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ctmed

PACU, LTC, Med-Surg, Telemetry, Psych

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  1. Trying to avoid undesirable CNA duties

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

    Reality checking in. Most places except really cheap places, you can be a RN or LPN/LVN and never have to touch any brown or yellow material! Yes, you MAY have to do this sometimes. But I gaurantee...

  2. And if we catch you smoking you'll be charge $25

    ctmed replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    They aren't. There are drug tests for nicotine. There is already a hospital in Florida I read about a while back that was testing folks for nicotine as part of pre-employment. It would not be too...

  3. Trying to avoid undesirable CNA duties

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

    And there will not be. Especially since this is an RN board. (not that that is bad.) Poor poster got basically jumped by non-CNAs for asking a honest career question! And to you RNs who came out...

  4. being a full time college student & CNA

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

    The class is an easy class. They are teaching this in high school some places. If you can read on an 8th grade level and follow actions according to a common sense list, it is no big deal except for...

  5. being a full time college student & CNA

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

    Do not let CNA (A low paying field with zero respect) mess up your school and income flow! That said, you do know CNAs do work in Behavioral Health Units? It can help quite a bit if you are in...

  6. FED UP CNAS!!!!

    ctmed replied to marineswife0809's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    *I despise being talked to like a disobedient, stupid child by folks 'over me'. *I despise messed up families who are peed off at the world and just waiting for me to do something wrong to put someone...

  7. Trying to avoid undesirable CNA duties

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

    -PACU (or anything in anesthesia for that matter) -Drug Rehab/ Suicide behavioral health unit. -Management. -Pre-op. -Doctor Clinic -Outpatient surgery. -Compliance/ Risk Management -Workplace...

  8. Surgical Tech? Anyone have info on this?

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

    Already CNA. 5yrs experience and agency for 4. Ill check on the hospital training though, but most hospitals have a reputation of not paying living

  9. Inappripriate things you've seen a CNA do?

    ctmed replied to Silent Prayer's topic in General Nursing

    As a CNA, some of this stuff is pretty far out there.. but I can address ONE I saw early in thread.. - Unscrewing/ rescrewing IVs to put gown on. I have seen many CNAs do this. I do not think it is a...

  10. Hey CNA's, are you included in hosptials health insurance plan?

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

    BTW, more on HMA and MS here. This is pretty much an RN board. If the RNs are restless.. much must be wrong. Even I had to put my measly CNA opinion in....

  11. Surgical Tech? Anyone have info on this?

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

    After some research, It appears Surgical Techs may have the same thing that plague MAs. They do have a national org, but it does not seem to help them that much except to put out a magazine where all...

  12. Where do (did) you like working the most as a CNA?

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

    CNA also qualifies you for MHT. Acute Psych units are in some hospitals in larger cities and as stand-alonefacilities in communities. After all, if someone comes into an ER having tried to kill...

  13. Hey CNA's, are you included in hosptials health insurance plan?

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

    If you are in MS as your screen name implies, you must realize with hospitals you are dealing with mostly HMA facilities with a few others mixed in. That said, most places: If you get hired PRN, no....

  14. CHUX.

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

    It is a proven fact that no matter what industry, most management makes decisions like this because they do not have to do it themselves. Sounds great on paper... make people work, save money, less...

  15. Where do (did) you like working the most as a CNA?

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

    I enjoyed the stint I did with agency a while back doing adult acute psych. With the exception of the occasional person who would get violent, the work itself was extremely laid back. Even with the...

  16. Why become a CNA? Be a Medical assistant instead

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

    Wow, I wish that were true around here. As I posted above, most of the facilities may have 1 to 6 MAs that stay there for long periods while CNAs are a dime a dozen. The schools around here are also...

  17. Surgical Tech? Anyone have info on this?

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

    Thanks. I did not even consider asking under OR specialty forum pages. I will probably not because of how some boards feel about double posting questions in two threads. Instead, I am going to google...

  18. Surgical Tech? Anyone have info on this?

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

    Is this 2-3 dollars per hour versus agency or versus facility pay. I make above beginning LPN salary as agency. Facility pay is ranges from not much above min wage to $10 in my area, while I make 11...

  19. CNA OB Gyn

    ctmed replied to 7babygoldfish's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It is going to be tough to get a position like that with no experience. Unless you know someone or are lucky, you will probably go to LTC, sitting, LTAC, or med-surg. Positions on floors like that are...

  20. CNA to RN

    ctmed replied to Sudiswa07's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Almost all of the "best" LPNs and RNs that I have had the opportunity to work under have been CNAs at one time. I have posted this before, and I swear by it. I also believe 6 months verifiable CNA...

  21. Your pet peeve of the week

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

    Nurses that sit drinking cokes and chit-chatting and playing with their iphones that are nearly as much as my weekly salary while 4 to 6 call lights are going off and half of the lights are for meds...

  22. Fired without a cause

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

    Ah, the joys of employment-at-will. It is the unfortunate strategy on many administrators to simply "fire" CNAs if any complaint is registered no matter how small. It can be worse if working agency,...

  23. Why become a CNA? Be a Medical assistant instead

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

    I can understand not wanting to go through the more horrible parts of CNA. The lack of respect and hard work gets on my nerves at times, too. However, I have also met many MAs in agency that could not...

  24. Advice Please...LTC or Hospital Job Offer

    ctmed replied to nrz2bee's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    They had better be paying durn good to tell you that you cannot go to school and firing folks for getting sick. (within reason) It seems a bit harsh to me unless the DON that interviewed you wants to...

  25. I'm wondering if there's a major difference between PCT and CNA?

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

    Basically the same thing. Difference is that PCTs always work in hospitals and are expected to do more things like insert catheters, accuchecks, and sometimes tube feedings, blood draws, and CBIs on...