mar12011

Hi all! I was recently certified and have a job possibility wherein I would be working overnight. Since I have been unemployed for over a year I have been staying up till midnight and not getting up till 9am. I have never worked anything but days in ...

Good advice Buduca, I need to re-train my brain each time I walk into a pt's room, otherwise I still try to use my back muscles, and often neglect to raise the bed, IOW, inevitable back-strain on the way.

Hey all, my head is too bummed for words right now, yet I will attempt to describe my situation on here anyway - I just started a wonderful job this week as a CNA in a subacute unit. It is my first job as a CNA. I am 50 yrs old and fairly skinny, es...

I was working in a SNF/LTCF for 3 mos. straight out of CNA class, then I FINALLY got a hospital job 4 weeks ago - a WORLD of a difference!!! The first thing that hit me BIG TIME was my first 1/2 hour at the med ctr I saw RN's answering call lights, a...

Uh-oh! From reading all the replies, I guess I have been doing it wrong the past 5 months. I work nights, 3-12's, I usually do one night then have a day off, then do 2 nights back-to-back, and when I am done with the 2 back-to-back I will stay up the...

No doubt it is all about technique/angles, I just need a really good teacher to show me the ins & outs. Any tidbits you can pass along would be welcome. Having worked in the hospital now for the past 2 weeks, I am VERY pleased that it is much ...

Oh I hope I didn't instill any worry -- I actually did my first CNA job at a SNF/LTCF, 3rd shift, from July-mid Oct. (I strained my back) and it was way different there. If you had to put on the lights, you put on the lights -- a good deal of the pts...

THANKS for the encouraging words. Yes, I was certified as a CNA in April. I am now working in a hospital where there is much better team help with turning, so that is nice. But I just finished my 3rd of 6 days of orientation and my preceptor has show...

Oh teamojonj, I sooooooooooooooooooooooooo have been through so many of the EXACT same things as you, my :redbeathe goes out to you!! I have been working my first 3 mos. as a CNA at SNF working the subacute unit. I have felt like a failure on SO many...

Hi all! I have a possible quandary making my mind turn to scrambled eggs... I have always wanted to be a nurse (LPN or RN), but an impatient decision over 30 yrs ago landed me in an Information Technology route that I inadvertently stayed in for 27+ ...

Well hey all, it all is looking a little calmer for my head to deal with now. I had a phone interview for the Tech Support job today and it sounds like an outstanding job and place to work, but it also sounds like there are dozens of other candidates...

TaraAnn91 - yeah subacute is definitely a better deal than LTCF as far as I can tell. There is so much variance between patients, and for the most part they are not there for more than a month or two. Brian -- I forgot to add to my last comment, I ...

good pt!!!

But it's already been 20 months since I've been in IT, so I feel the skills I had are already being lost - "if you don't use it, you lose it" sort of thing. I really have little desire to go back to IT; the money situation would be the only impetus. ...

fuzzywuzzy, that is me EXACTLY!!! Everything gets out of proportion in my head when it comes to decisions of this magnitude. I feel like the situation is going to be one I am locked into for years on end, and the regrets will badger my conscience. If...

Thanks for the replies. No, I cannot say I see my going into IT all those years ago as a mistake, per se. I am grateful for the two jobs I had. But in another way, if I could do it all over again I definitely would have gotten myself on the waiting l...

I was told that about being a volunteer too, but sadly it did not pan out for me. I began to volunteer at a Denver hospital in March 2010 assisting the CNA's (stocking PPE boxes in patient's rooms, passing water, taking away food trays, etc.) By God'...

I passed my exam on April 1st. All the HR people were telling me to apply online, so I did just that and only had 3 interviews in 3 months!!!! SO after feeling quite dejected, I listened to the excellent advice of a good friend and one day I went to ...

Well a HUGE THANKS evabloomv!!! Keep me posted on how it goes for you too as we become seasoned CNA's. You know what is extraordinary to me -- I've been volunteering at a downtown hospital for the past 16 months, and I soooooooooo love it (helping...

I love hearing how it's not so much strength, as it is technique -- that gives me hope that I will be able to do this eventually (I hope "eventually" is SOON). Last night I foolishly tried to turn this 175 lb. guy who is pretty much in a vegetative s...

REALLY, in only 100 days? That is great!!!! I will be happier than the newest Powerball winner if I can post that here in 3 more months! I hope the two other CNA's will help me out, showing me some tricks of how they do it.... time will tell.

Hey you might not be a Picasso, but you sure rival Rembrandt here!! LOL!!! That is VERY helpful Mike -- I am going to see if some of my friends might let me attempt to practice on them today (when I wanted to do the same for my CNA skills exam, none ...

Gotcha' -- using mostly the quad muscles, w/abs tightened? Just like you said, I am getting more & more convinced it's about technique more than brawn. I need to practice my brains out on this. THX Mike!!

Hi Mike!! Help me out with this - I was trying to make a mental picture of it, but methinks I'm missing something of what you said. When you say, "Place one hand dorsally on the patient's shoulder that is away from you, and the other hand over and l...

This forum is OUTSTANDING!!! THANKS for all the excellent advice and encouragement - checking out the Unit Clerk position, or Assisted Living -- bringing the gait belt -- using solid body mechanics, etc. - you all are a tremendous help to me!!!! I ju...