sandygirl123 CNA

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1. Telling patients you're short-staffed

   sandygirl123 replied to fuzzywuzzy's topic in CNA/MA

   I always thought that is was so the patients and the families would not get mad at the nursing home. Like a lot of you I never would go around broadcasting that we were short. But, I did not go around hiding it. If a family member ask if we were shor...

2. What eveyone should know before working in an assisted living facility.

   sandygirl123 replied to sandygirl123's topic in Geriatric

   Yes my point for anyone who wants to work in an assisted living facility is that a lot of times it is harder because they don't have a lot of the things that skilled nursing does. And the pay is crap! Like 9 an hour if your lucky yea right lol

3. What eveyone should know before working in an assisted living facility.

   sandygirl123 posted a topic in Geriatric

   There is things that one should know before working in an assisted living facility. The first thing is that if they have more than 8 pts who are complete care who can not do anything on their own from baring weight to feeding themselves you need t...

4. nightmare jobs working as a cna!

   sandygirl123 posted a topic in CNA/MA

   I worked on a floor that was pretty hard it was an orthopedic unit which we had a lot of newly hip and knee replacements. I was the only CNA on the floor every night. There was 26 patients on that unit and 6 nurse's. Oh may it was a nightmare! The nu...

5. Why do CNA's get low pay for the hard labor that they do?

   sandygirl123 replied to M4ri_777's topic in CNA/MA

   The number one reason why cna's are not paid better is because we don't stand together as a unit. You hear on the news about fast food workers not being paid enough. Well sorry to say but, as a cna we work a lot harder and we work around dangerous c...

6. What is the nurses job in regards to restraints in a nursing home?

   sandygirl123 replied to ArtofGrace's topic in Geriatric

   This is probably one of the main reasons why I left the nursing homes. They have a right to fall is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard of! most of them are petrified of falling and hold on for deer life when you are trying to roll them. I do...

7. So Sick of Pushy Patients and Verbal Abuse

   sandygirl123 replied to applesRN's topic in Relations

   And this is why I prefer working with kids over working with the elderly. People ask me how I can work with kids all day my responses to that is I have more tolerance working with kids. They always look at me like I am a monster when I say that but,...

8. Can I Survive Off Of Certified Nursing Assistant Salary? Opinions & Stories Please!

   sandygirl123 replied to FuturePedsNurse92's topic in CNA/MA

   It depends where you live. I once made a whole $9.12 an hour and hell no I could not live off of that! I was struggling to pay all of my bills and I still lived at home even. That is crap for any cna to make less than 10.00 an hour with the kind of w...

9. Why is LTC so hated

   sandygirl123 replied to MadameFreckles's topic in Geriatric

   I don't think that it is hated but, it is hard work and a lot of times workers are working understaffed with unrealistic pay. Well I hate to put it this way but, if a nursing home wants the patients taken care of they NEED TO HAVE THE STAFF TO DO IT!...

10. Is it okay that I hate LTC?

    sandygirl123 replied to fresitachulita's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    Yes it is okay not to like working in nursing homes. I have worked in nursing homes for most of my nursing career. And I did not like it at all. Working as a cna is the hardest part I don't care what nurses or other nursing staff have to say about my...