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  1. Hoyer slings

    eveningsky339 replied to Poi Dog's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Depends. If we are getting the resident up for a meal or otherwise in their wheelchair/gerichair, we leave the hoyer pad under. With one exception-- that horrible "toileting" sling that just goes...

  2. I got a job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    eveningsky339 replied to titans767's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Sounds like an awesome unit! Best of

  3. I must have missed the chapter on bites

    eveningsky339 replied to azeala's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Oh, I dodged it pretty well. The bed wasn't so lucky

  4. I must have missed the chapter on bites

    eveningsky339 replied to azeala's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Never been bitten, but had a resident dig her fingernails into my arm enough to break the skin. Now that was fun. The worst residents are the ones who fart/have projectile bowel movements in your...

  5. Already burned out...

    eveningsky339 replied to eveningsky339's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I definitely don't think that all nursing home residents are just abandoned parents. I know that some people just have no choice. But at the same time, I've seen so many residents who haven't seen...

  6. Already burned out...

    eveningsky339 replied to eveningsky339's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I know, and I never expected to be burned out in such a short amount of time! But alas, here I am. Obviously, being a CNA is tough no matter where you work. But, during my clinicals at the...

  7. Can you be "not allowed" to call out sick?

    eveningsky339 replied to eveningsky339's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I agree, I'm probably not hearing the entire story from that one employee. Nor would I expect to! :) BUT, the fact remains-- she came into the facility while sick and contagious, and now a resident...

  8. Can you be "not allowed" to call out sick?

    eveningsky339 replied to eveningsky339's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The thing that gets me, though, is that this CNA didn't call out sick very often. We do have CNAs, though, who have called out because they started their period, or they have a headache, etc. Yet...

  9. Third day on a new unit and told I am too slow...

    eveningsky339 replied to Poi Dog's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It's that bad? Here's what I advise. Stick around for a few more shifts. Strive to improve on your "time" and see how things go. If, after some time, you still dread going to work and are still...

  10. Thanks CNAs

    eveningsky339 replied to license.nurse85's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Wait, I'm being thanked??? *pinches self* No... I'm awake... Well then, let me turn it around and say thanks to all the RNs/LPNs, without whom we CNAs would not exist.

  11. Third day on a new unit and told I am too slow...

    eveningsky339 replied to Poi Dog's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You've only been working on the unit for three days! Of course you are slower than your more experienced co-workers. I've been on orientation in a nursing home for six weeks now, and am just now...

  12. Five months pregnant CNA and have job related question

    eveningsky339 replied to rosey2007cna's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    A pregnant woman should not be lifting more than about 30 lbs at a

  13. NOT FOR ME???

    eveningsky339 replied to Dreamer74's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    After the first few nights in my LTC, I wanted to jump out the window. There's so much to learn and you have to change inherently as a person in order to become a CNA. That sounds drastic, but it's...

  14. Why do you have to lie?

    eveningsky339 replied to Poi Dog's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It can be so fun when a resident's "Helicopter Children" come to visit and criticize every aspect of the care given. I think a lot of the family feel guilty. Their family member is being cared for...

  15. You know it's going to be a long day when...

    eveningsky339 replied to eveningsky339's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I do have co-workers who smoke as part of their allocated breaks as well. I don't have any issue with that, but I do have an issue with the smokers who get "extra" breaks because of their bad habit....

  16. What are your aspirations?

    eveningsky339 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I aspirate on soda when I laugh. Okay, just kidding. I would like to know what your future plans are, whether they involve remaining a CNA forever or becoming an MD. Personally, I would like to one...

  17. I will keep asking for help!

    eveningsky339 replied to Poi Dog's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    What the heck? Why on earth would a stroke patient in pain be a 1 person transfer? I don't really know the situation, but it sounds like physical therapy needs to re-evaluate and your fellow CNAs...

  18. You know it's going to be a long day when...

    eveningsky339 replied to eveningsky339's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I personally feel that staff should not be allowed to smoke at all for this very reason. Seriously, slap a nicotine patch on if you have to, but don't let residents suffer because you want you can't...

  19. MRSA Isolation

    eveningsky339 replied to KEN44's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    We do use standard precautions in MRSA rooms, but in all frankness, most of my co-workers have MRSA. For some health care workers, gowning and gloving is a mere

  20. For those who work in LTC facility, what is the doctor like?

    eveningsky339 replied to NP Sam's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I've only seen one MD while working as a CNA. Most of our patients just retain their family

  21. You know it's going to be a long day when...

    eveningsky339 replied to eveningsky339's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    This happened to me just

  22. Getting "burnt out"

    eveningsky339 replied to asun21ta's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Some RN's do that. It's ridiculous, really. Bring it up with the powers that be, but don't forget to address the problem directly-- namely, the lazy RNs. Next time you trek halfway across the...

  23. Stood my ground....

    eveningsky339 replied to Poi Dog's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Toxic work environments are common in LTC's. I think it's mostly due to people being unhappy with their jobs. The LTC where I work is generally okay, but the "shift wars" are a freaking joke....

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

    eveningsky339 replied to Faro's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

  25. What hours do you CNAs work? Night Hours and Day Hours?

    eveningsky339 replied to lina.561's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    All the nursing homes in my area do 8-hour shifts: 6 am-2pm, 2 pm-10 pm, 10 pm-6 am. In hospitals, the 8 hour shifts are 7 am-3 pm, 3 pm-11 pm, and 11 pm-7 am. However, all CNA's work 7 to 7 12 hour...