First day of class- check! But I wanted to laugh @ the videos!!!!

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I had my first day of STNA training, and so far so good. I feel a little naive, because I still have starry eyes about it. Even with all of the horror storiesI have heard and read, I am really looking forward to getting in there and working hands-on. I figure I have plenty of time to become jaded. LOL

The instructor showed a video that was kind of funny. It was like an "NA Orientation" video. The actors in it were so god-awful that it was humorous. It showed a bunch of senarios that were examples of what not to do. One of them was this NA ignoring a call light while the resident choked to death. This situation is far from funny, obviously, but it made me want to laugh because the acting was so terrible. There was another one where the resident says to the NA, "I'm so glad I haven't peed my pants in over a week". It just struck me as funny. I might be too immature to be an STNA. I guess we'll see! :D

OMG, speaking of the rectal thermometer, they were listing things in one of the videos that were duties of NAs, and when they came to peri-care, there was just this close-up of this female crotch. Like, lade dee dah, whoa!

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I am so glad I had a wonderful class. The other students were great, and I loved my teacher. She made the class fun and interesting. We were either laughing or crying or both on any given day.

The videos were horrendous though! LOL I too was shocked when they actually took a rectal temp on the man, I didn't think they would actually show it. And the video with the peri care on a man who obviously could do it himself. The whole room cracked up when he was asked if it was ok, and he put his hands behind his head and said "sure!" with a big smile on his face. The videos were pretty awful, but like our teacher said, it was either that or we had to have a volunteer in the class to show everyone!

OMG! I think we had the same videos. Is your book Mosley's Textbook For Nursing Assistants? They made the videos that accompanied our books too.

Anyways I remember that guy from the video. I was watching it @ home (I got a DVD version that came with my book) and my mom made me turn it off. She said it was just too unrealistic & bizarre :lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2:

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We had tapes from the 80's and sometimes they didn't work. :lol2:

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We had tapes from the 80's and sometimes they didn't work. :lol2:
Some days the stars shine on you.
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OMG! I think we had the same videos. Is your book Mosley's Textbook For Nursing Assistants? They made the videos that accompanied our books too.

Anyways I remember that guy from the video. I was watching it @ home (I got a DVD version that came with my book) and my mom made me turn it off. She said it was just too unrealistic & bizarre :lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2:

Yep, that is the one! LMAO

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Yep, that is the one! LMAO

:lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2: Did you watch the video where the CNA comes in & gives the patient a back massage? OMG that one is so bizarre yet funny @ the same time! I think its the same patient from the peri-care section.

Gosh I'm mad I gave my DVD away. I could use a laugh right about now.

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