Thank you... I wasn't doing too good when I just got hired. I started PRN a month ago, but was transferred to the Alzheimer's Unit a couple weeks ago. I was doing a lot better, but this
I took a patient to the restroom and I was wiping her when she fell on me. She was a fall risk and had difficulty walking, but that is normal for her. My chart said she was a one person transfer with...
You were the slowest one? I feel so stupid. I've done 8 days of work and I'm still in training, but I seem to mess up every day. Or look like I did. Do you have any advice on becoming
I just started my second CNA job after being badly trained and let go at my first job. I am at a real nice facility and everyone is nice, but I find myself constantly asking questions and needing help...
Thank you. Hopefully this next position I got will work out well for me. I also hope I passed my certification test that I took yesterday. I feel like I missed quite a few, but there's always next...
So I got fired today when I picked up my first check... I don't know why they fired me. I got along with my coworkers. They just told me that I wasn't a "good fit for the position" and were super...
The link doesn't work, but I was shown a checklist in the back of the book. I will look for the red cross video as soon as I get home. Edit: I see the second link works.
I can email my clinical instructor. I think she implied that I would have some practice before I try to test out again. (I am nervous since I need to get all my test outs done by 8/4/17 and I only go...
Today, I made my first attempt at bathing a resident and I quite frankly, choked. It wasn't at all like the videos on youtube and I kept getting water everywhere. The patient was a non-responsive one...
I got the gown, but I'm still having trouble and it comes apart easily. The material is so flimsy I can barely feel how I'm doing. My brother is might bring me another gown that is more well put...
So, I am doing really good in my CNA class which I am taking in order to earn points towards admission to a COTA program. The only problem is that when it comes to the labs, I can't tie my PPE gown...