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this part is so broad, it is disturbing. just enough care to avoid hurting the elderly. i guess it is okay if they sit in a puddle of urine, so long as it doesn't cause skin breakdown.

Just wondering. I don't live in the big O anymore, but remember my days in a nursing home owned by a certain annoying person with a stuttering problem (this, this, this, is your healthcare), that made me seriously wonder what the legal limits were.

Does Colorado have a pt/CNA ratio in nursing homes? What about for RN's/LPN's?

I have worked in the past on the Navajo and Apache reservations. In some ways, it was a bit of a culture shock, but still a good experience. Lately, I have felt the South Dakota reservations calling my name, which is predominantly Sioux from what I understand. Does anyone have any experience with the tribes in this area? What can I expect in terms of cultural differences?

I would really prefer a hospital job, but I will take what I can get.

I have applied for a number of full-time CNA positions in and around the Southwest Metro area, and haven't had any luck yet. I am working on-call at two different jobs at the moment, and still have less than 20 hours per week. I have bills to pay! Anyone know of a opening, and want to help me out?:)

rvcnaguy- Can you please tell me which agency this is? I am currently looking, and live in the Southern Metro Region of Denver. Any hints for who is hiring- facilities or agencies? PM me! Back to the topic at hand. I make $12.50-13.50 for assisted living in Denver, depending on the shift. I am getting very, very few hours. My last check was a whopping $40.00!

While in nursing school, I had three deaths in my family in a very short period of time. One of these was a suicide. The results were devastating, and I just could not put forth the amount of concentration required to succeed in nursing school. I completed an intro course, med surg, and a couple of weeks of mother-baby. After that experience, I feel that teaching is a better career for me. It is demanding in a completely different way, and it interests me more. An added bonus is a family-friendly schedule. I took a few months off to just gather myself, and am now looking for employment. My period of unemployment is nearly a year now. So now I am looking for CNA jobs, so that I can afford to go back to school in education. I would like to be a teacher's aid, but I need the living wage of about $10-11/hr that a job as a CNA provides to fund my education, which a teacher's aid job does not provide. I had two years of experience as a CNA prior to nursing school. Should I put on my CNA resume that I had a brief stint in nursing school? I learned a lot in med-surg, but I think putting it on my resume may highlight the fact that I did not meet a goal that I had set for myself.