fuzzywuzzy

fuzzywuzzy CNA

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  1. RANT ON: I am so sick of the BS in LTC!

    When we have someone on restorative care all we do is check off a couple very vague things on a piece of paper once a shift and the nurse signs off on it, and the facility gets more
  2. What shift? For 1st and 2nd I think that's too much. It's not humanly impossible to get that many people up, fed, bathed, walked, and back to bed... but there won't be much time for regular...
  3. CNA new grad

    Maybe you seem overqualified. Generally nursing homes want someone 1. with a CNA license 2. capable of keeping up with a heavy workload 3. plays nice with others They might not care about your other...
  4. This thread is kinda old but there's so much info in here, why start a new one? I thought of something else today that no one posted yet. If someone's hair gets greasy in between washes, sprinkle...
  5. extremes of the job?

    Yeah the time management was probably the most important thing to me. Anyone can learn how to take a BP and most people don't even need to be taught how to wipe a butt (at least I hope not lol), but...
  6. Cant keep a watch working!

    It's probably from wear and tear- always banging around on bed rails and such, and washing your hands a lot. I work in LTC and I hardly ever need a watch because the residents all have them. But I've...
  7. How soon do you start looking for a job

    I had a private duty job already, and 2 months after I took the class she paased away. I went to go look up my # in the system and it wasn't there. No one from my class was on there either. I called...
  8. If you really want to do LPN work for CNA pay then keep hoping, but it's not going to happen. Like miiszkim said, LPNs are not really being phased out like people say they are. And trust me, as long...
  9. new shoes for school?

    Sounds like a good choice. I doubt your clinical site and future workplace will have a problem with those. And if they do, well you have a new pair of shoes for the gym or running errands or...
  10. Oh right, business establishments are quick to throw money at people. They never try to get away with squeezing more work out of people for the same
  11. new shoes for school?

    Oh and generally you should be wearing all white shoes, or mostly white
  12. new shoes for school?

    You'll have to try different shoes out and see how they feel. I like Easy Spirits. A lot of people swear by Crocs and I can see why because they're easy to clean and you can get them wet when giving...
  13. STNA's ... do you have to clean up a lot of poo-poo?

    Most of the "poo poo" you will be cleaning will be out of butt cracks, not the
  14. What kind of fool would do LPN work for CNA
  15. Your pet peeve of the week

    PT always tries to force people on their deathbeds to get OOB and do
  16. Nights are killing me

    Ouch. I could never ever do nights. I get depressed and tired just from the shorter days in winter so if I had to work 3rd shift I'd probably be suicidal. Is there any way you can switch to days?...
  17. Your pet peeve of the week

    Oh I know what you mean. Working in long term care I know who the residents are that have sticky poop and I line their commodes with a plastic
  18. Deeply saddened

    I don't think
  19. Deeply saddened

    Yes I do consider myself hard-working. I'm a planner; I have every assignment down to a science so that I don't miss out on toileting, turns, or mouthcare for anyone. If I haven't had that assignment...
  20. Deeply saddened

    I would be careful. Aside from the abuse, these other issues (nurses who sh*t on you, people not falling all over themselves to answer a light that's not theirs, picking at food the residents don't...
  21. I don't know what it is with people who turn up their noses at LTC. If you work in a nursing home, most of them are going to have dementia. If you work in med-surg or telemetry at the hospital, you'll...
  22. Advice on CNA 30 Years Later

    Yes you will have to stand all day and yes, you will have to lift. Usually you work every other
  23. Question on the use of restraints

    I got yelled at after an A&Ox3 resident got annoyed when his recliner kept falling down and asked me to prop up the legs with the trash can, because that's a restraint, I
  24. Aides who go over your head

    I'm having trouble understanding why you're mad. Because Doubles called another nurse to change the schedule instead of you? Was this the regular charge nurse that she called? Like someone else...
  25. I wished I worked @ Wal-Mart

    exactly. I was thinking the same thing, only about the customers. Working in a nursing home I've taken every kind of physical abuse there is from residents, and it's still better than some of the...