slsampson

I can't stand for anyone to touch my belly button either! My boyfriend tries to poke it all the time and it drives me crazy. It makes my stomach feel funny when he does that!

I agree that not everyone involved in pt. care should have access to pt. records, but CNA's do provide quite a bit of personal care and if there is something that could endanger their health or lives, CNA's should be allowed to have access to basic information about their patients. As for Nurses getting into trouble for sharing health info with co-workers, because of HIPPA laws, some Hippa laws vary according to state law.

I definately agree! :lvan: Hippa laws are very strick for a reason!

{QUOTE]"One of the CNAs told me about a resident who was positive for HIV or had AIDS outright. This info was not passed on to personnel so that they could take extra precautions. This CNA called the State and asked about it. She was told that she should have been told. The reason behind this answer was because there had been body fluid contact. The CNA had to go and get tested for HIV. She was angry as could be. She said it almost cost her her job (and of course she was worried about her health). She tried to make the call to the State anonymously but was forced to give her name. At any rate she was irate that this info had been kept from the caregivers and to be frank about it, I agreed with her. I was doing clinicals at an acute care hospital where HIV status was part of report. If a patient has a condition that could be potentially harmful to caregivers, then they should be informed in a professional manner. Not informing people sets up a situation where the info gets out as gossip, and just makes matters worse. No offense, but as a CNA and a nursing student, i do agree that even CNA's should be informed that extra precautions should be taken with certain residents or patients. I know this first hand because I was exposed to Tuberculosis and I found out later that it was from a patient coughing around me repeatedly. I don't have active TB, but I do have a positive result from skin tests and have to take a yearly x-ray of my lungs because of it. And that's not even as bad as the 9 months of TB medicine I had to take to keep the TB dormant. I was miserable during the whole course of treatment. I've finished it, but if i had been given a heads up about the pts. condition, i could have worn a facial mask to prevent exposure to coughs and sputum. Thanks to someone not giving me the info i needed, i suffered for 9 months on medication that made me sick. I think that Nurses, CNA's, PT's and any other people involved in someone's care should be warned when they need to take more precautions than the usual universal precautions. I would appreciate any feedback i get on this. I also have to add that the person involved with starting the thread should have excercised more discretion in the situation they were in and should not have shared a pts. information with people that were not involved. HIPPA laws are very strict, as well they should be, but I don't think that people so closely involved are recieving all the pertinent infomation that they deserve.

Well depending on what state you reside in, the things tested may vary. When I took my CNA test, we were required to show how to transfer people, how to give a proper shower, how to do bed changes, how to feed someone, how to take temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressures, how to give massages and how to use mechanical lifts. Remember proper handwashing and gloving up. Always remember to knock and wait for a reply (if possible) before entering a room. Announce who you are and address the resident or patient with respect and kindness. If you just follow the rules, you'll do fine on the clinical part of the test. As for video aids, i'm not sure about that. It just depends on what resources you have available to you. When in doubt, ask. There are no stupid questions.

hi, i have been a c.n.a. for 10 years and am in my third semester of college. i am going for my r.n. i love school and i love my job. i know the hard work will pay off someday!