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I figured this was the best place to ask the question. I'm in nursing school and for one of my classes, we have to make up a scenario for our fellow classmates to read and solve, like a case study. I have ideas, but I don't really know what would hap...

I have been thinking about making a change, possibly moving to Chicago (I live in Iowa right now). I'm a CNA and have only started some of the pre-reqs for the nursing programs here. Are there any good community colleges in Chicago or close by that a...

There is a man on our Chronic Confusion & Dementia Unit named R. R is incontinent, ambulatory, sexually aggressive (the crudest things I've ever heard someone say come out of this man's mouth!), and extremely combative about 60-75% of the time. H...

After being a LTC CNA for only four months, I am officially sickened by people who support this! We had a new admission Friday evening. I'll call him Herbie. Herbie is confused. He has a foley, colostomy bag, g-tube, and constant o2. He has a PSA bec...

I want to start practicing VS more often. I work in a LTCF where CNAs don't do VS, but I want to be prepared for nursing school next semester and I'm also applying for hospital CNA positions and I've heard that's what you need to know how to do. I n...

Hello all, I've got some questions today. I'm a CNA and nursing student, and my goal is to eventually be a L&D nurse. I've been working for about five months in LTC, and I only worked there so I could actually take the exam and get my certificati...

I'm trying to get a hospital position as a CNA, so I'm in the same boat to some extent... But right now I'm volunteering there, talking to all of my nursing professors and looking for connections, asking for specific people, talking to the people I w...

I agree, I think male pericare is so much easier. And I'm a female! It's only because, really, who uses eight washcloths to wipe after they use the bathroom? So this whole lengthy procedure involving eight corners, etc. is INSANE to me. Makes sense, ...

I didn't read all the responses, so I may be repeating, but this can't go on. What if the resident could call sexual harassment on your sister, which seems like she'd have a case? I'll just say it -- ick. Most of the time, unless it's a larger woman,...

It seems weird that you can't mandate organ donation in your will, as if it's just another property you're leaving behind, hmm. I know that when I die, anyone can have any part of my body they wish. I think it's such a waste and crime to BURY parts t...

In an LTCF? Here's the basic rundown of my day as a CNA in a LTCF. 6:30-8:00 - Arrive, dress, check & change, and get-ups for every resident. Make sure they are groomed properly, have their dentures in or glasses on if needed, teeth brushed, and...

I've posted about looking for a job as a CNA in the L&D unit nearby, and hopefully being a RN there, too someday. Does anyone have any good sites on hand that have a lot of info (conditions, abbreviations, examples, whatever) about L&D, labor...

My absolute, hands-down worst fear upon starting in a LTCF was skin tears. I thought moving any resident was going to result in a big ol' foot-long tear down their limbs. Because of this I moved so slowly, and so cautiously, I was always behind. Ove...

I love working in my LTCF, and I've never worked in an ALF. But from what I hear, an ALF is so much easier. The problem with my LTCF is the level of care needed by all of the residents, and how much time is actually allowed to do it in. On my usual w...

I love our activity staff. They always have fun things for the residents. We have a really good director who must have been here for a while, because she just knows every resident so well. She knows which residents to pull aside for certain activitie...

Thanks for the sites, guys. :)

On our locked unit, it's considered "low-stimulation," so I often got chewed out for having some of the TVs on at night when everyone was in bed. I'd turn off a few, but some I had to leave on all night -- these residents are the ones who told me the...

You corrected yourself -- it's not like you walked away and left it on for the resident to freeze, or left her naked, or forgot to pull the curtain! Please do test again, skills tests are intimidating but your job will be rewarding in the end. You so...

As far as I'm concerned -- you want your residents taken care of properly, you keep your employees happy. I'm a CNA, and when I'm feeling up to it, I help out however I can -- sometimes I work 70 hrs. a week as we're understaffed right now (but, of c...

I want so badly to be a L&D CNA! Are there any around and if so, what can you all tell me about it? I've always been interested in pregnancy, birth and mother/baby health. Like, really interested, and I'd always thought it was a weird interest un...

OMG, do not worry about being a "tattle-tale." This is real life and this is work, not kindergarten. These people are paying to be taken care of, and it is your job to make sure the effort is being made and the job is being done. Are you saying that ...

I would say just the same as others, clock in, do well, clock out. But if her attitude is affecting residents in the place they live and expect good care, I think it's another aide's job to bring it to someone else's attention. If the other aides are...

I took my class and put it off for a year because I was so nervous, haha. Stupid decision on my part. But I got a job at an LTCF to refresh a bit and then took the test a month in. Did well, and the LTCF will reimburse me for it, score.

I've only been a CNA for four months, but I've had a few good and bads. One of my bests has been with a resident I'll call Maggie. Maggie had COPD and so many problems. She was only an Ax1 and continent when I got there, but a couple months in starte...

From what you're telling us, I say get the heck outta there. You just started, it's early, give them a good amount of time for notice and politely end your time there. You would have GREAT reasons for leaving when your next employer asks! Very few fa...