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  1. Hosptial, LTC or Agency...

    yousoldtheworld replied to pgray1229's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I disagree - when I gave agency a try I was sent all over the place to different facilities, different halls and units within facilities. In LTC, I care for the same kids every day. I don't...

  2. What is the difference?

    yousoldtheworld replied to Elvienm's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    NA just stands for Nursing Assistant...which is a CNA. A CNA is a certified nursing assistant. You should be able to get a NA I job as a CNA. They are the same thing. A CNA II is used in some places...

  3. Hosptial, LTC or Agency...

    yousoldtheworld replied to pgray1229's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I work in an LTC, but not geriatrics - a children's home for the developmentally disabled. I am happy. I worked in a hospital before and hated it. It wasn't for me. My pay, however, is unfortunately...

  4. Do you wear mostly solids or prints?

    yousoldtheworld replied to cobee's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I work at a children's home, so I mostly wear cheerful prints. Animals, cartoons, anything brightly colored. As for pants, I have and wear pink, green, purple, lavender, aqua, coral, brown, grey, and...

  5. Put in my 2 weeks notice today! (LONG)

    yousoldtheworld replied to wishinguponastarLPN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Ugh, I can relate to this (working after people not doing what they're supposed to do). What is confusing to me, is why didn't either the manager your nurse just give you a basic report when you told...

  6. Funny things your residents have said/done...

    yousoldtheworld replied to SnowbirdinFL's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    HAHA, we do the same! She's one of those people who constantly goes on and on about how no one works hard like she does, no one knows what they're doing, she calls herself a greyhound. There are...

  7. Funny things your residents have said/done...

    yousoldtheworld replied to SnowbirdinFL's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It does...but most of my residents are younger than me, so it kind of comes with the territory. I work in a children's home - we do have adults too, but the majority are kids and young adults. Mostly...

  8. Funny things your residents have said/done...

    yousoldtheworld replied to SnowbirdinFL's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    LOL. One of my boys at work will hunt you down in his little motorized wheelchair when he needs changed and he'll just smile at you and say "CODE BROWN!!" Then he'll wheel back to his room and wait...

  9. Funny things your residents have said/done...

    yousoldtheworld replied to SnowbirdinFL's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    While I'd never teach residents anything like that, I did recently teach one of our residents to call my favorite nurse a gnome (she's really short, haha). It was hilarious because he's mentally...

  10. Stupid Rules...

    yousoldtheworld replied to CoffeemateCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Heyyy. Our ADON's daughter just started as an aide where I work. Maybe I can hope for this to happen as

  11. Stupid Rules...

    yousoldtheworld replied to CoffeemateCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    We get report when we come on, but since it's an LTC facility, the report is basically just any changes in the past 24 hours. Not things like code status, age, diagnosis like you get at the

  12. Stupid Rules...

    yousoldtheworld replied to CoffeemateCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    A disposable bedpad. Basically similar to a brief, but rectangular instead of shaped to go on the

  13. a few questions about cna classes and work

    yousoldtheworld replied to cnamommyto2's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Every class is different. You need to check with your school/instructor. You should get a list of things you need for the class. My class was at facility and we only needed scrubs for clinicals (and...

  14. I have to confess...

    yousoldtheworld replied to Poi Dog's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Same. It keeps me sane...and being able to gripe about things keeps me loving my job, despite the idiots I work with.

  15. Non-smokers getting less breaks?

    yousoldtheworld replied to hkendrick1987's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    This is one of my biggest pet peeves. We have nurses and aides who take a smoke break every hour...and of course they are the first to complain that they are running behind and need help getting their...

  16. Stupid Rules...

    yousoldtheworld replied to CoffeemateCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Yep. We have to clean and sweep the dining room because housekeeping complained that it was too much work. We also have to fold and put away all our residents laundry, as I posted before, because...

  17. Funny things your residents have said/done...

    yousoldtheworld replied to SnowbirdinFL's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    A few favorites (all from my days in geriatrics): "I crapped myself." "I mostly washed, but I can't quite reach my snatch. Wish I could move the damned thing up about a foot or so." "I can't use this...

  18. CNA Hours

    yousoldtheworld replied to K3ndraR's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    All of the hospitals in my area do have 12 hour shifts. Other nursing facilities often have 8 hour shifts, though. You might have better luck getting hired if you volunteer, but it's not a guarantee....

  19. Stupid Rules...

    yousoldtheworld replied to CoffeemateCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    LOL. I'm prone to the poorly-phrased posts, myself. I thought of another stupid rule at my facility: We are now allowed to feed two residents at a time. Somehow that is not cross contamination...but...

  20. Stupid Rules...

    yousoldtheworld replied to CoffeemateCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    We're not allowed to see the charts at my facility, either. We are only allowed to view the careplans, but even those are locked up and we have to request them from the nurses if we want to read them....

  21. Stupid Rules...

    yousoldtheworld replied to CoffeemateCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    That said, I'm not trying to defend these policies...just trying to find some rationale for them, that's

  22. Stupid Rules...

    yousoldtheworld replied to CoffeemateCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm not talking about choking on chicken, simply about starting CPR. CPR and the Heimlich are not the same thing. CPR is only for when the heart stops, and the resident is in cardiac arrest. Of...

  23. Stupid Rules...

    yousoldtheworld replied to CoffeemateCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    And as for a lawsuit, if you were expressly forbidden to initiate CPR by your facility, it would be your FACILITY that would be at fault, not

  24. Ever been told to falsify documents?

    yousoldtheworld replied to Poi Dog's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Haha, our old DON would actually say "DON'T TELL ME THAT!!" and walk away if we told her we didn't have time to do the RoMs and

  25. Stupid Rules...

    yousoldtheworld replied to CoffeemateCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    At the same time, I think there could also be legal issues if you perform CPR on a