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  1. Am I being low balled?

    yousoldtheworld replied to afink87's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Fair, no...common? Yeah. I'm right above you in Indiana, and it's not uncommon to make 8-9 a hour. I have been at my current facility for 2 years now and I am barely making more than $9. There are...

  2. Does a CNA have to wipe butts?

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

    LOL...but what about those who cannot sit on the toilet? Do you think they make bidet bedpans?

  3. Does a CNA have to wipe butts?

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

    Sadly, we've been asked similar things more than a few times on here, in all seriousness. And in real life, I've seen a CNA student surprised and appalled that "old people pooped their pants" and quit...

  4. Does a CNA have to wipe butts?

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

    Dream career...can you put in a good word for

  5. Does a CNA have to wipe butts?

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

    Is this a serious post? If so, I don't think you know what a CNA is. Anywhere you work as an aide, you're going to have to "wipe butts" and aides don't participate in surgery, surgical techs and the...

  6. Love the residents - HATE the coworkers!!

    yousoldtheworld replied to krissy.tan's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    i think what makes ours suck so bad is that dinner is a huge ordeal...as none of our residents can feed themselves, so it takes about 2 hours. then we have to take our break, so by the time that's...

  7. Love the residents - HATE the coworkers!!

    yousoldtheworld replied to krissy.tan's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    LOL, I'm always puzzled and so jealous when people post this about 2nd shift at their facility...I don't understand where the extra time comes from, because at my facility, dinner and our breaks...

  8. CNA's taking over lpn's?

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

    In Indiana, there are QMAs who are able to do some of those things (mostly med passes) but they are rarely used. Around here, LPNs are still widely used and don't look to be going anywhere. And the...

  9. Tips?

    yousoldtheworld replied to RN1485's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I think it's best to do the most time consuming ones first, so you know how much time you have for the easier things. Yes, I would save the beds for last. And if someone soaks right around get up...

  10. First day of CNA clinical - Elder abuse?

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

    I have worked in both a 5 star facility and a bottom of the barrel facility that took the residents no one else would take (abusive residents and those with no money/family) and the staff that no one...

  11. Love the residents - HATE the coworkers!!

    yousoldtheworld replied to krissy.tan's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Shoot, at my facility right now, we're so short on days AND evenings that there's no time. I had to try to train a brand new, fresh out of class aide this week while taking care of 28 residents...

  12. Inappropriate Behavior

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

    Nothing wrong with humor! It's just unfortunate that there ARE so mny with that kind of attitude that it isn't apparent whether it's a joke or not, is all. I thought of this thread just today - I...

  13. Inappropriate Behavior

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

    I think what annoys me is the idea that the residents we care for are somehow "dirtier" than everyday people on the street. For example, I work with a girl who won't even touch a resident without...

  14. Inappropriate Behavior

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

    You just made me choke on my own throat,

  15. Inappropriate Behavior

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

    I don't get thinking like that. Unless the person has a cold or something, why not? It's not like being old or disabled is

  16. Inappropriate Behavior

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

    I give most all of my residents hugs and kisses. And despite the fact that none of them can talk or ASK for hugs or kisses (I work with disabled kids), that little bit of affection makes them so...

  17. CNA'S, do you use algebra?

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

    For the actual work as a CNA, no. But the principles you learn in algebra do pop up in real life from time to time (believe it or not), not to mention

  18. First day of CNA clinical - Elder abuse?

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

    I agree that sometimes, what we have to do can seem like being mean to outside people. For example, many of the residents I care for have severe cerebral palsy and many of them are very constricted,...

  19. First day of CNA clinical - Elder abuse?

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

    AGREED. Now, it's true that a person has no idea what it's like to care for 10, 15, 20 residents at a time until they have to DO it. And it's true that sometimes, you have to prioritize and skip...

  20. Complaints about me ALREADY!

    yousoldtheworld replied to tammy_zeidan09's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I really miss doing this! It's not possible at my facility now, because we have to be clocked out by 10:07, and 3rd shift never gets on the floor until that time. It made things go so much more...

  21. Complaints about me ALREADY!

    yousoldtheworld replied to tammy_zeidan09's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    And where I work, we don't have bed pads, they were gotten rid of 2 years ago...so we do a ton of bed strips. All of our residents are incontinent, as they are MRDD. Naturally, they're going to be...

  22. Complaints about me ALREADY!

    yousoldtheworld replied to tammy_zeidan09's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Everywhere I have worked, double briefing is a guaranteed write up if discovered! Just to forewarn you. The next shift is always going to complain. If it becomes a huge issue involving the next...

  23. CNA's, Favorite department to work in?

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

    My least favorite is ANYTHING with the general population, LOL. I just have no patience for regular people who come in for surgery on their foot and suddenly become incapable of changing their own tv...

  24. CNA - LTC or Hospital?

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

    Around here, the pay rate is about the same, and sometimes LTC even pays more. Most facilities around here have 8 hour shifts, but some have 12. I know of both hospitals and LTCs that have both. Full...

  25. Scrubs for inflexible nurse

    yousoldtheworld replied to Nicole222's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Maybe the Cherokee flexibles? They have those stretchy panels on the