ctmed

ctmed

PACU, LTC, Med-Surg, Telemetry, Psych

Member

  • Content

    316

  • Visitors

    8,232

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    6

All Content by ctmed

  1. My Partner left our patients wet!

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

    This is the reason you should have assigned rooms. Nurses have assigned rooms. You should too. That way there is accountability. I am not saying do not help your fellow CNAs out if they need help...

  2. Finding CNA to LPN Course

    ctmed replied to PattyB4u's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In Lousiana, if you take CNA at some colleges, it can let you out of 1 class for LPN if you take LPN at that same college. However, from asking around, this is an exception rather than the rule...

  3. Do you do ROM on your residents?

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

    I can confirm this. Some of the better LTC facilities in the MS/LA area are now using Restorative CNAs, which I think is an excellent idea. I do not have time, and it intrudes on the scope of PTA/OTA....

  4. HMA hospitals

    ctmed replied to fightthestigma's topic in General Nursing

    A bit biased... but.. I will be fair.. HMA is a management company that buys out hospitals and makes them profitable. Very unprofessional treatment of staff, at least at the facilities I was at....

  5. Online CNA course?

    ctmed replied to nursestudent1975's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    CNA is an actual state certificate that requires class attendance and actual (although short) clinicals followed by a state exam. While you may find much material over the internet to help you, most...

  6. Should I become an LPN or stay CNA?

    ctmed replied to kimmy436's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    True, but most ADN RN programs have a year of prereqs while most LPN programs have none. In my area, the RN programs have a pretty long wait list as well. Although many LPNs that went RN tell me in...

  7. Purfect nursing or CSN for CNA course?

    ctmed replied to yulifer37's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I might be picking on something that does not matter much, BUT.... If the school cannot even spell "perfect" right, it tends to lose my respect right off the

  8. what is your favorite department to work in?

    ctmed replied to sophie<3's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    ER prefers EMT-Basic and CNA in my area with EMT-Basic only taking preference over CNA only. ER is kinda cliquish too in alot of places, and usually someone "knows" someone to get in. That said, each...

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

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

    3rd (overnight) shift hands down. My reasons? - No overabundance of bosses and families. - I do not have to take a day off if I need to do something in the day. - No traffic coming to or heading...

  10. Oh the wonderful smells

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

    One of the old LPNs from the days of hats and pins gave me one trick for at least the rancid stroke urine smell that clings to some patient's peri area. Shaving Cream! It works pretty good, too. I...

  11. CNA's moving form LTC to Acute Care

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

    Interesting.. that one on-staff hospital job I had, they were always pulling me and sending me home. They would move from 1/4 capacity to packed and folks stuck in ER waiting for beds with every...

  12. CNA's moving form LTC to Acute Care

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

    Yeah, the problem is the hospitals have maybe 1-2 CNAs per floor and float them or cancel them when census levels get low. The CNA is always the first to go home. For this reason they do not have very...

  13. CNA's moving form LTC to Acute Care

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

    Try agency. Although some require a years hospital to get on thier list, some do not. Most of these places send to a variety of places including hospitals, psych units, LTAC, and hospice. Avoid the...

  14. I quit my good paying job to attend a CNA class. Anyone else?

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

    I had to quit a better paying job about 5 years back to do CNA, but it was more a matter of being forced to. I was a waiter and bartender in New Orlean's French Quarter. I was on a on-call list for...

  15. Purfect nursing or CSN for CNA course?

    ctmed replied to yulifer37's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The private school one will probably not transfer anywhere. The community college one will give you actual college credit, but in most cases will not get you out of any classes should you decide to go...

  16. Please don't expect CNAs to

    ctmed replied to Lendytaylor10's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. ^^THIS^^ If I am incapable of lifting someone or transfering someone safely, that patient stays where they are at until I have the help I need to do it. Non-teamwork work environments be...

  17. CNA's moving form LTC to Acute Care

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

    I actually started off in a hospital my first job as a CNA. After I quit that I went agency. Working agency, I have had to go back and do huge variety of facilities including LTC. Yes, you are still...

  18. Please don't expect CNAs to

    ctmed replied to Lendytaylor10's topic in General Nursing

    My friends, what is listed above happens alot more often than you think. Much of it is this disturbing culture that seems to be in many facilities where LPN/ RN will not "touch" a patient other than...

  19. CNA in Melbourne Fl needs a job!

    ctmed replied to jaytori220's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Have you considered agencies or sitter services? While sometimes not very reliable depending on area or company, I have found that these put you to work fairly quickly without the "waiting" or general...

  20. Concerned mother..question about clinicals

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

    Yes, she will have to clean genitals, wipe buttocks, and change adult diapers. However, I would not worry as there is nothing sexual about this. Someone has to change and bathe folks that cannot do...

  21. CNA Pay Options

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

    Agency is going to pay you more than a facility or hospital hands down. I also think you get much better treatment and you do not have to go back to facilities that have horrible cultures. Just be...

  22. Teacher Trouble

    ctmed replied to MissFuturecna87's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Do not feel bad, my old CNA teacher was full of venom as well. I think alot of these nursing teachers teach because they dislike people too much to do actual nursing. But, that is another tale. I...

  23. Average Hrs a CNA works per Week!

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

    Hours for me have never been a problem, short of working for an agency that was not agressive at finding work (slow periods) or hospitals that send CNAs home during low census. (LTC does not cancel...

  24. Anyone have/had to buy their own...

    ctmed replied to Nina2bRN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    There is a good case to have this, along with a BP cuff and stethescope if you are doing HH and visiting patients at different sites. Other than that, most facilities provide all of

  25. Taking CNA class with immature classmates..UGHHHHH

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

    To te OP: CNA classes take anyone with basic reading skills and a pulse. It is also short enough to attract some real ... shall we say ... socially challenged individuals. My class in 2005 had a few,...