walkingon CNA, LPN

Hmmm....I just started at a LTCF (as a CNA) last month, and they do acknowledge National Nurses' Week. They gave all the nurses nice gifts & goodies. Apparently they don't celebrate National Nursing Home Week, because I never even knew such a w...

I'm a single mom looking at fall '09 before getting into clinicals, so work is definitely on the agenda. Just started at a LTCF to get experience (it's sure not for the big $), and I'll probably work there till I've got a semester of clinicals in an...

Aw man, that sucks.....you sounded so excited about that job what, a week or two ago? Isn't there anyone you can talk to? If the NM doesn't do anything, surely there is someone higher up. I agree with Tiggerbelly that kind of behavior is unprofess...

The title of CNA is just a generic title given to a person who has passed a nursing assistant course and taken a certification test. A person at this title can work at a variety of places that require a CNA, and home health is only one of them. Dep...

I'm not an ER aide, can't buy a job at the hospitals around here and would be glad to be in your shoes. Don't let that director tell you what to do (she probably just doesn't want to lose good help, can't blame her there, but why stay and wonder wha...

Hey Minty! Sounds like that's quite a course you're taking there....mine lasted 3 weeks with 2 days of clinical. Most people get nervous at some point when taking CNA classes I do believe. The ones that seem so confident are just good at concealing t...

I have just completed (flourish of trumpets) Week One of my prereqs. No idea when I'll get into actual Nursing School, there's a waiting list at my cc. Somewhere along the way when I was goofing around figuring out what I wanted to be when I grew up...

Dee78....I had only clinical experience when I started as a HHA.....actually, I was desperate for a job and it was the only one I could get at the time. If it's what you want to do, you shouldn't have a problem finding a job. love being an aide....w...

The daughter of one of my clients gave me a blanket she'd crocheted herself and said that she hoped it kept me as warm and fuzzy as I made her mom feel. There are others too, but that one sticks out in my mind right now. :redbeathe

Apparently I was wrong.....no HHA's hanging out here that I can see! :thnkg:

Try here: http://www.nurseaidetesting.com/default.htm Good luck!

I am only a fairly new CNA home health aide, but had a funky feeling about the rash on one of our clients that I had to sponge bathe several days a week. The family was inattentive, and it took us several weeks of begging, but we finally got her to h...

Don't let impatience rob you of something you are really interested in. The prereqs are there for the same reason that you have to learn 2 + 2 = 4 before you can learn algebraic equations....to provide a foundation. You'll kick yourself in a few year...

When I was taking my STNA training, we wore white as well. It may be cold outside, but once you get to moving around doing patient care, you're not going to miss the long sleeves. Good luck!

Can any CST's who have furthered their education relate their experience coming from tech to RN? I am a CST readying to enter nursing school and want to know what I'm in for. Did anything about the process surprise you? Was it what you thought it'...

I am only a brand-new aide, and this is nowhere near as dramatic as many of yours, but when I was in clinicals at a LTCF I was feeding a confused woman who slept and mumbled unintelligibly through her mechanical soft lunch. I was about to give up fe...

Took my test yesterday and found out I passed today! I'm gonna work home health for awhile and try to get on as a pt. care tech at our local hospital so they can pay for my nursing school. One more hurdle cleared!

Good for you!!! With your experience, nursing school should be a whole lot easier.....

I just got finished with my training program a couple of days ago. My instructor called to tell me about a job at a certain LTCF and said that their staffing ratios were "better than most" around here at 4 aides to 25 residents, which averages out t...

I'm in my 2nd week of classes. You're right about there being a lot to it - guess we don't think about all the "little" things that a nursing assistant has to know! Speaking of which....now I have to start mitering the corners of my bed to get into...

Hey all! I'm currently in nursing assistant classes, scheduled to be done in a couple of weeks and state tested by mid-May. Already hold a cert as a scrub tech, but jobs are like hen's teeth around here, and I decided I'd get my STNA to serve the d...

i was curious about this myself and did a quick web search....a uk hospital described using self-administered medication packs....maybe that's what it is????????????

There are instrument books you can get (or possibly borrow from the hospital's library) that tell the generally accepted names of the common instruments for starters. Also, like Marie said, the names just come with experience. The scrub techs shoul...

Thanks for the replies! I figured that the only way to get ahead (or even get a job in the first place, there's not many around here) was to go back to school again, which is why I'm doing this. You guys are an inspiration!

My CC requires this as well, and I'm ok with it....how much worse can it be than changing my gd's diapers? (ok, ok, I can already hear the replies to that one ). The only thing I don't care for is having to shell out an extra $538 for the course &...