CoffeemateCNA

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  1. Break Time,or Releive Person!

    CoffeemateCNA replied to buildingmyfaith57's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm at the point now that I 100% refuse to cover a hall for someone who wants to go out on a smoke break. All of the smokers know not to come ask me, because they already know what the answer is....

  2. FED UP CNAS!!!!

    CoffeemateCNA replied to marineswife0809's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It isn't much of a report, if any. 95% of the time, the CNA says "They're all fine" or "Everybody's good" and then runs like a bat out of Hades. If I want any more info than that, I practically have...

  3. What you'd REALLY like to say....

    CoffeemateCNA replied to ICor9:24's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Why is it that you always spill your grape juice at the dinner table when I'm wearing my white pants?? Can't you at least wait until the day I'm wearing my black pants, or better yet, just not knock...

  4. FED UP CNAS!!!!

    CoffeemateCNA replied to marineswife0809's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Tired of CNAs pouncing on me as soon as I walk in the door, wanting to give me report so that they can leave 20 minutes early. I really don't care that your kid has a doctor's appointment or whatever...

  5. You know you are a CNA when....

    CoffeemateCNA replied to ham272's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    ...when you think thickened orange juice really doesn't look that bad -- more like an orange slushie -- and you consider going back to dietary to make one for

  6. Would you apply regular barrier cream to a resident with a fungal infection?

    CoffeemateCNA replied to CoffeemateCNA's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks for the great responses, everyone. Just to clarify, I was referring to applying barrier cream in addition to (not instead of) the Nystatin. Right now the Nystatin is being applied when the...

  7. HIPAA

    CoffeemateCNA replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    The dean of my nursing program even writes "HIPPA" on everything. Drives me

  8. FED UP CNAS!!!!

    CoffeemateCNA replied to marineswife0809's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    A slipper? I would settle for no less than a steel-toed boot. If you are going to hit somebody in the mouth, might as well take some teeth when you do it. Oh, and did you hear what Kelly has been...

  9. First day of class- check! But I wanted to laugh @ the videos!!!!

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

    My favorite part is always the guy that falls from a great height and lands on his head and then gets electrocuted. What a day he is having!! My favorite phrase ever: "[pointing] YOU!!!! Call 911....

  10. First day of class- check! But I wanted to laugh @ the videos!!!!

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

    ...and the lady that needed assistance eating is the type of person that we're wondering WHY she is even IN the nursing home in the first place. She's AAO x3, independently ambulatory, and looks like...

  11. How to pass Pharm125??

    CoffeemateCNA replied to JessCNA2RN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This also comes in coloring book form, so you can color the diagrams as you are studying them. I think it's one of the various volumes of Mosby's Memory Notebook of

  12. First day of class- check! But I wanted to laugh @ the videos!!!!

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

    Those were so terrible!! I had to bite my tongue and dig my fingernails into my arm to keep from laughing out loud, and even that didn't help!! I noticed that the guys tended to laugh a lot more...

  13. FED UP CNAS!!!!

    CoffeemateCNA replied to marineswife0809's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I want to freak out on other CNAs (and nurses!) that change the residents' radios and TVs to programs that the residents obviously wouldn't want to watch if they were aware of what they were watching...

  14. Patient observer or pca?

    CoffeemateCNA replied to kaya33068's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Never heard of it. It sounds like a "sitter" position. You would probably make less than a

  15. No HS diploma or GED, but is a CNA?

    CoffeemateCNA replied to Leelee2's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    CNAs don't really do anything absolutely vital enough to require a diploma or GED. We're not calculating complicated IV drips or writing long narrative entries in charts. What is QUITE SCARY is that...

  16. I Think I am NOT Going to NS

    CoffeemateCNA replied to Donald11's topic in General Students

    There is no such thing as a "perfect" nursing program. Period. Never was and never will be. If nursing is what you really want to do, don't let "imperfect" programs stop you from reaching your...

  17. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    CoffeemateCNA replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Never get into a kicking match with a veteran that has a prosthesis. The prosthesis will win every

  18. private sitting

    CoffeemateCNA replied to tnc0712's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    :sofahider

  19. Assessing Each Other??!??

    CoffeemateCNA replied to FutureMaleOhioNurse's topic in General Students

    If you don't learn what's "normal" by assessing your classmates, how do you expect to be able to determine what is "abnormal" on your patients when you are in a clinical setting? You have to learn...

  20. FED UP CNAS!!!!

    CoffeemateCNA replied to marineswife0809's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Other CNA (holding back-issues of US Weekly in hand): "Gosh, I am SOOO incredibly bored. They stuck me on the easiest assignment and I have absolutely nothing to do right now. I'm gonna come help...

  21. You know you are a CNA when....

    CoffeemateCNA replied to ham272's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    ...when you see the new sign in the break room for the Employee Assistance Program and just BUST UP laughing when you see the part that says how "your coworkers can help you with your problems." Uh,...

  22. Fast versus Thorough

    CoffeemateCNA replied to *4!#6's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm somewhere in the middle, too. I somewhat take my time so that the resident doesn't feel completely rushed. I always empathize that I would be stressed out and wouldn't be able to sleep either if...

  23. tips for feeding a stroke patient?

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

    What shift do you work? And what meal is it that she is not eating well at? I know that some people naturally tend to eat more at some meals and less at others. For example, I am a heavy breakfast...

  24. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    CoffeemateCNA replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I would never be fortunate enough to get the "temporary" insanity. With my luck, I'd end up in a lockdown unit drinking Haldol cocktails for the next 50

  25. Creative Ideas/Case Studies for an ADRD Presentation.

    CoffeemateCNA replied to coffeelover10's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Don't forget the people that think you are always stealing from them!! If I sold all the stuff I've supposedly stolen over the past several years, I'd be so freakin' rich I could retire and live in an...