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  1. CNAs and weight

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

    I'm not overweight and I look the same as I did before I started CNA work, except that I have arm muscles now. Then again I eat whatever I want without even thinking that I'm going to gain weight,...

  2. Regarding how to know where to take CNA classes

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

    The cost of the class doesn't matter. A more expensive class is necessarily "better." They all have the same end result- a CNA certificate, which is the only thing an employer cares about when it...

  3. Has being a nurse made you tougher in other aspects of life?

    fuzzywuzzy replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I would never tell off a cashier. They get paid minimum wage to deal with all kinds of horrible, unreasonable people all day. If one of them is being rude to me I finish the transaction and move on...

  4. Stress relief?

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

    food,

  5. what would you do?........

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

    One girl on first shift got written up for not calling in on time. She got into a car accident on her way to

  6. Just curious

    fuzzywuzzy replied to kb514's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I love being a CNA. Right now I'm taking pre-reqs to be either a registered dietician or an RN. Not sure which path I'm going to take. I think I would rather be an RD (and continue to work per diem...

  7. what would you do?........

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

    There's no reason you can't do your job with a sore

  8. Clinical concerns

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

    So let's say a man's been sitting in a wet brief for a while and he smells. Maybe the CNA didn't change him because 1. she's lazy and uncaring. 2. he's heavy and she tried unsuccessfully to roll him...

  9. A day in the life of............

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

    Okay, so you want details? I'll do it! It's probably gonna be long though! This is how my day went today... 3 o'clock I come in. I'm working on a wing that I've hardly ever worked on. The alarms...

  10. Battle of the Shifts!!!

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

    Where I work, 7-3 and 3-11 have the same # of showers, and we both give everyone else a partial bed bath. AM has 2 meals to pass out, we only have one. But they get to send a lot of people down to...

  11. med passers..long vent

    fuzzywuzzy replied to mncna08's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Passing meds to 35 people in 2 hours means a pretty tight schedule. I can understand why she doesn't have time to help out just then. But her attitude? Puh-leeze!

  12. 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

    Stop telling me you need "nitrogen" when you have chest pain. You said it so many times in a row that I actually went up to the nurse and said "Mrs. So and So wants nitrogen." And then I felt like...

  13. She did WHAT?

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

    Yeah, the supervisor knows about it. I definitely said something to the CNA herself about it, and started sputtering out excuses. Later that night she left another woman with no bell, and no O2. I...

  14. Scrubs, Scrubs. Scrubs :)

    fuzzywuzzy replied to Kitcat25's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I have a pair of white scrub pants. I wear white undies with them and you can see the white pantyline... oh well! If you don't like it, don't look! I don't think the sweating thing is a problem. If...

  15. Qestions about being a CNA

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

    ^well, then they shouldn't be in

  16. Need your help please

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

    sounds easy. It's not illegal if you work as a "caregiver" and not a CNA. I did the same thing before I decided to even take the CNA class. I cared for a lady with Alzheimer's. She took 15 pills in...

  17. I can't get that smell out of my mind...........

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

    You know what I can't stand the smell of? When someone takes iron supplements. It makes their poop smell soooo disgusting to

  18. Really disliking my job

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

    :chuckle

  19. PCT/Nurse Tech: How many patients do you have?

    fuzzywuzzy replied to motyandproudofit's topic in General Nursing

    I work 3-11 in a nursing home and I have 10 people to an assignment. Sometimes I work in a section where no one is alert and they're all total care. Lots of them have behavioral issues. The section...

  20. Scrubs, Scrubs. Scrubs :)

    fuzzywuzzy replied to Kitcat25's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I don't wear anything under mine. The nursing home is like 90 degrees and I'm running around the whole

  21. Its sad how some non-medical people can be so Ignorant !

    fuzzywuzzy replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    We had a lady with MRSA in a room across the hall from 2 other old ladies. One day the 2 women started bombarding me with questions about why everyone always put on PPE before entering the room. I...

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

    fuzzywuzzy replied to Shante1985's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You should be able to tell if you're absorbing the info when it comes time to answer the questions at the end. If you're spacing out a lot while you read, then stopping to write down the important...

  23. Little things that make your day

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

    Yeah, it's always nice to hear good things like that. A nurse telling you that she gets a lot of compliments about you from different residents, overhearing a resident telling a family member that...

  24. Agency

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

    Personally I'd want to work for a regular place at first to get

  25. What tricks do you use to make your day more bearable?

    fuzzywuzzy replied to LilyBlue's topic in General Nursing

    Smiling helps