Billsgirl CNA

I'm a CNA but my job title is PCT...with no extra training except from the nurses on my unit. Does being a PCT mean that you are able to actually DO MORE than a CNA??

Hi everyone! BOY, I NEED to do more at my job!!:) I'm a CNA at a hospital and I LOVE it! My nurses are wonderful on my unit, they try to teach me as much as possible, but I am the only CNA for 22 beds so there isn't always time! I'm going to start re...

Thank you!!! I'm now at a job where I really do feel appreciated as a CNA, where I was before it wasn't a team orientated environment. THANKS!!!!:heartbeat

Take the CNA class!! That way you can get a job that will help you when you are in LPN classes, you will learn a lot!!:)

I knew from my CNA clinicals that a nursing home wasn't for me. I wanted to be in a hospital environment because I knew I would be exposed to much more as far as learning opportunities and all. I am very lucky and recently transfered to a hospital cl...

hi everyone! i don't get to come to the site as often as i would like because of work and school, but since i have a tiny break from both right now i have some questions for you all, and i love reading about people who are in the same situations i am...

I KNOW Blove, believe me!! I just went on my school web account and my Professor is posting exactally where we are right now including our mid-term in lab...AND in his message he kindly added that "the last day to drop the class is March 21st!" I thi...

Part of my decision was made when my grandfather died almost 2 years ago, I saw what the nurses did and felt their compassion and caring as a family member. One nurse, Diane was there a few times at night when I would stop to see my grandpa in the CI...

Gurmo- I just finished the Lymphatic and am doing the Immunity system now, I DO have notes! Please let me know if they aren't attached right! AP II folder 2.zip AP II folder 1.zip

i'm not doing as well as i would like to, or usually do in school for that matter!!!:cry: it's all of the cellular level stuff, with the chemicals and such...ugh!! maybe i'm not supposed to be a nurse after all!

I wanted to work at a hospital as a CNA myself for the same reasons as you, and I figured the experience would be more realistic to what I would be doing once I graduate nursing school. I did my CNA clinicals at a beautiful nursing home, but knew I d...

hi! i am a pca/cna who works in and will be attending iun in indiana, but i live in illinois! i hear a lot about ivy tech at work, some of the younger girls are going to be going there. hat kind of school is it and where is it located?? i am register...

:balloons::1luvu::clpty::anpom:congrads!!!!!

i think my lab instructor was spawned from the devil!!!

oh thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!! i am having a hard time with the heart/cv system/blood/blood tracing!!!! you are wonderful!!!!!:w00t:

did you try indiana? if you are in chicago it's not too far to drive. look into ivy tech for lpn, i am at indiana university northwest for my bsn and live in chicago heights illinois.

hi! just wanted to address your #4 question. i held out for a hospital job because i wanted the hospital experience instead of ltc. it was my preference, but it ended up working because i do have a hospital pca/cna job now. i love it!! question #5, i...

i have asked the patient/resident what they prefer, because i have done it both ways. last week i had a man who knew when he had to go, but he wore a brief in case of an accident. on the way back from the bathroom he asked if i could put his brief ba...

You are welcome!! keep posting!!

hi! at the hospital i work at they were looking for people who have passed the state cna test for the pca positions, but the posting said "preferred." i am a pca/cna at a hospital on a medical floor in northwest indiana. i make $9.55 hr. and it was a...

Hi! I am a cna (pca, patient care assistant) at a hospital. I work 3-11pm. My schedule is pretty much like this: 2:30 Receive report from day shift about patients 3:00-4:00 Do vitals and accu-checks 4:00-4:45 Change any briefs, reposition, assist to ...

hi everyone! thanks for all of the advice, stories, and general words of wisdom! i will inform you of my personal choices regarding this matter... first, i have found that most (not all of course!) of the nurses on my floor can be helpful and kind if...

i think medical terminology would be best, at least to take first. i am a cna at a hospital and i wish i had had some medical term. in my cna class! i bought myself a book and study on my own, but still!

hi! is a community college out of the question for you? i took my cna class last summer, and our certification test was one month after the class ended. my class took 8 weeks, but it was condensed because it was a summer course. check into a communit...

i think that's an awful lot of patients/residents to expect one cna to properly care for! i give you all my sincere admiration, you deserve lots of gold stars!! one reason i held out for a hospital position as a cna was because of stories like yours,...