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  1. Telling patients you're short-staffed

    fuzzywuzzy posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I remember them telling us in CNA class to never tell a patient you're short staffed. Why is that? As long as you're not whining about it or refusing to provide care because "you don't have time" I...

  2. Fired for posting on face book

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

    Our administrator made a fake profile and tried to friend a bunch of people on Facebook! Just to get

  3. Residents with Cheesy-Smelling Hands

    fuzzywuzzy posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I have a lot of residents with contracted hands, which get all moist and smelly inside. When I wash up these residents I do the hands first and after doing my best to get them dry, I take dry...

  4. Residents with Cheesy-Smelling Hands

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

    It would be nice if they all had splints for their hands. Nursing has repeatedly put in for those through the therapy department and the requests get ignored or "lost." The facility only seems to care...

  5. Is it harder as a CNA in a LTC or Hospital?

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

    I've never worked in a hospital, but I think it depends on the person, the shift, and what part of the hospital. My friend used to work in LTC and now works in the critical care unit at a hospital and...

  6. Career CNA's

    fuzzywuzzy replied to futureLVN40's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I like being a CNA. Obviously there are bad things about it (dealing with annoying people, condescending superiors, etc), but most of them are things that you'll encounter in pretty much all jobs. I...

  7. Any Advice on Caring for Combative Residents/Patients as a CNA/GNA?

    fuzzywuzzy replied to Guest707336's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Dementia residents are one thing; sometimes it can be a trial-and-error thing figuring out what the best approach was. The young guy in the OP is an entirely different story. You have to try not to...

  8. new cna. tips for time management PLEASE REPLY.

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

    I know exactly what you mean. I had a really hard time starting out, probably because of my anxiety about it. Try to relax (easier said than done, I know), because once you stop freaking out things...

  9. book required for CNA 1 course.

    fuzzywuzzy replied to Jj1223's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I wonder why she won't tell you about the book until you register. That seems odd. My book was included in the price of the class and they handed it out to us on the first

  10. Resident False Accusations??? help

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

    Just bring a witness in for the residents that have been accusatory. You don't have to do it for everyone. In my facility if someone makes an accusation they will actually care plan for them to have 2...

  11. The weirdness of taking Vitals Signs.

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

    I do it while "writing things down." You can also count them while taking the pulse if you're good at multitasking. Count the pulse in your head and and every time you see them breathe in press one of...

  12. Wearing Rings

    fuzzywuzzy replied to mvm2's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I don't wear mine. I kept thinking I was going to scratch someone with it. And one time a resident grabbed my hand and squeezed it to steady herself during a transfer and squashed my pinky finger...

  13. Shocked with my CNA clinicals.

    fuzzywuzzy replied to Dhalia27's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Like someone else said, supplies in LTCs suck, even the good facilities, and if you want anything decent for the residents you have to buy it yourself. And if the person can self propel, then putting...

  14. Working with residents who have C.diff.

    fuzzywuzzy replied to uniquern2015's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Healthy young people hardly ever get C-diff. You mainly need to take care not to pass it to the other

  15. Do you get a lot of call ins

    fuzzywuzzy replied to mvm2's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I used to get annoyed when I suspected someone called off for no reason. I don't anymore. I understand that people need "mental health days" and that the reason they called off is none of my business...

  16. Daylight Savings

    fuzzywuzzy replied to SionainnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work with someone who insisted that without DST, it would eventually be "dark at noon." I'm like yeah, if we ONLY set the clocks back every year without ever setting them forward again, or vice...

  17. When did it become ok for patients to do this

    fuzzywuzzy replied to mskrisCNA2bRN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It genuinely doesn't bother me when a demented person does this. I'd rather have that than combativeness. But the few times that an alert person had made comments... eww. It makes me glad that I work...

  18. Tips for a New Cna!!!

    fuzzywuzzy replied to uniquern2015's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Yeah! I'm very fond of my total care patients. I feel a connection with them that a lot of my coworkers don't, and caring for them is so satisfying, and almost meditative for me, whereas the...

  19. Families who just don't get it!!

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

    Oh yeah, I have no patience for those people. I HATE it when they put the light on and then stand out in the hallway! Even if they DO realize how busy you are, they don't care and get frustrated...

  20. Tips for a New Cna!!!

    fuzzywuzzy replied to uniquern2015's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I don't think total care people are that bad... it's the walkie-talkies that MAKE those patients difficult. I work on a unit with a lot of total care people and if it was just them I could go up and...

  21. Tips for a New Cna!!!

    fuzzywuzzy replied to uniquern2015's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It gets easier as you get used to it. And you also have to decide what your priorities are. I work day shift and we're supposed to have everyone dressed and out of bed by 11 or 11:30. Some of my...

  22. Calling all CNA's. What is your typical day like at work?

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

    Nursing home, 7-3. Most days I work on a unit where most people are total care, but we have some hardcore bell-ringers too, just to make things more difficult :) Usually another CNA and I will follow...

  23. day shift

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

    Places don't normally hire outside people for 1st shift, because everyone wants it. There's usually a waiting list of people already working there who want to move to day shift and chances are you...

  24. Lazy stuck up nurses

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

    I work with someone like this. She drives me up a wall. I swear, she makes things harder for herself by going out of her way to avoid helping other people, and if you do something for one of her...

  25. Flustered new CNA, in desperate need of tips on how to get everything done

    fuzzywuzzy replied to missvickie2011's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Sorry about all the mixed tenses. I work in a nursing home but I haven't done second shift in a