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  1. Forced to stay at work...?

    vmoh18 replied to WannaBeNrse's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I am a pt CNA and a full time student with a child also. But were I work they tell you in advance that if they are short staffed at shift change we are required to stay until they either get other...

  2. Pell Grants..

    vmoh18 replied to JustKeepSmiling's topic in General Students

    This is an answer I got from wiki answers. Pell Grant eligibility is based on financial need. Although students with family incomes up to $45,000 may be eligible, most awards go to students with...

  3. about Z-track

    vmoh18 replied to GingerSue's topic in General Students

    Yes she is. our class is divided up into 5 clinical groups and none of the other four clinical instructors say to aspirate subq. But I have found that our instructors can't agree on anything, so I...

  4. about Z-track

    vmoh18 replied to GingerSue's topic in General Students

    Yes she is also a clinical instuctor. I doubled checked her cheat sheet she gave us on IMs and Subcu and it says to aspirate all drugs EXCEPT heparin and insulin even in subcu and z-track. Whenever we...

  5. about Z-track

    vmoh18 replied to GingerSue's topic in General Students

    Our pharm instuctor told us that we were to aspirate all drugs, even in z-track, except heparin and insulin. She said that if we put the meds in the blood vessel, it could cause serious reactions from...

  6. Is Chem really a necessary prereq for Anatomy?

    vmoh18 replied to wannabmidwife's topic in General Students

    Most colleges will discouarge you not to take two lab classes in one semester. I know my college did. I took A&P1 and Chem in the same semester and did just fine,A in both, so it can be

  7. Should I buy a Saunders review book, when I already have ATI materials?

    vmoh18 replied to whiteoleander5's topic in General Students

    Do you have Taylor's 6th edition fundamentals book? That is the one I have and my cd does not have any questions on it either. If this is the one you have, the website has review questions, but still...

  8. Overtime Question

    vmoh18 replied to Banjoeer's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I would really follow others advise and check the laws in your state. I work PRN for a home health agency and we get ot for anything over 40 hours. NC has no exemptions to the ot

  9. Nasty and mean patients

    vmoh18 replied to niali's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Most of the patients were I work are very nice and easy to work with, but we have one lady that can be very demanding and down right hateful. Just yesterday she was slapping, pinching, spitting in...

  10. Need Advice - new cna orientation

    vmoh18 replied to ICor9:24's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm glad everything went well. Don't let that one resident get to you, everybody has one. Were I work we have a little old lady that we had to put on one on one care because she is so mean and...

  11. Home Health Aide vs. CNA

    vmoh18 replied to fascinoma's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I currently work in a facility that offers home health. I work prn for them and I do everything that I normally do on the floor just with one patient. There are a lot of clients that you have to be...

  12. Need Advice - new cna orientation

    vmoh18 replied to ICor9:24's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I would voice my concerns especially the gait belt issue. She could be the cause of a big law suit. I have seen it were I work. A CNA who thought she could transfer a patient with out one let him fall...

  13. Travel CNA?

    vmoh18 replied to Katy-NursingStudent's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I have a friend that works for one of these staffing companies here in NC. She mostly accepts placements in LTC facilities but all of out of the county in which we live. She also had to get certified...

  14. Travel CNA?

    vmoh18 replied to Katy-NursingStudent's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Where I live we have had these staffing companies for sometime. They mostly have in home clients, but LTC and Assisted living facilities use them for temporary help

  15. Overnight Shift

    vmoh18 replied to rachelwynnn's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I currently work the overnight shift in a LTC facility. What we do is mostly repositioning to prevent bedsores, checking the patients who are incontinent and changeing them as necassary, and aswering...