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ctmed

PACU, LTC, Med-Surg, Telemetry, Psych

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  1. Could being a CNA/MA be too much for me?

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

    If you are asking about what I call "lay out" jobs as a CNA, sorry. Most clinic jobs are rare and are refered to by a "friend of a friend". Even jobs like restorative are very cliquish and these are...

  2. The life cycle of a CNA forum member

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

    I agree. It is the reason sometimes I take a few breaks from allnurses CNA boards. It is the same questions and comments year in year out. But, what can you say. It is one of the better job discussion...

  3. "Acceptable" minimum amount of time to stay in one CNA position?

    ctmed replied to gypsysoul27's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Calliotter is correct, CNA does have limited opportunity and low pay. However, as I have posted on other threads, there is also work on psych wards, hospice, home health, sitting, and a couple of...

  4. CNAs "making up" vitals.

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

    They keep the job because there is a culture in some facilities where no one wants to touch patients. Or, at least anyone except CNAs (but not all places) Particularly when you have a large census of...

  5. CNAs "making up" vitals.

    ctmed posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Now, all of us since we read forum boards know better than this (I HOPE!), but I have a little story from my time of working agency as a CNA back when agency was a going thing and a valid way to get...

  6. Our Lady of the Lake Hospital

    ctmed replied to ewrn's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Have you looked at Promise yet? If you can stand LTAC, it pays a bit better than OLOL or BRG. They have three locations. The main one is on Mancuso Drive near OLOL. The other two are up on floors...

  7. Louisiana RN....from traveler to CA staff! The Way to Go!!

    ctmed replied to shushu's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    I worked agency in the Baton Rouge area as a CNA. Right now, I am settling down to go to COTA school in New Orleans. I agree wholeheartedly with the pay in Lousiana. It is better than my home state...

  8. What does CNA do during code blue?

    ctmed replied to Ybur514's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Y'all need towels? But seriously, we are not the New Orleans Saints but the ones that clean the Superdome. Most facilities will have a team of the strongest RNs/LPNs and respiratory who will show. In...

  9. Violent psych patients - how do you handle them in your ED?

    ctmed replied to wildlaurel's topic in Emergency

    One facility I was at as an agency CNA... call an agency "sitter". Then, totally forget about patient. If patient gets agitated and CNA is unable to "redirect", call agency and ask for another CNA....

  10. From now on the only bed I make will be my own

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

    I was a on call banquet waiter in a major convention city before I was a CNA. It was cutthroat, brutal, and was feast or famine. There were times in the day I had to catch a cab from my function...

  11. I just moved to CA after becomeing a CNA!

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

    Hmm, this is something I actually checked into a while back. I was getting tired of the state I was in and wanted to travel to CA. After all, I am young and single still. I was already working on call...

  12. Where to find jobs as a CNA?

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

    Hate to double post, but one more thing. The Commuter, a pretty good article writer here saw a pretty common job scam on job boards that I have personally seen as well. Mostly, this is on Craigslist...

  13. Where to find jobs as a CNA?

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

    Most courses teach it from just a Nursing Home perspective. However, you can also work: -Hospitals. Though this may be a bit tougher to get depending on area. This includes everything from...

  14. Start CNA in the morning class

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

    Scrubs are some comfortable stuff! You can also interview in scrubs (medical only) or do grocery shopping in scrubs and no one will even turn a look at you. Sure beats what I had to wear before I...

  15. Blunt honest answers pleaseee.

    ctmed replied to shyred2581's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    double post..

  16. Blunt honest answers pleaseee.

    ctmed replied to shyred2581's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Allnurses has a region forum under US at the top banner of the website. Most local questions would probably be answered better there. Just find your state and repost in

  17. Be polite, I don't have superpowers!

    ctmed replied to EmmaZ06's topic in General Nursing

    I sometimes tell my patients that I would use my super power to split into two people, but I can not because the facility would have to pay me twice as

  18. Finished NA class

    ctmed replied to rivershark2005's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Good for you! Big warning: CRNA is hardcore. I worked with a CRNA in a PACU one CNA agency contract. He went through CNA to LPN to RN to CRNA. Took him a decade. But, he was really good at what he did...

  19. CNAs "making up" vitals.

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

    Now, I will admit sometimes I do not actually wait the full minute counting respiration like the CNA textbook says on stable "with it" patients that do not have much wrong with them. Most of the time...

  20. No experience.....no job, no job.....no experience!!!

    ctmed replied to StarLite1980's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Unless your state is like Oregon that makes a differetiation between CNA and PCT, you may want to try CNA work at a nursing home. It may not be the coolest, but gets something to put on a resume. A...

  21. CNAs "making up" vitals.

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

    CBIs are never pumped. It has a little apparatus to control the flow. It better flow because if it runs out and the patient clots, a doctor will be after some tail. So, some things still are not...

  22. My friends have medical questions at all hours of the day...

    ctmed replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I am convinced that for some people, being on narcs and getting disability is a dream come true. Who would not want to have to worry about an employer or a landlord? If you can have your own personal...

  23. CNAs "making up" vitals.

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

    When I worked the VA, the facility had the CNAs do it. But, then again, CNAs put in foley catheters, ran tube feedig machines, and did all non-surgical dressing changes. But, yeah.. you are right for...

  24. CNAs "making up" vitals.

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

    Sped up a drip? I think the only time I have even heard a CNA was even allowed to touch those things is when you have a continual bladder irrigation (CBI) because it is a pretty repetitive process...

  25. CNAs "making up" vitals.

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

    "nurse aware" seems kinda unwarranted. Of course, the nurse is going to be aware. You jumped up to double check and your notes are what they are going to read over what the CNA put. Manual is always...