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med aide

Well, i read all the posts. I'd like to add my comment too :) I have been a cna for 10 yrs and a med aide for 6. I currently work in a hospital that is also an 8 bed nursing home. I do pass meds for the nursing home but NOT the hospital. I work hard, and missed 3 days last yr otherwise never missed a day. I had 72 hrs med training, that includes the effects of meds. The pharmacy gives out discriptions of meds and what side effects they cause. I have to double check incase the person has any other med that would effect the new meds given. When I give out meds, and believe me I know them by heart....i STILL DOUBLE CHECK EVERYTHING! I look at the name, dose, times, ect EVERYTIME! I am very careful and I take this very seriously. Giving meds is a big responsiblity to me and should be for everyone. I had to have EVERY nurse be it lpn or rn follow me 3 times and fill out a form stating what i did, how i did it etc. I had the don follow me also before I could work their as a med aide. I will be going back to school for my RN degree, I wanted to do this right out of high school but got pregnant and needed to be with my kids...my baby is now 16 and next yr will graduate and then its my turn. I want to learn and experience as much as possible before going back to school and if I can get certified in ANYTHING that has to do with health care, I'm going to do it. Also, if I am uncompy doing something, or giving a med, I go see my charge nurse, if i find an error, i go to my charge nurse ANY QUESTIONS no matter if i think they are stupid or not, i go see my charge nurse.....Just because you are a cna doesnt mean your below a license person.....if it wasnt for the cna's, nurses would be doing one heck of a lot more then paper work.........and yes, I know there is sooooo much paper work for nurses, but do you nurses know how much paper work cna's have? We chart meals, bathing, activities, rom, pt, behaviors, how many times they pee, poo, was it continent or uncontinent, dressing skills, any marks on body, any brusies, how much did they eat, why didnt they eat everything, how much they drank and what did they drink.....and the list goes on.....we cna's work hard.....please give us a little respect......i give my nurses the respect they deserve.....and thank them daily for all the help they do give....some of them are not afraid to get their hands dirty...thanks dogresQer

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wow- it sounds like you read someting that made you mad. i notice this is only your second post, maybe you have not been around long enough to read the many, many postings where nurses say that good CNA's are worth their weight in gold. I dont know how you want people to respond when they read this, but maybe that is someting you need to think about- whether you are coming across rationally or just angrily. Since I dont know you I cant say. :rolleyes:

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I too echo the sentiments of the above poster. I think we all are on the same team and the in-fighting gets us nowhere. Good luck in school.

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wow- it sounds like you read someting that made you mad. i notice this is only your second post, maybe you have not been around long enough to read the many, many postings where nurses say that good CNA's are worth their weight in gold. I dont know how you want people to respond when they read this, but maybe that is someting you need to think about- whether you are coming across rationally or just angrily. Since I dont know you I cant say. :rolleyes:

OH NOOOOOO, not upset, mad, angry or anything like that.....seen a post about med aides and wanted to say that their are some good aides out there. Sorry if it came across as being angry......

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I too echo the sentiments of the above poster. I think we all are on the same team and the in-fighting gets us nowhere. Good luck in school.

Thanks!! Going to emt classes next month....we live in a small town and we are kinda short on the emt's

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Cool - I'm a pre-hospital RN and love EMS!

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We need them pretty bad here and I figure I will be stuck to the house quit often, but then think.........what if my family needed an ambulance and there wasnt one to be called, which is more important.......will be another learning experience anyway :)

Just because you are a cna doesnt mean your below a license person....

?? ummm, i believe it does ??

did you have a bad day at work ???????

I'm sure you are a terrific CNA, but I have a big ethical problem with non-licensed people passing medications. It just seems very scary to me, and a slippery slope to start.

Congratulations on your decision to enter EMS and nursing - I've been in both fields and they are both challenging & rewarding. Good luck :)

Good Med Aides Rock

I'll take all the good help I can get my hands on...too bad it's so hard to find in the ED!

I'm not shy -- I'll ask med students to help with NG tubes and I teach them to draw blood. In the ED you never know what you'll be doing/have to do/need to do in a truly emergent situation.

I realize there are med aides who are 110% dedicated to their job and who do their job to the best of their abilities. Unfortunately, that is not good enough, and if I knew my incapacitated family member was being given medication by someone who had not proven their competency with proper credentials I would be terribly upset. At the assisted living facility/home for the aged where my father-in-law stays they have med aides to help save money on nursing staff. Fortunately, FIL has enough of his marbles to know what kind of medication he takes. He tells us he has been given the wrong medication several times. This is part of the reason this is his last month at this facility (we have found another one where they do not use med aides).

In nursing school our instructor warned us that med aides were a bad idea all the way around. Even if they supposedly have an RN supervisor the supervisor cannot stand over the med aide(s) and watch every patient they interact with (that would defeat the purpose of having a med aid, which we all know is that hiring cheap labor saves money for the facility, and in turn they can better serve their employees...(lol):rolleyes:

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