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  1. A question about being a black male CNA

    jr3650sp replied to Miwila's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'll finish this for you b/c I fit the category I/m a black male cna 18-25 living in West Virginia. First every CNA no matter what you are has politics to deal with in long term care. Never has there...

  2. Write-up and Promoted all in same week!????

    jr3650sp replied to leelee10's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Similar experience with a co worker : it is just part of the politics of being a CNA. The resource you have is that if you know the chain of command ; you can either escalate the situation or you can...

  3. PRN

    jr3650sp replied to everlasting's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I've worked PRN for the last two years and I make my schedule according to what I need and the facility's need . But I have never compromised my schedule so thats the perk of PRN the downside is at...

  4. A Jacked Up Situation

    jr3650sp posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In the future companies are going to have to stop this from happening to employees.All of my CNA career until this last job I never know what bullying was until I got to my previous job.My situation...

  5. A Jacked Up Situation

    jr3650sp replied to jr3650sp's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    in the future companies are going to have to stop this from happening to employees.all of my cna career until this last job i never know what bullying was until i got to my previous job.my situation...

  6. A Jacked Up Situation

    jr3650sp replied to jr3650sp's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    She wrote me up the first time for not returning to work area when prompted by supervisor: she tried to pull me from my lunch break when everyone else took theirs:and there was no apparent need for me...

  7. Frustrated

    jr3650sp replied to KimberlyRN89's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    check what companies own the nursing homes and that gives you better job prespective because it will tell how many they have employed and check other web venues like monster or career builder and if...

  8. A Dreadful Day As A Male CNA

    jr3650sp posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I have a luxury most don't in that I work a prn schedule, but the cost of the schedule is that I lose contact w/ the patients(residents) I take care of f4rom time to time. Well here goes my story I...

  9. A Dreadful Day As A Male CNA

    jr3650sp replied to jr3650sp's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    A lot of the male cna s that i work with are prn like me to cause it seems the more hours you put @ one job the more they ask. I understand going above and beyond your duty , but outside of your scope...

  10. A Dreadful Day As A Male CNA

    jr3650sp replied to jr3650sp's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    point being that as a male cna i'm asked to get them up cause i feel it was assumed that i would just put them over in a chair. i think your inference of my story is wrong: i know experience...

  11. A Dreadful Day As A Male CNA

    jr3650sp replied to jr3650sp's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    i went from part time to prn and in the dining room they have a set time to get everyone down there. @ this facility others like to disappear around dinner time. the nurse was just being a jerk i...

  12. Is this unacceptable pay??

    jr3650sp replied to ohiogyrl's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    i'm in charleston wv and they pay more for new cnas so i would guess you should hold out because the one thing i learned is there are lots of places willing to pay the higher salary if you take the...

  13. One thing all cnas need to know

    jr3650sp posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    My teacher give me a paper with this saying on it . No matter what position you are in : no matter where you are in the medical field if you remember this saying you will change your whole out look on...

  14. One thing all cnas need to know

    jr3650sp replied to jr3650sp's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    encourage others to follow it and it makes the workplace a better

  15. If you are a bad CNA, does that make you a bad Nurse?

    jr3650sp replied to Derek1975's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    There are bad qualities in some cna but based on experience I can tell you in the ltc setting where I'm a male cna alot is expected from you and the issue of being a lift is what probably gets you....

  16. what do cnas do on med/surg floors@ hosptials?

    jr3650sp posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    my wife and i are cnas and she left the nursing home to pursue a job at a hospital and they hired her for the med/surg floor but we have no clue on what she will do there .does anyone have experience...

  17. what do cnas do on med/surg floors@ hosptials?

    jr3650sp replied to jr3650sp's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    thanx

  18. Overtime at hospital?

    jr3650sp replied to tma1234's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    i live in wv and the constant i get from the hospital cnas is they don't get overtime and i believe it cause the work a lot of hours with me @ the nursing but you never know until you check with...

  19. All new LPN students

    jr3650sp replied to iwillbanurse08's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    be prepared for the hardest thing in your life. forget everything that else that

  20. CNA's: What's your favorite shift?

    jr3650sp replied to DreamyEyes's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    3-11 is the best in my case you make more on that shift plus less of a hassle then 7-3 and 11-7 is great but if your facility gets a pressure sore problem it always comes back on 3rd

  21. Advice on where to work?????

    jr3650sp replied to ahjo7676's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I declined a job in the hospital : you should reallly look into ltc because after a year's experience in ltc and you can pretty much command a good pay rate . In the beginning ltc will make low offers...

  22. Male CNA - Female Patients

    jr3650sp replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I've been a cna a little over year and some change: the best advice i can give you is to watch who you take care of and who you work with while taking care of a patient. The lpn or rn is the first...