amason2021

amason2021 CNA

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  1. Insubordination

    amason2021 replied to Trickyp713's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I left a facility after three weeks in August of last year for the first few issues you mentioned for a hospital setting and best decision ever! And one facility I worked at as a cook, they pulled the...

  2. Even tho I found my calling in cardiac

    amason2021 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Even tho I found my calling in cardiac, I still can't resist the pull of LTC. Is it bad I want to come back into LTC but at a different unit as a

  3. Well that sucks

    amason2021 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The facility I tried to interview at(couldn't hire me until I was on our state's CNA registry, which I got on 1/17/25 with reprocity status, sp, correct me on that), they told me to call when I did. I...

  4. That's not what I had in mind

    amason2021 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The facility I work at is under new ownership. But the cattiness of the staff(most are pleasant to begin with) is down right ugggh. And a resident, who is now hospice due to brain cancer, was groping...

  5. Being hopeful

    amason2021 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Received a phone call yesterday to set up an initial phone interview for tomorrow with a recruiter. Any tips on how to ace the generic questions guaranteed to be asked at some point by the recruiter...

  6. Being hopeful

    amason2021 posted a topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Landed an initial phone interview on my dream unit. Any tips on how to field any general questions to ace it and the interview with the potential hiring manager? It's an ICU

  7. 12-Hour Shifts Led to Fatal Crash

    amason2021 replied to Marshall1's topic in Nursing News

    Same here. At the facility I left, 6 pm to 6 am. After two weeks, I couldn't do it. Apart from bed checks every two hours, and popping people up for breakfast, I couldn't take much of all the down...

  8. Calling all cnas! What are your cna pet peeves?

    amason2021 replied to Angelkat27's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Lazy nurses(a lot are great, but there are few). A few ungrateful people(but that's every where). Aides/pcts(for hospital people) who refuse to help you when you're busy, but then call for help when...

  9. Does. Anyone like their CNA job??

    amason2021 replied to Cathylady's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I HATED Ortho when I was in hospital setting. I found my calling(s) in surgical oncology and tele. Loved every minute on both units except my home unit of ortho/neuro/uro(liked the manager but hated...

  10. Staffing Shortages

    amason2021 replied to LTCRN4LIFE's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have no problem with my wages. Just short staffing and others giving me attitude for no reason, OR my personal favorite(insulting others):“she doesn't know how to measure intake" by a seasoned CNA...

  11. Just Wondering: CNA to Patient Ratio on Your Unit

    amason2021 replied to pRNss808's topic in Medical-Surgical

    At the hospital where my old unit is at, I had 10. And we were busy. Sometimes I had lazy nurses who refused to help(and I still swear the nurse knew our admit had covid and she refused to tell me...

  12. Showers in nursing home

    amason2021 replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In Indiana( I assume Illinois follows the same guidelines), its two showers a

  13. Burnt out

    amason2021 posted a topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Has anyone becoming burn out after three

  14. I'm so excited

    amason2021 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Even tho I like hospital setting, but with the unit I'm on and the massive amounts of favorites(even night shift has noticed it) and I'm burning out as a pct on our unit as a result(other units don't...

  15. Family history pulled me to like this specialty.

    amason2021 posted a topic in Cardiac

    Even tho I'm only a PCT on an ortho floor(I'm not bashing ortho nurses and pct's, I've grown to despise ortho in of itself), I found my calling on our cardiac floor. Family history on my mom's side...

  16. Do you love Ortho?

    amason2021 replied to sarahsmile44's topic in Orthopedic

    Not long but I'm seeing I hate Ortho. While floating on our tele floor, I found I love it as a pct because of teamwork between the nurses and normal tele pcts is much better than

  17. What's Ortho Nursing Like?

    amason2021 replied to Rockstar706's topic in Orthopedic

    Pretty much me as a PCT. But I'm ready to go to another unit because I'm dreading going to work every day just because of our unit. I love other units tho. They're more laid back but I'm hating ortho...

  18. Worst Nursing Scrub Color Worn?

    amason2021 replied to RNliveoak's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    When I was a transporter at my old hospital eons ago, we made the switch to khaki. Worst color

  19. Scope of practice?

    amason2021 replied to justagirlwhosaideh's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    In Indiana, we also remove IV's and blood sugars, but we also can tie restraints if the need arises. But we can't remove

  20. "Ew, I don't want to wipe butts all day"

    amason2021 replied to Arya526's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    AMEN!!!! Even on my unit, some nurses refuse to even do that, even if they aren't busy. It's like,if you aren't busy, you see me in a room with another fall risk patient tolieting that patient, and...

  21. PCT jobs harder than they once were?

    amason2021 replied to funtimes's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Ha! A lot of day shift techs I work with do the same thing: kiss butt with nurses, or managers as with one tech(and this tech is also a tattle tale and is generally hated by most other techs, me...

  22. What unit do you work in?

    amason2021 replied to OliveOyl91's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Ortho/neuro/uro and I despise it. Especially the ortho side of it. When it comes to getting patients up post surgery, our therapy never tells the pcts(who mainly help get patients up) and it drives me...

  23. Overwhelmed, inexperienced CNA advice

    amason2021 replied to Reese Nurse's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    That's what I did at a nursing facility. I had turned in my two weeks, but left sooner because they made me take two halls again. It's unsafe as

  24. Quit today.

    amason2021 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I quit today because they expected me to take two halls(the facility's corporate owners consider it one unit but it's really two halls). And I've done it last week and felt like it was too much to...

  25. Wondering to go in or not….

    amason2021 replied to amason2021's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes, I