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I'd say check your facility but I'm sure that piercings are a no-no, especially with mental patients that may be combative. I have a wrist tattoo and just waiting for it to heal on a total care unit...

That sounds like my job at an LTC working nights!

Where in Kentucky are you? Do you have a state veteran's home near your area? I know the one where I live is always hiring and they will hire fresh off the bus!

I work at an LTC as an aide. On the 4 regular unit, you have to give ice. They are 64 oz jugs that are washed once a week. The people on thickened get 8 oz cups of thickened water. Most of the...

My husband does that. I go to sleep around 10 or 11am and sleep till 8. He'll talk to his friends like all I do is sleep and I'm a lazy bafoon! I work 40 hours plus mandatory overtime plus...

I got this a year ago at work. I thought at first I had ate something funny cause after emptying my stomach, I felt fine and I had overate. Until I got to work and started to walk. Vomit-city. It...

Funny enough most of the men I care for have more tattoos than I did when I started working. Although I work with army men. If I write on my arm, they ask me, "Oh you have a tattoo?" I now have...

Actually in most places, it depends on the facility. I know one local ambulatory center only hires CNAs that can do sticks since there is not a huge amount of staff.

I'm pretty sure that even if you were to be hired as an RN, unless catheter was in a PCTs scope, you wouldn't be able to help. You would be operating under the scope of practive of a PCT, not RN. ...

Depends on the place. During day shift they have NASR II but the other shifts don't have them. NASR II will do precepting and "take charge."

Those are great questions. Ask your CNAs if he has a wet brief during his fall. A lot of our fallers, especially our biggest risk, always falls after he pees. This man though holds it and holds it...

I agree with the person who said to get to know the residents. Go to all the units and meet the fall risks. Most likely you will be seeing them quite frequently and it really helps if you know...

I've never heard of a med tech but it could be a regional name like KMA/Kentucky medication aide. There is a Med Tech college in some places that has classes.

Long term care facility. I'm in Kentucky. Yes, i'm under 50 but what does that have to do with anything? I know my facility hires many 50+ year olds.

My dayshift is really busy. Most of what I remember from orientation was just walking/fast walking around. Although we have a large facility. Now they are thinking of experimenting with our unit...

Depends on your facility. We do: baths, rounds, vitals, get ups (about 50 total care residents up), cleaning rooms, do mechanical lift checks, wanderguard checks, watch fall risks like hawks,...

What lotions or creams do you use for your hands? I'm sure if you work as a CNA, you know how dry your hands can get. Since I've started, I noticed I'd rash out on my hands. It got better when I...

I'm an aide and I talk to our doctor if she is around and I've been noticing something about a resident's mental status that's causing combative/dangerous behaviors. I mean most of the nurses...

Why do you need CNA? CNA is not going to help further your career as a EMT. I've had EMT training and it's completely different. I remember one of the jokes one of my EMT instructors said was...

It took me a year. I think I only finally got a break was when I started to apply to LTCs. I started on 11-7 and love it. I think I applied to the hospital[s] 200 times.

If you live near Thomson-Hood, they are always hiring nurses.

Evidently not at my LTC. The last two guys they hired for our unit were flippin insane and abusive. They were both "near" phd level and one actually rudely argued with a KMA by saying, "you may...

If they are there all day,they probably know what you will be doing and probably know the schedule and might excuse themselves. Also there are some residents families that will want to stay there...

In my LTC if we don't report abuse/resident safety issues before we leave work the day it happened or immediately, we can get wrote up when we finally do tell someone about it.

Our first shift helps get anyone else up that we couldn't get up. They help feed the residents and do shaves and a few baths. They'll put whatever residents that are careplanned for bed after meals...