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    What's the nicest thing a patient has done for you?

    When I started out as a new CNA... I stunk. I was scared of pts, clumsy and awkward... poor time management... you know how it is. I wasn't exactly a hit with the staff, either. I was very...
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    We will NEVER treat any patient better....

    LOL! The way that was worded reminded me of The Brady Bunch Movie wherein Mike would go on one of his long-winded, philsophical, but painfully earnest spiels. Cracked me up. I can't embed it, but...
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    FED UP CNAS!!!!

    i always thought the worst part of being a cna was being viewed as a stupid dog's body. very demoralizing. give me all the heavy work, run my legs down to stumps, send me here there and everywhere,...
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    Fictional vital sign charting

    Exactly. And if nobody is willing to pay... nobody is going to invest time and money into school to do it. Catch 22. I wish I knew the
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    Should I stop to help?

    You did the right thing. I grew up in a fairly rough neighborhood and I can tell you listen to your gut. I have a perfect and true story about an experience I had when I was a kid. In fact, I have...
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    please inform me

    Many nurses, in settings where IVs are not common, become rusty. Also, some pts are very hard to start. They may have poor veins. The nurses may be frustrated because they know there is a darn...
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    Fictional vital sign charting

    I have always said CNAs need more education. How can a CNA understand the significance of accurate vitals if they aren't told the WHY??? I'm all about teaching the WHY. I have been CNA for over 20...
  8. Is it bigger than a breadbox? j/k That is gruesome! Will be returning to see if anyone gets it. I want to know
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    CNA pay

    $16. Psych.
  10. I just completed my final rotation in a very nice LTC facility. I have always loved geriatrics and always intended to continue in this field. The nurses were wonderful and I actually enjoyed it very...
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    white underwear under white scrub bottoms?

    What if you are dark-skinned? White?? Flesh-colored, pulllease! I can get away with white as I have thicker white pants and I am a very pale-skinned person... but I can only imagine a poor...
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    Is there a correct way to crank a bed?

    Yep, make sure you fold the cranks back under the bed... provided they fold back properly... or else someone's going to trip over the stupid thing. I remember playing the "Is that high enough?/low...
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    Great LTC Clinical and Advice, Please.

    Thank you for your replies. I will bring in a token of my appreciation and not mention wanting a job. I will prepare a solid resume instead and take it from there.
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    please help me.

    Hi :) 1)I don't know if a community college will consider you if you are not even in the country! I had issues when I just moved out-of-district. If 20 miles out-of-district freaked them out... I'm...
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    L.P.N.'s NO MORE

    sounds good but then you would see your work load double as they could not possibly pay as many cnas at that rate. it's tough to love what you do but have a hard time making a living at it. i am...
  16. And when you pick up their slack -- as in you just did your job well and their job well -- you have then just raised the bar on yourself. And when management sees that, you will never hear anything...
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    Thoughts on improving caring

    Score... for caring... Ya know, this is exactly the ridiculous crap that management comes up with that always gets me in trouble... Because I end up sitting there, in front of the boss, with a look of...
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    Is Jevity considered "medicine"?

    This thread is very old and the OP long gone, I'm sure, but I would be so very interested to hear how this all turned out. Very sad and a lot to be learned from this. I wish that family the best,...
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    A & P I - How much detail do I need to know?

    When you are in the nursing program, you will not necessarily need to recall wee little details. If there is a specific hormone, action or whatever, you will know then if you really need to remember...
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    What do you listen to while studying

    I have a very diverse selection I like to listen to. I go anywhere from Ramones to Tommy Roe... lol... Monkees, Beatles, Motley Crue, Petula Clark, Morrissey, Peter Murphy, Anthrax, Johnny Horton......
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    WTH

    Lol, I doubt it too... I was just trying to think if there was ANY reason why the nurse would say what she did. If the pt has no issues with sensation, then I think we all agree...that nurse is full...
  22. Unfortunately, you get what you pay for. What does a CNA get paid? Crap. Why? Because anyone can pass the single class that is required to become a CNA. The class is so easy, in fact, that complete...
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    Mother Hen

    I agree, those awards rarely mean anything. I had to bust my butt for close to 20 years before I got any significant reward... it was a scholarship. That was much better than a bad photo of me tacked...
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    I absolutely HATE it!

    Oh my. I wonder about people who take everything at face value. I always have to fight the urge to consider these people "stupid" because there tends to be no creativity in their thought process when...
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    Dress Code Violations?

    It's not a fashion show. Trust me, after a few classes, you'll be so dog tired you won't care what you look