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1. Almost there!!

   shix replied to shix's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Oh shucks y'all must be tired of hearing this over and over again.. ~sigh~ - no response *pout* - trying a different way here lol. Oh well..hopefully someone will come along and offer some help.

2. Almost there!!

   shix posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

   Greetings!! I know this is an LPN/LVN corner and I am posting here because this is the program I am looking to get into (hopefully in September). So, I had started out taking classes geared towards the ADN Program but decided that the LVN path was be...

3. Quick Question..

   shix replied to shix's topic in CNA/MA

   Wow..I had no idea we could get mandated to stay. My situation was different. I work 11-7 so that night we had a full house with only 2 cnas - its a hospital ward - with two 1:1 which makes the acuity high. However, there were 4 workers scheduled for...

4. Quick Question..

   shix posted a topic in CNA/MA

   Can a CNA be mandated to stay OT in the next shift because another CNA called out?? Am asking this because it happened on my floor...and today a fellow CNA tells me that only nurses are mandated, not CNAs. Tx.

5. Advice on mentoring inexperienced CNA

   shix replied to MoopleRN's topic in CNA/MA

   I think it doesn't matter which profession one is in, a lazy person is a lazy person. Personally I jump when a bed alarm goes off (I work the night shift on a psych ward as a "Mental Health Worker" ie CNA lol), and for good reason. I would hate for a...

6. Starting my CNA class on Tuesday...Last minute advice?!

   shix replied to maddiem's topic in CNA/MA

   Take it in stride maddiem. A step at a time. I was super duper nervous when I started out. I was afraid to get into pt's rooms, do adl's and I was really slow. Fast forward, 2 years - am an activities assistant at the ltc I started out at. Honestly, ...

7. Verbal abuse from patients?

   shix posted a topic in CNA/MA

   AAArrrrrgh!! for the first time in ages I've met a patient I cannot stand. Granted I work on a Senior Psych Unit at a local hospital, I do not know how much verbal abuse we should take esp. coming from an alert and orientated pt. x3. So the hospital...

8. Activity Assistant??

   shix replied to shix's topic in CNA/MA

   Yay!:yeah:Sounds like it went pretty well! I hope that you get the position. You'd see a difference and get a break for sure! Thanks for the wishes. :)

9. Activity Assistant??

   shix replied to shix's topic in CNA/MA

   Baubo516 I wish you all the best in your interview!! I have been an Activity Assistant for a month already. Its not physically demanding..just mentally I guess but you can deal with it am sure. I just usually bump into people with all these ideas abo...

10. Does your nursing home go crazy when the state's about to make its rounds??

    shix replied to shix's topic in CNA/MA

    oh goodness! It is such a relief to know ours isn't the only one going kookoo for cocopuffs! 'I'm heading off in a different direction... :) Yeah, I think the craziness is everywhere. It definitely is ay my facility. Dondie'- Well my dear Dondie,...

11. Does your nursing home go crazy when the state's about to make its rounds??

    shix posted a topic in CNA/MA

    Am wondering if its just the nursing home I work in or is this common?? Geez! They're coming up with new rules and regulations, CNA's are being written up, fired, some have handed in their resignations and others have gone per diem..mostly because du...

12. Oh no she didn't!! :-o

    shix posted a topic in CNA/MA

    So the ADON calls for a brief meeting today at 10:30am. We show up at the nursing station...CNA's, the Unit Manager, the unit nurses..and two other people I didn't quite know who they were lol. So anyway, she starts reading each CNA's assignment and ...

13. Activity Assistant??

    shix replied to shix's topic in CNA/MA

    @Fuzzywuzzy, I did ask about going per diem but they said the facility doesn't allow going over 40 hours. I guess this applies to everyone but CNA's coz I have sure worked way over 40 hours so many times. :) I suppose I'll pick up a couple of private...

14. Activity Assistant??

    shix replied to shix's topic in CNA/MA

    :) Thank you all so much for the support & positive responses. The Activities Director actually came in looking for me today and caught me smack in the middle of giving a shower lol but, yes, I did go over for an interview and she expressed how s...

15. Activity Assistant??

    shix posted a topic in CNA/MA

    Back with a totally different scenario :). My facility's HR dept called me in today to ask if I would be interested to fill in an Activity Assistant position that previously went vacant. They have been interviewing for the last 2 weeks and I guess th...