kenya1005

kenya1005

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  1. NHA or NCCT certification

    My hospital hires "pct" but it's a cna cert that's required.
  2. PCT Interview With Staff RN's

    Yes... this... exactly
  3. PCT Interview With Staff RN's

    Oh and also... where I work, cnas sit in on interviews and help pick who gets hired also.
  4. PCT Interview With Staff RN's

    I didn't say my nurse wasn't my supervisor, I said my nurse can't write me up. My manager is an rn, (with a second degree in business) yes, but we were referring to immediate supervisors. Perhaps you didn't read my earlier post about how I agree that...
  5. Working as a pct helps A LOT. I've been a cna/pct for two years and in that time, on my unit alone, I have seen four people graduate and get "gn" jobs (graduate nurse.. you start orientation but can't be on your own until you pass the nclex) then mov...
  6. PCT Interview With Staff RN's

    Ladyfree rns cannot write up techs in my hospital. Even the charge nurse can't... only the manager can. With that being said, if an rn goes to the manager with a VALID complaint, the manager will write the tech up lol.
  7. Telemetry info

    Oh okay. Our hospital is actually huge on safety. We all help each other. We don't have a lot of hoyers etc so it's mostly man power, but there is always help. We also utilize gait belts with every transfer.
  8. PCT Interview With Staff RN's

    The rn is not my "boss" however they do have a lot of say in what tasks I perform and in which order. My nurses love me and its because I've learned how to baby them (sorry it's true lol) I know that one nurse wants her baths done early early, one nu...
  9. Does anyone else feel this way?

    Yep.. I'm 31, in school full time, work part time, and have four kids ranging from 12 months to 10 years old. It's worth it though and one day we will look back and know we did it!
  10. I feel like it never hurts to apply. If you don't get in, then apply again next year.
  11. Three sets of vitals in a 12-hour shift?

    I also love when the nurses call you... from the patients room... to tell you the patient has to use the rr. That whole nurses will help more comment was a great laugh lol.
  12. Three sets of vitals in a 12-hour shift?

    That's normal. Get in and get out during vitals when you have lots of patients. One thing I do is if a pt has to use the restroom, get their vitals then. No reason you have to go in numerical order. Go around an hour before vitals to toilet, fill wat...
  13. What is an "overflow" Patient care tech

    Could be prn or could be a float position meaning you work on whatever unit needs help.
  14. Telemetry info

    I work in Tele. We do vitals every four hours (at least), you'll learn how to hook up Tele monitors, adls, toileting, glucose checks. Some places you also do stat ekgs. Not sure what you mean by transfer.. we get a lot of different types of patients ...
  15. Antagonizing dementia patients

    In those situations validation therapy works best. You aren't going to bring them to reality, just agree with them and go along with it. I see this all the time unfortunately.