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  1. Already burned out...

    fuzzywuzzy replied to eveningsky339's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Well I don't know what you would call that if not preaching. Someone who has no clue what it's like because they are NOT a CNA telling us that it's our fault if we're stressed because it's all in our...

  2. Already burned out...

    fuzzywuzzy replied to eveningsky339's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It's sad when those people are a full code and have tube feeds and such. But if that guy is on comfort measures, then he will stop eating when he wants to stop eating. Once someone has decided it's...

  3. Already burned out...

    fuzzywuzzy replied to eveningsky339's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It's annoying when someone who isn't a CNA yet tries to tell us what to do or how to feel. Helping out is great, but it's just that- helping out. It's not the same thing as doing the job all day...

  4. Not sure how to handle this resident

    fuzzywuzzy replied to Dorali's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Wow, that's gross. If she's that young and she's in the facility then she must have some kind of problem. You don't know her diagnosis? Do you have a special form where you have to document how...

  5. Already burned out...

    fuzzywuzzy replied to eveningsky339's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    ^wow, what shift do you

  6. Hoyer slings

    fuzzywuzzy replied to Poi Dog's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Lean them forward in the chair, slide the pad down the back, tuck it under their butt a little bit (usually by grasping their pants with one hand and pushing the pad with the other), then pull the...

  7. What's in your CNA work bag?

    fuzzywuzzy replied to Poi Dog's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Sometimes I chew gum at work. I don't smack on it like a cow though. If my breath stinks I'd rather pop some gum than make my residents/coworkers smell

  8. Hoyer slings

    fuzzywuzzy replied to Poi Dog's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    If they're really heavy and really stiff, we leave it under them. Otherwise with all the struggle it takes to get a pad back under one of those people, by the time you got it under them they'd...

  9. Already burned out...

    fuzzywuzzy replied to eveningsky339's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I am burnt out but it's taken me 2 years to get to this point. I used to love my job. Nowadays it's not that I hate it, but that I am sooooo stressed out I don't have a chance to enjoy it. I can't...

  10. Filling Out Applications

    fuzzywuzzy replied to brunette_cna's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I guess it depends on what you were paid and how much you want to get paid now. My private duty job gave me $10/hour, and my current job started me at $13. I actually made more money at the first job...

  11. I'm frustrated...

    fuzzywuzzy replied to confuzzledwife's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    By the way I sent you a PM although I'm not sure if you have to have a certain number of posts to get

  12. I'm frustrated...

    fuzzywuzzy replied to confuzzledwife's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    So no place will hire you to work just Mondays and Saturdays? Mine probably would. What about PRN positions? Your 16-year-old son can't watch your other kid for an hour after school? Hmmm what else....

  13. Which way forward now???

    fuzzywuzzy replied to shix's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    1st shift: Start washing and dressing people. The more you can do before breakfast, the better. Some residents are allowed to eat breakfast in bed and others have to be up (aspiration risks), so I...

  14. Already burned out...

    fuzzywuzzy replied to eveningsky339's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You've been there less than 2 months... I don't "like" nursing homes either. I also think that everyone should receive home health care. But they don't, and all I can do about it is show up to work...

  15. Which way forward now???

    fuzzywuzzy replied to shix's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It seems like you think it's better to skip LTC since it's so awful for newbies. But I don't think you'd fare any better starting off in a hospital. CNA work is hard no matter where you work, and...

  16. I know CNA clinicals will be nothing like Nursing School clinicals, but I'm pooped!

    fuzzywuzzy replied to MiahMSN's topic in General Nursing

    How many people do you have to care for during your clinicals? Like, 2? Wait until you have 15, most of them total care but a few of them alert and very demanding of your time, and see if you do...

  17. Do you think I should take a semester off of school and take a CNA or PCA program?

    fuzzywuzzy replied to TrinaCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Oh and I'm not saying that you should skip working as a CNA altogether because pretty much everyone agrees that it's a really good thing to do before becoming a

  18. Do you think I should take a semester off of school and take a CNA or PCA program?

    fuzzywuzzy replied to TrinaCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I probably wouldn't bother taking a semester off. If you can take the course on top of your regular classes go for it- it isn't hard. It's just that the hours might conflict with your other classes,...

  19. Just gave up a decent income to be a CNA

    fuzzywuzzy replied to esunada's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Yeah I would keep my foot in the door at both

  20. Third day on a new unit and told I am too slow...

    fuzzywuzzy replied to Poi Dog's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Of course you're slow after only 3 days. Everybody is. If you're still slow after 3 months, *then* I think people have the right to complain. Time management comes with knowing the residents, knowing...

  21. You put what??!!!! were???!!

    fuzzywuzzy replied to snoopy29's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I was little my grandma was playing a game with me using 3 walnut shells and put a bean (switching them around so I could guess which shell was covering the bean). When it was time to leave she...

  22. You know it's going to be a long day when...

    fuzzywuzzy replied to eveningsky339's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I don't smoke but where I work no one gets an extra break just cause they smoke. You can tell who the smokers are though, because they're so desperate to

  23. Why do you have to lie?

    fuzzywuzzy replied to Poi Dog's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    That's annoying. Did you show her the wet

  24. What are part-time schedules usually like?

    fuzzywuzzy replied to BeezRN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You will have to work at least every other weekend but if you say you'll work every weekend they'll have NO problem with that! You could do Fri Sat Sun or Sat Sun Mon, or Sat Sun and one shift during...

  25. how long after training class should u take exam?

    fuzzywuzzy replied to sam1984's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm pretty sure that at this point you'll have to retake the