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  1. Moving from Shift to Shift

    fuzzywuzzy replied to justme01's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You shouldn't have a problem getting hired for 2nd or 3rd, but day shift is usually full. Where I work they don't even hire for day shift. Those hours are the most desirable, so if they didn't hire...

  2. Why Are So Many Students Worried About Expensive Tuition

    fuzzywuzzy replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

    I think you still don't understand where a lot of us are coming from. A lot of people simply don't have the option of attending a private school. Just going to the community college IS the...

  3. What would you have said to this CNA

    fuzzywuzzy replied to zofran's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm having trouble understanding what was so offensive about the note. If I got one like that I wouldn't think twice about it. And using the n-word is completely unacceptable. I would have been...

  4. Male CNA student

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

    At clinical the aides you follow are at work- they're doing their job, and they're already busy. They don't have much time to set aside for teaching the students. So you have to be proactive about...

  5. CNA Week

    fuzzywuzzy replied to florianslove's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Personally I'd like a little bonus, or to keep the place fully staffed all

  6. styles for small but busty body types

    fuzzywuzzy posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'm on the small side, but I have big breasts that make me look dumpy and sloppy in most scrubs because I have no hips/butt to balance them out. I think this is cute, but would it look ridiculous on...

  7. All excited and then they disappear? How long have you been an aide?

    fuzzywuzzy replied to justme01's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Was everyone told about the realities of the job when they took their class? I was. My instructor told us several times that we were going to be overworked, that we'd rarely have time for nail care...

  8. Why Are So Many Students Worried About Expensive Tuition

    fuzzywuzzy replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

    Obviously you do care or you wouldn't have made a thread about it, and you certainly wouldn't have done it with such an air of superiority. I agree with the previous poster who guessed that you're...

  9. State Surveys

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

    I just went through my first one. It was nice because we were fully staffed the whole time! The state decided to nitpick certain things, which the DON and everyone rammed down our throats so we...

  10. Is this grounds to get denied into nursing school???

    fuzzywuzzy replied to Miss_Roz's topic in General Nursing

    In my state you would just have to reschedule and pay a fine of $60 to re-open the case. If you failed to appear a second time they would suspend your license until you did settle the court case....

  11. New CNA considering agency work

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

    I wouldn't want to do it w/o experience. I was stressed out enough just working at an LTC AFTER 2 weeks of training. But someone who's not as jittery as me might do just fine. I just lose all...

  12. Why Are So Many Students Worried About Expensive Tuition

    fuzzywuzzy replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

    Feel free to spend YOUR money however YOU want, but please don't wag your finger at other people. It is none of your business. Why do you care

  13. frustrated

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

    What do you mean by not physically capable? Do you think you're not strong enough? There are some really small CNAs that do just fine. I was concerned because before i took the class the description...

  14. Should I, can I do this?

    fuzzywuzzy replied to justme01's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    As you said, your fast food job sucks. An aide job will most likely be better, and even if it isn't, it can't be any worse- you'll at least be making more money. Might as well go for it. All you...

  15. All excited and then they disappear? How long have you been an aide?

    fuzzywuzzy replied to justme01's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    A year, 2 if you count the caregiving job I had before I actually became a CNA (that's why I took the class). And I guess I wasn't that shocked and disappointed when i started working in LTC. The...

  16. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    fuzzywuzzy replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "Your complaints about 'the service' I am giving you aren't going to get you anywhere because I CAN'T HELP IT. There are 2 of us and 30 of you! Here I am rushing around like crazy- you see me flying...

  17. Difference between Nursing home and hospital?

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

    And getting that LTC experience is pretty important. It helps you develop time management and hone your basic care skills. When new people start LTC, they're always slow. 6 months later they can...

  18. Difference between Nursing home and hospital?

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

    There are millions of threads about this. I've never worked in a hospital so I can't say from personal experience whether or not you're less rushed, but you usually get to do a lot more stuff than a...

  19. frustrated

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

    So get a job in a nursing home. You don't have to work there forever. Most places want you to have nursing home experience before they'll consider you. They get a lot of applicants and they'll pick...

  20. CNA/PCA to EMT-B and/or EMT-P, before RN?

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

    All those steps seem like a lot of extra time, money, and work to jump around kind of aimlessly. I would think about what you really want to do with your life- paramedic or nurse (be it LPN or RN)-...

  21. Very stressed--need opinions!

    fuzzywuzzy replied to xoxLauren51xox's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    That sounds pretty bad. You can expect to be slow at first, and to be treated like crap because of it. But getting yelled at and having stuff ripped out of your hands is unacceptable. 25 residents...

  22. Did you learn how to do a manual BP in your CNA class?

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

    We learned how to do it in class even though the CNAs didn't even take vitals at our clinical site. I wasn't very confident at all though, so I was glad when I didn't get that for a skill on the...

  23. Advice for New CNAs

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

    This is a cool thread. Be considerate to the other CNAs. This means: - Don't start washing people up before the meal trays are picked up, leaving your coworkers to do it all and get behind in their...

  24. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    fuzzywuzzy replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Don't think I haven't noticed that when your family isn't here you walk to the bathroom just fine, but as soon as they show up you suddenly can't bear any weight or even hold your own head up. Oh,...

  25. "Atypical" Nurse? How discouraging...

    fuzzywuzzy replied to Darjeeling22's topic in General Nursing

    That's true. I was thinking the next time the OP encounters another one of those interrogations, she could throw herself on the ground and start sobbing about how she's unable to have children. Make...