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  1. What to do about a resident that knows how to turn her alarms off?

    ijh6890 replied to Penny82's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You can make the alarm to where she can't reach it. Or you could also leave it alone, if she knows how to take it off and turn her bed alarm off and remembers how to do it everyday then she must not...

  2. Funny things your patients have said

    ijh6890 replied to LaterAlligator's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I had a resident tell me stop throwing her around like a sack of potatoes & then there was one woman who started patting me on the chest & when I asked what she was doing she said "Playing...

  3. Can You Live Off A CNA's Pay? Do you?

    ijh6890 replied to HS/College Student's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I find 20 an hour in a hospital hard to believe. Sorry. Maybe you are thinking of another job or heard

  4. Where's the difficulty?

    ijh6890 replied to Poi Dog's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Briefs for night shift. They always forget to pass them out. Usually someone has the key to supply, but even then I usually end up having to use other residents briefs on residents they aren't...

  5. What is the best department to work in?

    ijh6890 replied to Futuremidwife0721's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It's hard to get a CNA job in a hospital with no experience. If you change your mind about working in a nursing home try finding one with an alzheimers unit or wanderers unit. It's a lot easier...

  6. First day blues

    ijh6890 replied to daniellemarie's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I started out working double weekends, so it took me 2 weekends to get the hang of it. I wasn't familiar with my residents yet either. Don't worry about being slow, it's expected. My first day, my...

  7. My CNA Cert a waste of time?

    ijh6890 replied to tsweetie's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It's extremely easy where I'm from (Tyler, Texas) to find a job. I could walk into ANY LTC in my area, and I literally mean every single one.... and immediately get a job with only my 6 months...

  8. Does your residents hit you?

    ijh6890 replied to Ev1987's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    We have some combative residents in our facility. I think it is uncommon for a nursing home to have none that are like that. The dementia and alzheimers will cause fear and confusion. We have one...

  9. CNA steps

    ijh6890 replied to fmac88's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It's better to over wash your hands then to fail by not washing your hands enough. You won't fail for washing your hands more than you are supposed to. You are supposed to wash your hands at least...

  10. Transfering to Toilet?

    ijh6890 replied to justme01's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I think you should use the bedside commode since the bathroom is small, and ask for another cna to

  11. What do you think of working 6-2 & weekend doubles?

    ijh6890 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I work 6-2 shift at the nursing home I work at. I'm having some financial issues right now and was offered a job at another nursing home for weekend doubles (Saturday and Sunday, get paid for a 5th...

  12. So many jobs

    ijh6890 replied to MissBrianna's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The experience is good. I know a lot of people in LVN school (we call it LVN in Texas) that work weekend doubles as CNA's to get them by. Usually weekend doubles is 4 shifts, on Saturday and Sunday....

  13. NOT FOR ME???

    ijh6890 replied to Dreamer74's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I think you should give it a little more time. But if you still feel the same way in a few weeks, then maybe it's time to switch fields. CNA is pretty much the bottom of the totem pole (as well as the...

  14. payroll Questions

    ijh6890 replied to justme01's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    We get paid bi-weekly. Every shift is 8 hours, and that includes a paid 30 minute lunch, and 2 paid 15 minute breaks. Any time after 40 hours is overtime pay (time and a half). There are holiday...

  15. school supplies needed for cna course

    ijh6890 replied to dukester's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Watch with a second hand, pens, highlighters, a 1 inch binder, and spiral is all we needed. Everything else was provided. You could get your own stethoscope and bp moniter but I doubt they'd make you...

  16. How to find a free course

    ijh6890 replied to Kyla.ann's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Check for any workforce programs in your area. The way I found my class though was just calling every nursing home in my town and all surrounding towns. I probably called about 50 places and found 3...

  17. Oh the wonderful smells

    ijh6890 replied to mikejjmay's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The smells don't bother me. I think the reason why is because the nursing home I work at has an awesome housekeeping staff, when you walk in you don't smell nursing home at all. Incontinent care...

  18. When to answer other cna's call lights

    ijh6890 replied to NurxingRoxx's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In my facility if you aren't doing anything and you see a call light go off, you AT THE VERY LEAST poke your head in the room and see what's going on. If you walk past a call light and continue on to...

  19. First Day Blues

    ijh6890 replied to darci14's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It will get better, keep your head up. In every job I've ever had, my first day was always kind of rough. Getting lost in a hospital is not uncommon, just make mental notes to remember things like...

  20. Whats Night shift (11pm-7am) like?

    ijh6890 replied to Faro's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In my facility it is the same pace as the day shifts. This is because there are less CNA's to each hall than there are in the day. We do changing and vitals every 2 hours as well as other tasks. I...

  21. Starting CNA Class on Monday Help!

    ijh6890 replied to ccasey013's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The class and exam are relatively easy as long as you pay attention and have common sense. The work is hard and fast paced, but very rewarding. I wouldn't be worried about the class. Just make sure...

  22. Having A Hard Time Finding A Job Cause Of My Background

    ijh6890 replied to TheNatural_Nurse's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    All CNA training programs are required to have a background check before accepting students into the program, this is a new policy. If you got your certification, no one is going to take it from you...

  23. Anyone taken the NET?

    ijh6890 replied to ijh6890's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Thank you! Makes me feel a lot better about it.

  24. Anyone taken the NET?

    ijh6890 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I'm taking the NET pretty soon. It will be my first time taking it. My school only requires the NET test, CNA, background & drug screening to get into the LVN program. So the test is extremely...