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  1. Korsakoff syndrome

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

    Korsakoff's is like dementia in that it destroys portions of the brain in the same way that portions of the brain are destroyed in people with dementia associated with Alzheimer's or Parkinson's. As...

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

    CoffeemateCNA replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I gasped when I read this. It's bad enough when people are getting 15-30 mL PO. I can't imagine getting that much PR!! Instead of cleaning it up I would have just burned down the hospital and built a...

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

    CoffeemateCNA replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Had an obese lady that left her BiPAP mask on at home for 5 days. By the time she got to the hospital, the mask had literally "eaten" her skin into a "bedsore" the exact shape of the mask and its...

  4. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    CoffeemateCNA replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen a CNA use a sit-to-stand as if it was a hoyer lift. She would place the sling high on the residents' backs and under their armpits and then use the sit-to-stand to lift them up until their...

  5. Lunch?

    CoffeemateCNA replied to SC APRN's topic in General Students

    I used to be just like that, too. I would always fill a plastic disposable cup with Frosted Mini Wheats and then cover it with Glad Wrap the night before (I don't like milk in my cereal, so it...

  6. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    CoffeemateCNA replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    STOP texting me and asking me if test grades have been posted online yet. I don't know, and if I did I wouldn't tell you anyway. If you are so concerned about knowing it, then: 1) Pay attention the...

  7. FED UP CNAS!!!!

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

    I'm so sick of the "helpless nurse syndrome." Not all nurses have it, but the ones that do have it usually have a severe case of it. Tonight a nurse actually took a resident's blood glucose, saw...

  8. Time/date ON residents' briefs?

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

    We have done it in the past to help catch the lazy CNAs. Usually a nurse would initial, time, and date it with a Sharpie. If the CNA did not bring the brief with the writing on it and show it to the...

  9. Do You Go By First Or Last Name At Work?

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

    First. I think it's extremely disrespectful for people to call me by my last name alone. I'm not in the armed forces, I'm in a nursing home (although they do feel one in the same sometimes!). I also...

  10. New CNA Orientation!

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

    I have additional certification on top of being a CNA, so yes I get to pass meds. I still like "working the floor" primarily, though. Get used to having no supplies whatsoever. Those bath basins are...

  11. FED UP CNAS!!!!

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

    I'm tired of every facility I've worked at spending money on all of the wrong things. I don't understand how we can afford to repaint the entire building, mount a brand new huge flat panel TV on the...

  12. New CNA Orientation!

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

    I have a lot of stuff in my bag, and the contents are always changing, but here's what's in it now: -stethoscope -blood pressure cuff -pulse oximeter -Post-it notes -pens -cough drops -pocket drug...

  13. Have you colleted specimen from a patient before

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

    I've never really had much of a problem with that. If they won't do it, I tell them that doing it on the toilet is the "easy" way and I also mention the word "catheter." They usually do...

  14. New CNA Orientation!

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

    At least for the first few months, do a lot more LISTENING and OBSERVING than you do TALKING. Get the "lay of the land" before you start making comments to others. I was with another CNA on my first...

  15. Have you colleted specimen from a patient before

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

    It's pretty common for CNAs to collect urine samples, especially in LTC where there are often suspected cases of UTIs. Stool samples are done in LTC but with far less frequency. We usually do them to...

  16. Hollywood's Portrayal of Male Nurses?

    CoffeemateCNA replied to GiveMeFeedBack's topic in Male Nursing Students

    If any of you have watched ER over the years, they did a great job with the Malik character. I think he was the most true-to-life representation of a male nurse that I have seen on

  17. being a full time college student & CNA

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

    Why, if you are a psychology major, do you want to work in

  18. being a full time college student & CNA

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

    There really isn't much to the CNA class. You should have no problem getting everything done. Time management is the key. If you are used to college-level work, then CNA class will be a piece of...

  19. First CNA Job

    CoffeemateCNA replied to maggiex3's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    If you are wanting to work in geriatric psychology later on, geriatrics would be a great place to start. Apply to some nursing homes in your area. There is also the option to work at an in-patient...

  20. FED UP CNAS!!!!

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

    To all families: When I am passing ice water, DO NOT call me the "water boy." This is not a sports team. I am not (nor is any other CNA) a water-boy, water-man, water-girl, water-woman, water-person,...

  21. Sexual harassment policy at your facility

    CoffeemateCNA replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Nursing

    It's too bad that the sexually-harassing PATIENTS themselves can't get a 3-day suspension. We could all use a nice break from

  22. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    CoffeemateCNA replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Don't blow $250 on a Littman Master Cardiology III if you can't figure out that your apical pulse is on the left side of your chest (FYI - it's NOT over your right clavicle). Don't tell me you can...

  23. Scared to Touch Residents

    CoffeemateCNA replied to Blueroses91's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I used to be terrified to touch my residents: it would take me 10 minutes just to undress someone for bed. Over time, I learned this: Most people are a lot tougher and more resilient than you think...

  24. Do you ever wonder how in the world some people could ever be a nurse?

    CoffeemateCNA replied to happy2learn's topic in General Students

    It will be quite entertaining seeing nursing school and the NCLEX weed out many of my classmates. Unfortunately, the pre-reqs didn't get rid of NEAR as many people as they should have. Quite...

  25. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    CoffeemateCNA replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Do NOT wait until 5 minutes before the test to tell me you don't understand something MAJOR (like don't tell me you don't know what an ABG is when you're about to take a test on which you will be...