NM_CNA

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1. Cna code blue protocol

   NM_CNA replied to adampricecna's topic in CNA/MA

   At my LTC facility CNAs aren't required to have CPR certifications. They recently had a class for it and when I enquired about it, I was told that I could not attend because it was "for nurses only". I can somewhat see why the facilty would be ups...

2. a rant to my fellow aides

   NM_CNA replied to NM nurse to be's topic in CNA/MA

   Update: It's been what, three months or so since I posted about the night shift aides? I kept reporting it. Still, nothing was done. The specific resident I mentioned's wife was complaining to me one day. I asked her if SHE had been reporting what wa...

3. FED UP CNAS!!!!

   NM_CNA replied to marineswife0809's topic in CNA/MA

   Speaking of privacy curtains: Our facility's beds are at an angle and are almost impossible to move around in-- especially when you have a patient in a wheelchair, a shower chair, and a lift in the room. There's no way I could close a privacy curtai...

4. Third day on a new unit and told I am too slow...

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

   lol. I worked with someone yesterday that has been a CNA before, took a year off, has been working at my facility for two months, and is still "confused about taking blood pressure". Two of us tried to show her, she still had trouble. I didn't know...

5. a rant to my fellow aides

   NM_CNA replied to NM nurse to be's topic in CNA/MA

   What do you guys do when you see that other aides aren't doing their jobs? There are four aides that work our night shift here that NEVER bed check residents. As a result most of them are experiencing break down. These particular aides have also r...

6. Nights are killing me

   NM_CNA replied to eveningsky339's topic in CNA/MA

   Night shift is the same way where I work (LTC facility). This is the only CNA job I've ever had, so I assumed that all night shifts were the same. At my facilty, they are required to do nothing more than bed checks and getting some people up in the...

7. Your pet peeve of the week

   NM_CNA replied to fuzzywuzzy's topic in CNA/MA

   Oh gosh, same thing happened at work today. Except it was the administrator that went around telling us to "make them get up and go to church". 1. There's a stomach virus going around, so most of them were in bed with vomiting and diarrhea. 2. ...

8. a rant to my fellow aides

   NM_CNA replied to NM nurse to be's topic in CNA/MA

   Where I work, they just do bed checks (some of them do, at least) and get some people up. I wish our facility would have them do other tasks. The ones you mentioned, such as cleaning the shower rooms, microwaves, and wheel chairs, scrubbing lifts and...

9. Dealing with family complaints

   NM_CNA replied to recentlycertified's topic in CNA/MA

   I recently got written up and suspended because of an issue with a family member. A resident in the Alzheimer's unit (known for throwing away her dentures, taking off her brief, pooping on other resident's beds and smearing it all over the walls, et...

10. Already burned out...

    NM_CNA replied to eveningsky339's topic in CNA/MA

    I think it's most annoying when you say things like: "I think maybe its your attitude towards your job.Can you maybe try to get to know your residents a little better,take the time to listen to them and maybe this will help.I know CNAs have lots of d...

11. Telling patients you're short-staffed

    NM_CNA replied to fuzzywuzzy's topic in CNA/MA

    We have a policy against saying it as well. Most of the time, the residents have already figured it out. If they ask, I don't have a problem telling them. I've been b!tched out by a resident for taking too long to answer a call light (1 of me, 20 ...

12. For those who work in LTC facility, what is the doctor like?

    NM_CNA replied to NP Sam's topic in CNA/MA

    I rarely see a doctor around my work! And when he does his "rounds" once every couple of months or so, he literally checks them by touching their shoulders while he walks by chatting with the nurse. "Yup, still alive! My job here is done!". It's pa...

13. a rant to my fellow aides

    NM_CNA replied to NM nurse to be's topic in CNA/MA

    It IS possible to get them all up without having to start at 2 am. Our night shift is required to get 14-18 people up. They leave the hardest ones down for us. Night shift gets paid more, they just do bed checks at night. We come in, have to get p...

14. Five months pregnant CNA and have job related question

    NM_CNA replied to rosey2007cna's topic in CNA/MA

    I'm 24 weeks pregnant, and if I were to tell that to my LTC facility, they would make me take a mandatory unpaid leave until I could lift again. They don't care if you're pregnant. We've had locked down pods because of a sick virus and I've had to wo...

15. Third day on a new unit and told I am too slow...

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

    It's when someone has been working with you for a month straight, with the same residents, and STILL can't figure it out that it gets annoying.