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  1. Moral support, pleeaaassse!!

    amanda1229 replied to mrsraisinkain's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Moral support being sent your way! I was insanely nervous. So nervous I put it off for a year and worked at a low-paying ice cream store where I made just enough to pay for car insurance and gas and...

  2. I don't like my job :(

    amanda1229 replied to DreamyEyes's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Good job sticking it out, Dreamy. If you have a bad feeling about facility and you've heard the same from around the community, they tell you to go with your gut. The good thing is that you're willing...

  3. Stupid dream

    amanda1229 replied to Bebi11's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Echoing everyone else, but you'll find out in time what works for you. Are you in your CNA class yet? If so, do you enjoy clinicals? And if not, shadow a

  4. For The Love Of God Help Me

    amanda1229 replied to Richarda8770's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I am only nineteen, no kids, no husband, my parents pay for college, I am not living on my own yet, my car is paid for, my cell phone is paid for, the only thing I pay for is gas and shopping sprees....

  5. How is this okay?

    amanda1229 replied to amanda1229's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks for your imput, everyone. I know what you guys mean about my "just being an aide." I say it a lot, but when you stand back and look CNAs have so much contact with residents, more than anyone...

  6. I don't like my job :(

    amanda1229 replied to DreamyEyes's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I say just stick it out for a while. When I first started I really loved it, and then about a week in, I hated it and I couldn't figure out why because I really loved the residents. I wanted to quit,...

  7. Not following care plan

    amanda1229 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Just out of curiosity, how many of you LTCFs out there stick faithfully to a resident's care plan? I will be posting this on the CNA board as well, since aides see most of it, but I wanted to get the...

  8. Dwarves/Little People in LTCFs

    amanda1229 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have a dwarf at our facility -- how common is this? I may be misinformed or ignorant, but I'd always had the impression that dwarves had many health complications that prevented them from making it...

  9. Waterloo Nursing

    amanda1229 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm from the Waterloo area, and hoping to get a CNA job in a hospital. I already work in a LTCF and I love my job, but it's not what I want to do long-term, so I want to get into a hospital job early...

  10. Dragging 'em out of bed

    amanda1229 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I personally think I deal very well with residents like this. We have a couple, but one in particular. She refuses to get up for breakfast almost everyday, and gets really delusional and combative...

  11. Not following care plan

    amanda1229 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Just out of curiosity, how many of you LTCFs out there stick faithfully to a resident's care plan? I posted this on the regular Geriatric/LTC nursing board, too for a nurse's perspective, but since...

  12. Bad first day of clinicals

    amanda1229 replied to Sensoria17's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It may be hard, but I would either ask her to do things right because you are a student, or ask for another CNA to stick with. You are trying to learn skills to pass a test, it's not fair that you...

  13. Has anyone failed?

    amanda1229 replied to DreamyEyes's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I had a horrible CNA class experience -- our instructor was in and out of the hospital, so we never got to practice much on the skills in our clinical or lab settings. Most days when he was gone, we...

  14. Not following care plan

    amanda1229 replied to amanda1229's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I don't know if it is or not here, because I've never heard anything about it. I can see where everyone is coming from but I don't know why we've been allowed to have them up. And, haha, some of our...

  15. Not following care plan

    amanda1229 replied to amanda1229's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    First of all, at our facility, saying that we can't help someone because we're not assigned to them would never fly. We have three wings at my LTCF and since the Alzheimer's wing is always locked, B...

  16. Not following care plan

    amanda1229 replied to amanda1229's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm sure it's not a HIPPA violation here, we've always had them up. We also have Skin Alerts posted by each bed (unless the resident has absolutely no concerns), and any other alerts posted nearby....

  17. CNA salaries

    amanda1229 replied to dsomday's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I would recommend a CNA job when in nursing school. It may not be the highest paying job, but where I'm from it's fairly decent pay. At my LTCF, after I'm there for a year they'll pay for any of my...

  18. how much longer?

    amanda1229 replied to gurly1515's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I took both my skills and written the same day. I was told I would appear on the registry (thus receiving results) in anywhere from four to six weeks. It appeared in just two weeks. Give it time! I...

  19. Not following care plan

    amanda1229 replied to amanda1229's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It seems like so many of you can't even find the care plans! That's so weird, both places I've worked at (my job and where I did my training) had them right on the back of the door -- I look at them...

  20. Not following care plan

    amanda1229 replied to amanda1229's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Wow, that's so weird! I can't believe you only have the CPs updated once a year. I would say each resident on my wing, except for the more independent ones, has a change on their CP at least every...

  21. Bad bad day

    amanda1229 replied to DaughteroftheKing's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    From time to time, when other CNAs forget their PSAs, it will only encourage you to remember it more easily. But remember, PSAs do not prevent falls, and working in a nursing home, they will happen....

  22. CNA jobs in places other than LTCFs

    amanda1229 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I love my job as a CNA in my LTCF, but it's not what I want to end up doing. My ideal career is working in L&D as an RN in a few years. I would love to have a CNA job in that department! Sadly,...

  23. So.... What skills did you have on your exam???

    amanda1229 replied to luvmy3kids's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Denture cares, transferring a patient from wheelchair to bed, feeding, Heimlech maneuver, feeding, and of course handwashing. Denture cares -- got me because I didn't line the sink with paper towels....

  24. state board on friday - please help answer my questions.

    amanda1229 replied to jennah982's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    One thing that got a LOT of people (and almost me!) was a choking or falling resident -- either yell out "HELP" or say "YELLING HELP" to the evaluator. I said, "She's choking!" when I had my skill,...

  25. Best place to work?

    amanda1229 replied to Futurenurse86's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Call around -- we are lucky to be in the field we are in, when it comes to school schedules. Health care jobs are very flexible usually, they want us to go from CNAs to nurses! They want us to...