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1. Discouraged and Overwhelmed LNA

   vtmainer replied to vtmainer's topic in CNA/MA

   I want to thank you, and yes it does feel cruel and thoughtless, and selfish. I feel discouraged because I truly enjoy my residents and the the thought of leaving them makes me feel sad...like I would be abandoning them, and oo the other hand the pla...

2. Discouraged and Overwhelmed LNA

   vtmainer replied to vtmainer's topic in CNA/MA

   Yes this person is certified to pass meds. She is not an LNA though, just a care giver. As far as us having a nurse on our shift... We don't have one. We have one RN and she works the day shift, we have no RN or LPN on our night shifts. They are supp...

3. Discouraged and Overwhelmed LNA

   vtmainer replied to vtmainer's topic in CNA/MA

   LNA stands for Licensed Nurse Assistant

4. Discouraged and Overwhelmed LNA

   vtmainer posted a topic in CNA/MA

   I really could use some advice. I am an LNA in a nursing home that currently has 39 residents. We have no housekeeper, I am always being told told to borrow items from one resident to use for another resident, wipes, depends, bath products, etc. I al...

5. Amount of residents responsible for in a day?

   vtmainer replied to vtmainer's topic in CNA/MA

   I cannot see how it can be done... On my clinical day, I had one lady to feed who was a total assist, and it took me a half hour just to feed her, and she still didn't finish eating. How do you manage to feed a multitude of residents and be sure they...

6. Amount of residents responsible for in a day?

   vtmainer posted a topic in CNA/MA

   I have had 2 of my clinical days done so far, and both were in the same facility.(Which by the way was a very unpleasant place to say the least) I was told that I could be responsible for 9 residents during my shift. My question is: how in the world ...

7. 2nd day of clinicals and the whole class is

   vtmainer replied to Getreal2011's topic in CNA/MA

   I'm haven't gotten to my clinicals in class yet, but what I would do, is just bite your tongue until you get through your clinical days.. Then when you get your license steer clear of that facility.

8. Took my NYS exam today, and...

   vtmainer replied to c1928's topic in CNA/MA

   Hi, I'm a LNA student halfway through my class and I read your post when you had taken the skills part of the test, ( Congrats for passing by the way).. It made me think..... When you did the perineal care, please say it was on one of the dummies. My...

9. Nervous about Clinicals

   vtmainer replied to vtmainer's topic in CNA/MA

   Thank you all so much, your replies have helped. I'll be back to let you know how it went.

10. Nervous about Clinicals

    vtmainer replied to vtmainer's topic in CNA/MA

    Thanks for the reassurance. I want to do well and hope I don't get too nervous and get "blank brain" under pressure, lol.

11. Nervous about Clinicals

    vtmainer posted a topic in CNA/MA

    Hi, I have my first day of clinicals in a little over a week, and will only be half way through my class at that time. I'm nervous thinking that I'll be asked to do something that we haven't covered yet in class. Can anyone give me an idea of what to...