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texastaz

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  1. How's the Hospice Business in this economy?

    texastaz replied to Kabin's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I haven't had a hospic case in over a month - which is very unusual. I generaly do all hospic - I work for a agency-all areas have slowed down. Most the work has been in LTC. I signed up with...

  2. How do you deal with an insensitive CNA?

    texastaz replied to arelle68's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I hope you follow through with reporting her and let us know the outcome. I am an Agency CNA and I have seen the same thing - the verbal abuse - in many places. The CNAs that do it are typicly...

  3. I can't breathe!! my testing date is almost here!!

    texastaz replied to crystal25's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Get a Good Nights Sleep and don't go to your test hungry. Good Luck

  4. Criminal Background Check

    texastaz replied to SDChargersGirl#31's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    If you to have been found guilty by the court of law and was convicted of a crime such as child abuse it would show. Criminal background checks show only convictions and charges that pending to be...

  5. CNA/Caregiver job q & A

    texastaz replied to la mama 310's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Great question. You will be preparing the patients meals, a lot of times it is just something heated in the microwave, do the dishes, empty the trash & perhaps sweep the kitchen floor. Make their...

  6. Horrible Death - What could I have done better?

    texastaz replied to HospiceMama's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    You did everything you could so there is no reason for you to feel guilty. Some families are just like that so just leave it at

  7. strong pee smell

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

    Sometimes it is due to the medication the person is

  8. Resident copped a feel

    texastaz replied to retread71's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Had a patient simuliar to the one NM nurse to be described. He would ask me and other CNAs to play with it. I would tell him he knows better and to stop it. Then he would tell me he had candy in...

  9. How do you feel when you see family members and their Note pads in hand

    texastaz replied to lpnflorida's topic in General Nursing

    I was hired by the patients family to watch over their loved one, although thier loved one was in a skilled nursing unit-had a few hospital trips. The patient's Medical POA insisted I write...

  10. Hospital Units

    texastaz replied to Katie89's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I would never work peds (I turn into a cry baby)or OBGYN-just doesn't appeal to me. Never thought I would do this either- next week I start in a facility all aides and TB patients. My experience is...

  11. Is it worth it to take an Acute CNA class?

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

    Yes-the classe is Very Worth it. Acute care is your general population in the hospital - patients just out of Post Op or ICU, sent on the floor from emergency. Lots of foleys, bedpans., monitoring,...

  12. She did WHAT?

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

    Bless you Fuzzy - I don't think I am as patient as you. You are a better person than me having taken it for so

  13. Advice on becoming a cna

    texastaz replied to greenmic1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You will be to popular. I think the patients get tired of seeing women all the time so in general when there is a man-they automaticly like

  14. The humility of it all

    texastaz replied to Ninja Nurse's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    :omy: That is just tooooooooo funny. I will have to remember this one - you made my

  15. She did WHAT?

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

    Thank God you were there. Aides like that make me

  16. I can't get that smell out of my mind...........

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

  17. starting CNA course in May. Not sure where.

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

    Congratulations My Grandmother worked on the "Cancer" floor way back when. She would get burned out with dying patients about every 6 months - then the hospital would have her float. After 1-2...

  18. Seems like only yesterday...

    texastaz replied to CandyGyrl's topic in Michigan Nursing

    :hpygrp:

  19. any nurse assistants working for a agency ????

    texastaz replied to hotmama2be's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    True same reason I work for

  20. any nurse assistants working for a agency ????

    texastaz replied to hotmama2be's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Oh - I forgot - You have to know how to handle the Nurse and CNA bullies. There is not a whole lot of them - but when you are not the regular employee they can realy come up with some and try to put...

  21. any nurse assistants working for a agency ????

    texastaz replied to hotmama2be's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I work straight agency. You get a lot of experience. There are many positives as negetives. Outside getting a lot of experience - here are some positives vs. negetives. Positive...

  22. Aches and Pains from working

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

    Yes Summer is here - I love my swimming pool just to float around in it-that helps the aches and pains a

  23. A Dreadful Day As A Male CNA

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

    When I went to school for CNA we had about a 10 min orientation about hoyer lifts. We gathered around one that was in a shower room while the instructor explained what it is for and the basics of...

  24. Nurse Assistant Training with American Red Cross

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

    You are right - CNA is a big pay cut and that can cause stress, not good when going to nursing school. I have heard several nurses say they think nurses that have been CNAs tend to be better. I...

  25. cna is hard work

    texastaz replied to la mama 310's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    We do both however I am sure there are instinces when it is podiatrist only-I have scene some real messed up nails/many with nail funguses. If it doesn't look right to me or I feel uncomfortable I...