ijh6890

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1. What to do about a resident that knows how to turn her alarms off?

   ijh6890 replied to Penny82's topic in CNA/MA

   You can make the alarm to where she can't reach it. Or you could also leave it alone, if she knows how to take it off and turn her bed alarm off and remembers how to do it everyday then she must not be that demented, as pp's have said. It's her right...

2. Funny things your patients have said

   ijh6890 replied to LaterAlligator's topic in CNA/MA

   I had a resident tell me stop throwing her around like a sack of potatoes & then there was one woman who started patting me on the chest & when I asked what she was doing she said "Playing patty cakes!" & the same woman also asked me "Hav...

3. Can You Live Off A CNA's Pay? Do you?

   ijh6890 replied to HS/College Student's topic in CNA/MA

   I find 20 an hour in a hospital hard to believe. Sorry. Maybe you are thinking of another job or heard wrong.

4. Where's the difficulty?

   ijh6890 replied to Poi Dog's topic in CNA/MA

   Briefs for night shift. They always forget to pass them out. Usually someone has the key to supply, but even then I usually end up having to use other residents briefs on residents they aren't assigned to. Family provides briefs for my facility and t...

5. What is the best department to work in?

   ijh6890 replied to Futuremidwife0721's topic in CNA/MA

   It's hard to get a CNA job in a hospital with no experience. If you change your mind about working in a nursing home try finding one with an alzheimers unit or wanderers unit. It's a lot easier because there is little to no lifting involved and usual...

6. First day blues

   ijh6890 replied to daniellemarie's topic in CNA/MA

   I started out working double weekends, so it took me 2 weekends to get the hang of it. I wasn't familiar with my residents yet either. Don't worry about being slow, it's expected. My first day, my partner came in a room while I was doing patient care...

7. My CNA Cert a waste of time?

   ijh6890 replied to tsweetie's topic in CNA/MA

   It's extremely easy where I'm from (Tyler, Texas) to find a job. I could walk into ANY LTC in my area, and I literally mean every single one.... and immediately get a job with only my 6 months experience. The medical help wanted ads in our newspaper ...

8. Does your residents hit you?

   ijh6890 replied to Ev1987's topic in CNA/MA

   We have some combative residents in our facility. I think it is uncommon for a nursing home to have none that are like that. The dementia and alzheimers will cause fear and confusion. We have one woman with neither that is combative just because she ...

9. CNA steps

   ijh6890 replied to fmac88's topic in CNA/MA

   It's better to over wash your hands then to fail by not washing your hands enough. You won't fail for washing your hands more than you are supposed to. You are supposed to wash your hands at least between each task.

10. Transfering to Toilet?

    ijh6890 replied to justme01's topic in CNA/MA

    I think you should use the bedside commode since the bathroom is small, and ask for another cna to help.

11. So many jobs

    ijh6890 replied to MissBrianna's topic in CNA/MA

    The experience is good. I know a lot of people in LVN school (we call it LVN in Texas) that work weekend doubles as CNA's to get them by. Usually weekend doubles is 4 shifts, on Saturday and Sunday. And as a bonus for working those shifts, MOST nursi...

12. NOT FOR ME???

    ijh6890 replied to Dreamer74's topic in CNA/MA

    I think you should give it a little more time. But if you still feel the same way in a few weeks, then maybe it's time to switch fields. CNA is pretty much the bottom of the totem pole (as well as the back bone of nursing, especially LTC's). From a C...

13. payroll Questions

    ijh6890 replied to justme01's topic in CNA/MA

    We get paid bi-weekly. Every shift is 8 hours, and that includes a paid 30 minute lunch, and 2 paid 15 minute breaks. Any time after 40 hours is overtime pay (time and a half). There are holiday differentials and if you cover a night shift and you wo...

14. school supplies needed for cna course

    ijh6890 replied to dukester's topic in CNA/MA

    Watch with a second hand, pens, highlighters, a 1 inch binder, and spiral is all we needed. Everything else was provided. You could get your own stethoscope and bp moniter but I doubt they'd make you buy that.

15. How to find a free course

    ijh6890 replied to Kyla.ann's topic in CNA/MA

    Check for any workforce programs in your area. The way I found my class though was just calling every nursing home in my town and all surrounding towns. I probably called about 50 places and found 3 that offered a 2 or 3 week class, for free, in thei...