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1. tips for feeding a stroke patient?

   tsweetie replied to tsweetie's topic in CNA/MA

   I love this site and all of you for sharing! I have asked the other CNA's and they get a little sheepish- that's why I suspect that they might be fudging the chart. The patient is fairly new to us though, so I will keep asking other CNA's as time goe...

2. tips for feeding a stroke patient?

   tsweetie replied to tsweetie's topic in CNA/MA

   I feel the same way about the feeding tube. It's just so sad. :-( Thanks for sharing- I worry that her family isn't ready to accept what looks like it is inevitable. I guess that just takes time.

3. tips for feeding a stroke patient?

   tsweetie posted a topic in CNA/MA

   I have a stroke patient that is almost impossible to feed. She had the stroke about 2 wks ago, and is completely dependent/verbally unresponsive/still sleeping most of the time. The SLP told gave me a couple of tips (including tapping her cheek and t...

4. You know you are a CNA when....

   tsweetie replied to ham272's topic in CNA/MA

   When you have a patient in the shower chair, he leaves a trail of tiny turds all the way down the hallway on the way to the shower, and you laugh instead of scream/run away/cry. This happened to me today.

5. My CNA Cert a waste of time?

   tsweetie replied to tsweetie's topic in CNA/MA

   Striver- My experience so far has been that a lot of agencies will bait you with ads looking for "CNA's- New Grad okay" and when you get there, they will tell you that since you don't have experience, they will have to hire you as a "caregiver/compa...

6. My CNA Cert a waste of time?

   tsweetie replied to tsweetie's topic in CNA/MA

   I will look into the BLS teaching. I just hope I won't be expected to pay to take a class to be certified to teach!

7. My CNA Cert a waste of time?

   tsweetie replied to tsweetie's topic in CNA/MA

   SHIRT: I appreciate the sentiment, but trust me, I have already asked everyone I know, and asked them to ask everyone they know- I've called people I haven't worked with in over 10 years! I already have BLS, and since I can't find a good paying, regu...

8. My CNA Cert a waste of time?

   tsweetie replied to tsweetie's topic in CNA/MA

   I HATE the nepotism, but only because I have no connections. ;-) It's such a catch-22. You can't get a job unless you have experience (or you know someone), and you can't get experience without a job! GRRRRRRR.

9. My CNA Cert a waste of time?

   tsweetie posted a topic in CNA/MA

   I have almost of year of direct, though unlicensed patient care experience, and almost 6 months of licensed home care experience (CNA/HHA) I have sent out resumes to over 100 SNFs, LTCFs, and just about any other place that says they're hiring CNAs a...