mindyfromcali

I would bring a buddy CNA in there with you every time or the nurse if possible. Documentation is not emphasized enough. Preferrably bring a CNA in who is very familiar with the resident and how to deal with their behaviors. Sometimes they act out...

Being a CNA is not an easy job, but if you keep your chin up, get a good pair of shoes, stretch often, and use proper body mechanics it does become easier. My personal secret is I stretch when the patients are on the commode and I can't leave them a...

I think that post was meant to touch a nerve, and obviously it did. As a CNA, I respect my nurses. Some of them don't always respect me, but whatever, that's their attitude and I'm usually too busy anyway to really care about personal issues with th...

I know what it's like to feel that way from patients and their family members, as well as other staff. Really, though, no matter what job you take in whatever field, there are people like that everywhere. The trick is to remember who you are, that ...

I'm sorry you had to witness that while trying to learn. That's straight up abuse, and I'm sure it was very uncomfortable not knowing what to do in this situation. The others are right. Please report this immediately and make sure that it gets ...

I don't live in Washington state, so I don't know what the situation is there. Here in California, there's CNAs and PCAs. CNAs can work in hospitals, but here it's usually after about at least a year's worth of experience in a skilled nursing facil...

It's never easy to deal with those types of patients. The main thing I try to remember is they're probably in pain, don't feel very good about being sick, or whatever else may be causing them to be acting like that. Maybe they're just not a nice pe...

If you're doing pericare and she's sitting down, you can't transfer her to a shower chair? We used those a lot in the facility I worked at for Residents who had trouble standing up. We would just keep the majority of them in their bathrooms, locked...

I agree with everyone. The main thing is, remember the first things for all of the skills: knock, greet, introduce yourself, tell them what the procedure is, check the name of resident/patient, draw curtain or close door. Everything else is safet...

http://www.4cnas.com/CNA-Skill-Making-an-Occupied-Bed.html I found this web site. It looks like the ones we watched at my CNA school. Doesn't say two sets of gloves, hope that helps.

I thought by rolling them onto themself, it's not contaminated on the underside. I don't remember having to change gloves during the process for the exam, but I'm going to look that one up for you.

http://www.cdph.ca.gov/services/training/Documents/CNATrainingPrograms.pdf There you go, Alameda is at the top of the list of counties. If you go to the San Francisco county part of it, Arriba Juntos is the one I think that does the CNA and HHA. T...

Go to the california department of public health web site and find good ones. I lived in the East bay but I went to Vallejo nursing school. It was an approved school. I've heard good things about Nightingale nursing in Hayward. Relatively inexp...

I had similar problems too, before. The nurses know I work out, and can lift. They therefore, put me on the toughest assignment, knowing that I'll find a way to do it because I do care. I leave my phone in my locker, not walking through the hallw...

I almost had that happen at my first LTC job. I started as PM shift, and ended up on day shift after a month or so. They put me on the hallway with the nurse from hell. She had it out for me, and would constantly check my work over and over again....

The best thing you can do is like the others have said: utilize everything the facility provides for you. I have been a CNA for almost 3 years. NEVER had a back injury. The most I've had is pain in my hips from standing too long, usually working 1...

It depends on the night. Sometimes they're nice and quiet, other times it's like a three-ring circus. The point is to not go into night shift expecting the quiet nights

I've worked in all three settings (acute, home, and long-term). I only had one job in home health. I was way overwhelmed as the client was very advanced in age and had a series of health problems I was not familiar with. My responsibilities were ...

LTC means long-term care. Usually referring to a nursing home or skilled nursing facility.

Oh and another thing, if you can, make friends with other CNAs. Try to get a buddy on your shift who you can help with the tough part of their assignment and they can help you with yours. I had a few friends like that in the places I worked, and it...

I know how you feel. It was really hard for me when I first started as a CNA. I'm here to tell you it can get better, but that depends on you. LTC is really hard. I did it for one year. I don't know how I got through it, but I have to say that t...

A registry is like a temp agency for nurses and CNAs. Mine does per diem, but they also gave me three month contracts that gave me 3 12-hr shifts per week guaranteed. Usually the way it works is you give your availability, what shifts you prefer, a...

The $13 an hour was my second job as a CNA in a facility, the first one was more like HHA. So no years of experience. The $15/hr was after 6 months of experience at that job when I stayed with the company but moved to a different facility. The $17...

I don't know where you live, but near where I live there are. Private message me if you want info.

CNAs aren't all mean, but they're usually all under a lot of stress. The others are right, that can be misinterpreted as mean. When you have to remember 8 or more people's routines and how they fit together, and then chart everything and still deal...