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Wow, lots of negative things regarding NA's. I wonder how much response I would get from my fellow students/NA', if I started a thread entitled "Why do some (Some), not all} know how to communicate with there SUPPORT STAFF! Some clinical personnel need to take a couple hospitality courses. Just be repectful, good grief guys?

Yah, I hear you frogglyleg! As the current prof. that I consider myself to be(CNA), I truely would never invite a coworker outside to duke it out. Just jokin!! However, my repsponse to an assault situation would not be pretty. professional license or not! I still would like to know; just .......what are you nurses doing to people, for they have to respond with assault? Or, the the NA's you work with... just plain 'ole ignorant?

I agree with happy stu. In addition, if your taking micro at a college known for nursing, your proff. will relate everything to a clinical scenario. I work in a rehab hospital, but every now and then take a look at lab reports drawn on patients. Trust me if you have a good prof. you be able to read those lab values and know exactly what they mean. It also helps me in the ICU setting. Epecially when the nurse says in report this patients has a certain diesease. You just about will the the virus or bact. that causes the symptoms. The more I progress with my pre-reqs it helps me as a CNA and. It makes me very eager to start nursing sch. Study hard learning you anitmicrobics, it will definitely show up later. By the time your finished with micro, you'll just about know what meds your patients are on. I am so excited about nursing. It's such a learning exp. I read allot of post about NA's . If you are a NA looking to learn , find you a good nurse and latch on to one who is willing to mentor. Go in the room with her when she is doing her dressings and inject. You never know she may let you do the injection. I get so sick of reading about NA's getting blasted. I makes it very hard for the rest who desire to be true professionals.

Oh, oh , Oh! I just finished micro 3weeks ago. Let mmme tell yoouuu! This teacher is a Bacteriologist at a major teaching hospital. Oh, my God. Need I say more. I think I will. This instructor turned micro into a disaster. My brain was fried daily and I was stressed out weekly. His class was so hard. He graded on a curve. but guess what... 12 out of 24 students were pre-med, so that screwed the curve up. "Curve Killers" Gotta love em. Micro dropped my sci/math gpa. However, the class may become more interesting for you when he starts talking about viruses, and common bact. that affect us. As single male, it taught me allot about STD's that H.S health class did not. Center yourself, and just pass the class. The labs can be a *****. Especially the "Unknowns". This was a JR. College class, but he definetly taught on subjects from a higher micro class.ie.. I took Intro to micro233. The second half of the semester was def.236. If I ever had to take a god forbid it, higher micro course I definitely would not have a hard time. So, I go a "C", for which I earned, and damn proud of it. I know allot of people who go D's. in the other classes. This "C" was a "I came to class "C" is listened and participated, no an "applied my myself and studied". The class was so boring that I could not bare to do homework. Be strong center yourself and pass that damn class so that you never have to see him/her again. P.S There are not that many micro teachers to choose from in most schools. So, you better pass it.

Oh man, what's up with that assaults on nurses by NA. I guess being male I don't understand what these nurses are doing to get assalted. There are ways to let your nurse to know that it is time to "back off a little" without assaulting her/him. Oh, worked in a nursing home for 30minutes. I punked out, because I'd worked in an ICU setting, to have 30residents and a PCT drove me crazy. I told the DON to keep the check. I was min wage anyway. I can see why some NA'g go nuts in LTC. Still no excuse to lay your hands on a coworker! I'll be a nurse soon, and will be more than happy to take it outside if my NA decides that he or she wants to assault me.

Yah, I agree allot with phe phe and Mandi. Oh you look great Mandi(if that is your picture) I wish I worked with RN's that look like that! Oh, yah, I agree that Agency people get screwed for the most part. But, the staffs sometimes get screwed babysitting NEW agency personnel. 50/50, on that one! Sometimes it's nice to assist an Agency RN, because they may have a different work ethic. Sometimes we get to comft. with another. Then, there are times that your reg. Staff RN instills to much trust and ends up running you around like a hebrew slave. However, for the most part, The nurses I work with are great, mostly new grads, eager, and willing to learn from the NA's as well. Some of the new nurses- I've told, not to burn themselves out trying to prove that you can do patient care. I rather see my team leader making sure her doses is correct, rather than changing diaper. Although, don't get me wrong NA's and RN's , it nice to get some help from your Team Leader every now and then. Simply, Rn's are not the only clinical staff that has to handle more than one task at a time. Hello!

I agree, that the support should not get to friendly with Doc anyway. It usually comes up to bite ya in the you know what! As a CNA I am fully aware of my position, support my patient and RN. I remember once a paitent asked me how safe was Trip bypass surgery. I said I call the nurse in so that she can discuss it with you. Do you know, the next day I came in the Cardia Surgeon came looking for me, and asked? " Did you tell my patient that she should get a second opinion? Well, my point is that yes some aides step way out of there boundaries, especially if they fell comft. with the Doc. Hell no, not me. I barely fell comft, with some of the RNs I work with.

Sorry, to see what some nurses think of CNA's. However, for the most part we do our jobs and quite well. I work in one of the "highest ranked" rehabilitation hopitals in chicago, and tend to work well with the RN's. In fact, most new grad RN's tend to lean on the support of good Cna's. I am so glad that I finally decided to get registered because I have been reading the posts for a couple of years now. Wow, I can finally reply to some of these statement. Yet, I do agree with allot of the statements Phe phe mentioned. As a future RN student, I've learned that even the most evil nurses that see a person willing to learn.....changes her attitude. I have mixed emotions. But, yes there are allot of lazy CNA's and Lazy Rn's. Lastly, I noticed allot of conversation about delegation. Hey, I fine with it, personally, I don't have any problems with Auth, but some of you nurses need to be careful with some of the things you DELEGATE! Please realize that we are hear to assist you and the patient. If you wonder why some PCT's or NXT' or Cna's seem resentful, as yourself, " Was it my Approach" I'm sure that you guys don't like the way some MD's address you. Let's be nice to one another. Damn. Sometimes you guys can be very mean too. Especially, when an MD has just chewn you out for not following an order! Hem, then shit rolls down hill? huh?