recentlycertified replied to recentlycertified's topic in CNA/MA

   I haven't said anything to anyone out of fear of that happening. I've heard stories where one CNA didn't like another one, and they lied and said they were doing something inappropriate when they weren't and I've heard those stories so I never made t...

7. Deeply saddened

   recentlycertified replied to recentlycertified's topic in CNA/MA

   True, true true. I understand completely. I was watching the news the other day, and it was talking about "recession proof jobs" CNA and RN was on the list of top 5, and I thought to myself, "Oh my goodness, I hope there aren't going to be more nurse...

8. Deeply saddened

   recentlycertified replied to recentlycertified's topic in CNA/MA

   That was my thoughts exactly. I've been doing a lot more research on them, they're a very big company, and have a lot of employee complaints about the same issues I mentioned above, but I definitely understand that a lot of facilities are short staff...

9. Deeply saddened

   recentlycertified posted a topic in CNA/MA

   I recently became a certified nursing assistant, and quickly found a job working in skilled nursing/rehabilitation for the elderly. I was very fortunate because I had quite a few job openings available to choose from. I have been working for a few we...