Sally Lou

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  1. CNA giving medications....

    Sally Lou replied to Misslady113's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The med's were in this patients food. That IS considered passing med's. And what would have happened if the LPN had screwed up and given this patient the wrong med's or something she was allergic to?...

  2. CNA giving medications....

    Sally Lou replied to Misslady113's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    ITA with everyone else. The LPN needs to stay there until the resident takes all the med. I am med trained (previous job, residental school) and we had to stay with them till they took everything, yet...

  3. CNA Class in IL but test in FL

    Sally Lou replied to has31's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    What do you mean you will miss the cutoff

  4. Clinicals - Is this normal?

    Sally Lou replied to Tallync's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Very normal. When i did mine the CNA's left us completely alone. We dealt with the patient and our instructor (who was pretty much just there watching us do transfers when needed). We did all patient...

  5. RN Nursing Student looking for CNA license

    Sally Lou replied to semester1kid's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I would call your local red cross office and ask them if you could observe or practice the skills. If you are near the metro-west area i'd be happy to meet up with you and go over some of them with...

  6. Partial Bed Bath NY Skills Test (No. of Washcloths)

    Sally Lou replied to ygdrassil's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    1. eyes, face, neck, chest, arm, leg. 2. back. 3. outer

  7. CNA mandated in NY

    Sally Lou replied to monters's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I don't think they can mandate you. New York is not a state that has staffing ratios for CNA's. You need to look in the paperwork they gave you when you were hired on their policy's. If they could,...

  8. is fmla detrimental to companies/hospitals?

    Sally Lou replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    Bolded. Not true. It depends on the company policy. I was allowed to use it interminently. There is no way i could have done a long leave with my job paying the health insurance. As long as i called...

  9. Tube Feeding Question

    Sally Lou replied to CoastMedRN's topic in General Nursing

    it's not just about emesis or aspiration, it;s because of acid reflux. Thats the #1 reason when i was g-tube trained to stop/hold a

  10. How do you become a cna in a hospital

    Sally Lou replied to freddiegirl's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I said want. Not require. Difference. And i do know that hosp's will hire with no experience but they are not always easy to

  11. forcing baths on dementia patients?

    Sally Lou replied to PDXnursing's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Wow. Um, ok. When we did clinicials one of the cna's did something similar to this to a patient in front of the student to prove the point that you have to respect the persons rights. The student...

  12. Q about Red Cross Training

    Sally Lou replied to mrlo's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It's very rigorous with the homework. We had to read 3-4 chapters a night. We had quiz's on those chapters the next class. I really enjoyed it. I think it was easier for me though because my previous...

  13. CNA, now what?

    Sally Lou replied to TeeGuneys23's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Going straight to RN. You can find places that have a "bridge to rn" program. They will pay your tution but they usually have time requirements. You can be there for a yr before they will let you do...

  14. How do you become a cna in a hospital

    Sally Lou replied to freddiegirl's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hosp's want you to have experience. Unless you know someone who happens to work in the

  15. Do places hire more CNAs in the Fall/Winter?

    Sally Lou replied to gymnut's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    September. I actually talked to a woman at an agency local here. She gave me tons of good info. Since hosp/nursing homes want someone with some experience they are more willing to hire LPN/RN's at a...

  16. What do you wear

    Sally Lou replied to Getreal2011's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It really depends on the program. I went through the red cross in MA. They used to be able to wear street clothes during class but they changed the whole policy. You have to wear scrubs during class...

  17. Wedding in a Hospital Room

    Sally Lou replied to happy2learn's topic in General Nursing

    btdt. My water broke with my oldest (13 yrs old) on our way out the door for our wedding rehearsal. He wasn't due till August 20th , this was June 20th. He was born @ 6:45am the next morning. We...

  18. Red Cross or LTC training

    Sally Lou replied to shabookitty's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I did the Red Cross class. They can't guarntee employment. They don't do job placement. You can use your instructor (make sure to ask first) as a referrence. I would be concerned about why the LTC is...

  19. CNA class while 6-7 months pregnant?

    Sally Lou replied to Lauren0106's topic in General Nursing

    We had a girl in my CNA class (at the red cross) who was 6 months pregnant. The Instructor told her that if she didn't feel comfortable doing any of the transfers or lifting to let her

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

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

    You don't need it in Mass. You just need to be at least 16 yrs old and be able to pass the reading

  21. Skills test -- question

    Sally Lou replied to misswillow's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    First one, not 100% sure but i'd give them a trash bag if you had to take it for testing. If the bathroom is equiped to do all the measuring (hat, and extra pull down to clean(usually only in hosp's)...

  22. My first day of CNA class

    Sally Lou replied to Satori77's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Good Luck! I was very nervous my first day of class. I'm done with class now and finishing my clinicials. The kinda work you've been doing is normal for CNA's. You'll also be doing showers/baths,...

  23. CNA training

    Sally Lou replied to Masami's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm going to assume that by partial she meant one side of the body and full as both sides plus, offering the bedpan. I know when we did our skill testing for the class and when we do our state...

  24. MRSA in the nares

    Sally Lou replied to Flo.'s topic in General Nursing

    To protect the patients who have open wounds. My husband has been in and out of the hosp more times then i'd like to count the past 2 yrs. This last time he went in, with a barely open wound, it was...

  25. Bring my own patient??!!

    Sally Lou replied to freesia29's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Wow. Our instructor told us we couldn't use a classmate (or anyone we knew who had taken the class within a certain time frame) for the state testing on the first night of our