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  1. Calling All CNA's!

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

    It's hard work because you stay very busy, you walk around on your feet all shift, you do a lot of lifting and turning people, and it can be stressful. You should probably be making a few bucks over...

  2. cna is hard work

    fuzzywuzzy replied to la mama 310's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Don't forget about the Screamers, the Jumpers, and the Persecuted

  3. briefs or diapers

    fuzzywuzzy replied to nrsman1's topic in General Nursing

    eww. On the flip side you gotta love it when a resident has clearly soiled their brief and insists that it's not dirty and doesn't need to be changed.

  4. briefs or diapers

    fuzzywuzzy replied to nrsman1's topic in General Nursing

    I say brief or underpant. A few of the residents actually do call them

  5. Cost of CNA class

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

    6 thousand dollars??? Oh hell no. Mine was $800 at a community college and that's expensive but it's the only place to go around here. $5900 is 2-3x as much as you would take for 12 CREDIT hours at...

  6. First Shift (7-3) CNA's

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

    I'm not a day shifter but yeah, rounds are when you change and reposition your residents. You have to write something down every 2 hours- "bathroom" "wet" "dry" "bedpan" "refused" "did not void" or...

  7. When should I take Classes?

    fuzzywuzzy replied to jenni82104's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Do it whenever it's most convenient for you. I don't think an employer will care if you didn't work as a CNA immediately. Just check out the regulations for your state if you're going to be cutting...

  8. Resident copped a feel

    fuzzywuzzy replied to retread71's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    When residents get handsy with me I take their hands, put them in their lap, shake my head very slowly and say "no" and then I redirect

  9. When a resident dies

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

    It's disconcerting when other people seem totally unaffected by a death. I remember one of the first deaths I had to deal with was very unexpected, and it was someone who was a "fixture" there and I...

  10. CNA salary

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

    oops...

  11. Help!! WE ARE EXHAUSTED!!!!

    fuzzywuzzy replied to SNTinSC25's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    People need to be held accountable for certain tasks. I don't really know how things work in hospitals, but in the LTC where I work the showers are assigned by bed, ie whoever is in room 4, bed B...

  12. Pinstriped Scrubs

    fuzzywuzzy replied to Lynx25's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    What about something like this: http://scribbidyscrubs.com/barco_burnout_butterfly_scrub_top.html ? It's not exactly pinstriped but it's not just a bunch of tiny little

  13. New CNA Hospice experiences

    fuzzywuzzy replied to hekat927's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm still not used to dealing with death. It's a very weird thing to deal with. Even in a nursing home, everyone eventually dies. Some of them go out to the hospital and never come back, and others...

  14. Will I make it as a CNA?

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

    The thing that will probably "make it or break it" in terms of whether you like being a CNA or not is the workload. Right now you only have one kid at a time- at least that's what it sounds like. In...

  15. Financial Literacy!

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

    I'm really good at saving money. I don't know the first thing about investing though, and I know I

  16. Will I make it as a CNA?

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

    Well, you do get some doozies in a nursing home- people who have explosive messy poops and then get combative when you try to change them, and sometimes they've put their hands in it and touched...

  17. Nursing home vs Home health

    fuzzywuzzy replied to soon2becna's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I know people in home health and they all like it because of the independence and the slower pace. You don't have someone looking over your shoulder all the time (I think once every 6 months a...

  18. Second Shift CNAs (3-11) I have a question

    fuzzywuzzy replied to Ling07's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You have to get a lot of people up during first rounds because most of them are napping when you come in. A lot of them will be just getting back from an activity at this time too. You also take...

  19. First day tomorrow!

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

    No one expects you to be perfect right away. Or fast. So don't stress out about running behind the other aides. You'll hit your stride eventually. Follow your instincts and ask for help if you feel...

  20. Aches and Pains from working

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

    I might go out an get another pair of shoes today, so I can rotate. I've thought about support hose too, but I can't imagine wearing them to work without getting heat

  21. 1% pay increase would you stay or leave?

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

    Why can't you get certified and apply everywhere? I wouldn't work retail again if you paid me

  22. CNA:RESIDENT ratios in ALF

    fuzzywuzzy replied to nurturer's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    12-13 is pretty common, but you're right, it's not comfortable. You can barely cover the basics- forget about actually paying attention to residents. Especially because you don't have the whole 8...

  23. CNAs and weight

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

    Nope, they even posed this person in scrubs and a

  24. Newbie CNA to be here!

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

    There's a lot of reading, but it's usually pretty quick stuff. If you haven't taken A&P or nutrition or anything like that in a while, those chapters will probably take a lot of time, but it's...

  25. A day in the life of............

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

    It only started off bad. Overall it was fine. I like my job 90% of the