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  1. Hello, I can certainly relate to your experience. I worked in LTC as a new CNA for four months and had to give it up. It caused me to quit the health field alltogether. I took another job at an...
  2. How would you handle this, VERY lazy CNA!

    I am a CNA/Nursing Student and I just happen to work with a lazy CNA just like the one you are speaking of. I have written her up and I will write her up again. That is pure neglect and sooner or...
  3. Calling All CNA's!

    Hi, what a great attitude to have about being a CNA!! CNA work is very demanding and physically and emotionally draining. I wish there were more CNA's like you and me!! On your question on how long...
  4. Piedmont Tech Greenwood SC

    Hi, I'm an LPN student at York Tech in Rock Hill, SC and after passing the boards for LPN, I plan to work in Greenwood and finish my ADN at Piedmont Tech. I was a Paramedic in...
  5. Calling All CNA's!

    hello to all, i am a cna in sc. i worked in a nursing home for about 4 months and finally got hired to work in a hospital in the med surg dept. i am also a lpn student and will graduate in august. i...
  6. The Doctor said WHAT?

    My nursing instructor would have had me out the door!! You are not an employee of that hospital and you made things worse for the ones who work there all of the time. Very unproffessional on your...
  7. Does anyone know of a brand of nursing scrubs that don't have to be ironed when they come out of the dryer? I have tried just about every brand that is made but I have yet to find any material that...
  8. Hi to all, I will be graduating in August for my LPN. I live in the Rock Hill area but would like to know if anyone knows what the starting hourly rates are for LPNs in the upstate of SC for a...
  9. Time Management in school.

    Hi everyone, thanks for all the positive things you've said. I have applied for a weekend Baylor shift at a local nursing home and hopefully I'll know something before I have to schedule school for...
  10. Time Management in school.

    Hello everyone, how do you all work full time and go to school full time? I have done this for this semester and my grades could have been better. I walk around with no sleep most of the time and...
  11. Overdose, using charcoal on a combative pt?

    With my experience as a Paramedic for 15 years and the many trauma centers I've transported mypatients to, I've seen gastric lavage used the most and with the final administration of charcoal using...
  12. Pay Rate for CNA/Medication Aide

    I am a Certified Nurse Asst in South Carolina and work at a nursing home that is said to be one of the lowest paid for CNAs. I make $8.15 hour base pay but work 2nd shift with an extra $1.00 for that...
  13. Piedmont Tech Greenwood SC

    Hey Mammy, I am a CNA that just finished at York Tech in Rock Hill. I also have children in Abbeville and have attended PTC for my EMT years ago. I took the CNA because it was mandatory as a...
  14. I'm a new CNA student as of this week. I have not had the chance to ask this question. What's the difference between nursing homes and assisted living facilities as far as who mandates them and would...
  15. Hi, I'm a Resident Assistant at an assisted living facility. I am a CNA student. On the subject of Med Techs, I'm told by my nursing instructor teaching the CNA class that a Nurse is the only one...
  16. I'm a former Paramedic who is a Resident Assistant at an assisted living facility. I am starting CNA school on Monday, July 10. As a Paramedic I could do things that RNs could not do, such as...
  17. Where are all you SC nurses?

    Hi to all, I'm hope to see this thread get larger. I'm a nursing student, live in Chester, SC but work in Rock Hill, SC since I'm just over the York/Chester County line. I work for an assisted living...
  18. Geri-psych?

    And when these residents abuse you like I've experienced in the past week, verbally and physically, how do you work around these residents again and not hate them? This is my biggest obstacle with my...