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  1. Back braces...how come I never see CNA's wear them?

    northernguy posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I've been working as a CNA for about a month, and something I've noticed puzzles me. I have yet to ever see a CNA or nurse wearing a back brace. Not during clinicals, not where I work now, and not to...

  2. Horrified at what I have seen go on in this nursing home

    northernguy replied to butterflykisses23's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Ive only worked in a couple nursing homes that had really strict hiring standards, paid their employees well, and fired and investigated people at the slightest suggestion of abuse, as in we went...

  3. Rude ED Doctors

    northernguy replied to Skayda's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I dont mean to totally trash Doctors(like they would care what I think anyway), or ER Docs in particular, I just get annoyed at the tone of some of the responses. How dare a CNA suggest something to a...

  4. Rude ED Doctors

    northernguy replied to Skayda's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The RN should have made the call, but who cares if the Doc was rude and snotty. You make a fraction of the money she makes doing a thankless job that gradually wrecks your back. Yeah the ER doc has a...

  5. Certified Nursing Assistants - The Nurses think we have it so easy.

    northernguy replied to hfullerCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    95% of the RNs I work with are great, never have had any problems with nearly all of them, either working in long term care or on med/surg. OR Nurses are another story altogether, some of them I've...

  6. I had a terrible day at school today... Accused and feel awful.

    northernguy replied to jval's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I dont understand why the students would be so resistent to riding the hoyer to begin with. Yeah you might look kind of foolish, but if everyone does it, who cares. If their knees are so bad, how are...

  7. Verbal abuse from patients?

    northernguy replied to shix's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'll never forget one patient who was admitted numerous times, with longer stays each time. He was a bed jumper who was continually pulling off his telemetry leads and o2, hitting his call light and...

  8. Things we think that we do not say... humorous...

    northernguy replied to Baubo516's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    To the snotty ER nurses who either completely ignore the aide when bringing up a patient, or try to order you around on the floor and dismiss anything you say. Get off your high horse Nurse Jackie and...

  9. MA really needs to get CNA cert. to start nursing school?

    northernguy replied to cfroelich1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I think Nursing schools are requiring people have their CNA for two reasons. Number one because they have an overabundance of applicants, so they can afford to be selective and if people are already...

  10. Did I do the right thing?

    northernguy replied to Jackfackmasta's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I would say it is definitely in your scope. Again, EMTs do it all the time, and ER techs are pretty much just EMTs minus the pre hospital stuff like driving an ambulance or extricating a patient from...

  11. Did I do the right thing?

    northernguy replied to Jackfackmasta's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I'm curious if you have any training or experience as an EMT. As an RN you have a lot more training than me, but stabilizing a penetrating object like this seems like a pretty simple thing to do and...

  12. Cna/pct

    northernguy replied to Kdrenee's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Sounds to me what a PCT is varies depending on your state/area/hospital. Where I work you have RNs and CNAs doing patient care. No LPNs and no "PCTs". The CNAs pretty much do all the work described as...

  13. Only male in the CNA class; feeling awkward

    northernguy replied to somekindofstrange's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Take the CNA class. If you are feeling awkward about just practicing on female students, imagine how awkward your gonna feel taking care of female patients. Better to get over it now before you start...

  14. corpsman to cna

    northernguy replied to PaCe23's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I know a lot of military medics go into EMS, but I believe most have to start from scratch in terms of education and obtaining licenses. I think the same would be true for other health care jobs,...

  15. Taking CNA class while doing other pre-reqs

    northernguy replied to AlaskaHopeful's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    CNA class is pretty easy, very little studying involved from my experience, but I also had some medical training in EMS prior to CNA school, so it might be different if you are completely new. Towards...

  16. HUC or ED tech?

    northernguy replied to duskyjewel's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm assuming HUC means unit clerk. If so these are two totally different jobs. Which one you prefer would depend on your personality. Obviously an ER Tech job will have you dealing with a lot of...

  17. Strategies for Dressing a Stroke Patient

    northernguy replied to maggie1990's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Are you getting the patient dressed in bed? If the patient can ambulate, or at least stand, I find it easier to get them on a commode or toilet, then get them dressed there. Put the pants up over the...

  18. Vital Signs - Do you have any tips?

    northernguy replied to MarkinAZ's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Your pulse rate does not remain constant, it changes all the time, so if you took it for 30 seconds or a minute several times in succession, you probably wouldnt get the exact same number every time,...

  19. Are all CNAs mean

    northernguy replied to 2bthelpngirl's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    CNAs and work environments vary, but yeah, CNAs in LTC arent always the nicest people. Some LTCs the work environment can best be compared to the lord of the flies, with aides forming cliques and...

  20. As a CNA, do employers know/care if you never took a class?

    northernguy replied to Maui79's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Is it going to make you less employable as a CNA? Until you have some experience, yeah, it would. After youve worked as a CNA for a while it probably wouldnt make much difference, although it still...

  21. Falsely accused of abuse

    northernguy replied to dzikitimarj's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    This is why I dont think I will ever go back to working in LTC if I can help it. I did it for a couple years and never had any abuse investigations against me, but its something that is always hanging...

  22. CNAs working in corrections

    northernguy replied to IdianaCNA1993's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    A CNA working in corrections....I cant think of a job I would want

  23. Things we think that we do not say... humorous...

    northernguy replied to Baubo516's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    To the patients who complain or are totally uncooperative when being woken up for vitals in the middle of the night. Im sorry, but apparently you got lost on the way to the Holiday inn and somehow...

  24. CNA Exam for a NREMT-B

    northernguy replied to ParaStorm's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Just keep in mind that being a CNA is nothing like being an EMT, the training and jobs are a lot different. If the Nursing school requires you be a CNA, they probably want to know that you know how to...

  25. Emergency Situations in a clinical setting

    northernguy replied to jhenafire's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I dont know about Medical assistant training, but if its like CNA school, there was very little training on what to do in medical emergencies. If you arent BLS certified, then take the class so you...