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  1. Scrubs, Scrubs. Scrubs :)

    NM nurse to be replied to Kitcat25's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    OMG just the thought of wearing jeans under scrubs makes me faint! I get so hot just from working, there's no way I'd put anything else under there. I like the look of shirtsleeves under the top but...

  2. New LPN would like CNA input please

    NM nurse to be replied to chevyv's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I had to ask one LPN to change a bandaid on a man's arm. His room was the very last one on the short wing. The man was dressed and ready to go, except I'd left his arm out of his sleeve for the...

  3. Little things that make your day

    NM nurse to be posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    So this morning, I was getting up a lady who's been having a hard couple weeks. She's there for rehab from a stroke and is getting much stronger. She has a very hard time speaking though and it's...

  4. Any studying tips?? How do you study??

    NM nurse to be replied to Shante1985's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    flashcards!!! I'm a huge fan of flashcards. They're great for terminology especially. I used them for processes too, gave each step a word, then made a sentence from words starting with that...

  5. Little things that make your day

    NM nurse to be replied to NM nurse to be's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Thanks :) I started this because it's been a very trying last few weeks. And I needed to find the good or I wouldn't go back. The residents are wonderful, even the picky ones. It's coworkers and...

  6. New LPN would like CNA input please

    NM nurse to be replied to chevyv's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    This is an interesting discussion to me because currently I'm a CNA and starting the LPN program next summer. So far, I'm learning lots of 'how not to' lessons. One NOC nurse likes to give unnecessary...

  7. New LPN would like CNA input please

    NM nurse to be replied to chevyv's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Talk to your CNA's like they are people too. Say hello at the start of a shift. Don't give out unnecessary busy work just because you can, to the only CNA with 30 mostly continent residents who have...

  8. Why do so many nursing homes fire CNAs all the time?

    NM nurse to be replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    THere are a lot of firings where I am too. I also see the 'friends of the new regime' thing here too. And picking out people to force out or fire. It sucks. But one girl who was fired a few weeks...

  9. What you'd REALLY like to say....

    NM nurse to be replied to ICor9:24's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Ringing your light every five minutes isn't going to get the NURSE to materialize faster. And from the same resident, it just makes it less likely that I'm ever going to hurry to your light when you...

  10. Surely someone will think I can do it

    NM nurse to be replied to Nina2bRN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm not tiny but work with many ladies who are. Many are in their mid-late 50s and can move even the big men if they do it right. This is something that happened in my CNA class last summer. There...

  11. Student Nurses over 35 and Second Career????

    NM nurse to be replied to LoveFromAbove's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hi All~ I'm also in this group :) I'm 40, went back to school a year ago to start the pre-req's for the LPN program. I just applied and got accepted to that program last week! I start next summer...

  12. I wish we had carts like the nurses!

    NM nurse to be replied to fuzzywuzzy's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I use my trash/laundry barrels in sort of that way. I haul them with me in the hall from room to room during rounds or answering lights. Makes many less trips up and down the hall. I stack at least...

  13. Never do this

    NM nurse to be replied to fuzzywuzzy's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    When standing behind the dementia resident in the bathroom, DO NOT put any part of your person behind/under them within peeing range while removing their pull-up! They have likely forgot where the...

  14. Death of a pt

    NM nurse to be replied to LVN2010M's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It's really not bad or gross or scary. Bodies are still bodies and do things, lots of people don't know that. They will pee/poop a little as the muscles relax. Air moving makes sounds too and...

  15. Death of a pt

    NM nurse to be replied to LVN2010M's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I nearly had this happen on my clinicals too. One lady was having many heart attacks and her BP was through the roof. The aide left me with her to keep monitoring BP and went to get the nurse. I...

  16. Help needed please

    NM nurse to be replied to sonomala's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I thought about this post last night. I was toileting the same woman for the 6th time in an 8 hour shift and left the room while she finished her business. I caught myself being completely grumpy...

  17. You know you are a CNA when....

    NM nurse to be replied to ham272's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    ALong the lines of the last one... when the old retired rail road worker is obsessing on a tanker full of contaminated water at night, you play his employee and 'report' what you did to fix it and...

  18. What you'd REALLY like to say....

    NM nurse to be replied to ICor9:24's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    To the old guy who got mad at me for not 'letting' him go to the bathroom (he doesn't remember he can't stand) and told me he was just going to p!ss on my shoe... Well I did tell him have at it, it'll...

  19. NOC shift CNAs

    NM nurse to be replied to MotoXCaliCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I have 30 residents at night and five get ups. Right now 2 are dress only and one prefers to be dressed, then lay down on her bed. But normally it's five total gets ups. It's doable... if everyone...

  20. My first cna job, lol

    NM nurse to be replied to sonomala's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I had that same exact experience! They were almost nasty to me at the beginning. Some have started to come around and the other folks that work nights are usually much easier going. I went home...

  21. New Job and no organization!

    NM nurse to be replied to FutureNurse23's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Fuzzy's cheat sheet idea will save your sanity! I still carry a little spirl notebook in my pocket and keep daily notes. For awhile during report, I would note down every resident on my floor and...

  22. Do you prefer LTC, Hospital, or Live-In jobs as a CNA?

    NM nurse to be replied to Serendipity, PCT's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I think you'd do much better starting at LTC or a hospital. There are a few major downsides to live-in work! First, you'd be much more limited in the work you do and are exposed to. Learning...

  23. Demanding Residents

    NM nurse to be replied to MichaelCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    This is a great question! I'm still fairly new and have a couple residents who do this to an even greater extent with newbies. It really does help to be able to figure out, like yousold said, who...

  24. You know you are a CNA when....

    NM nurse to be replied to ham272's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I read this last night before work and chuckled along, thinking I didn't have anything to add to the thread. I haven't been doing this all that long yet. But last night was a rough night all around....

  25. Crying........

    NM nurse to be replied to CNAMichelle's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm sorry you had a hard time A lot of my class didn't pass on the first try either. Also I feel for you because I'm about the same age and just back in school for the first time in years too....