Kitsey

Kitsey

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  1. CNA true Salary?

    Kitsey replied to Mwheels21's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    LTCF in Wisconsin, no experience, started in 2011 at $11.08 per hour with .50 differential for PMs, and .50 for weekends. One step raise so far and am up to

  2. What kind of holiday bonus do you get?

    Kitsey replied to cbcle's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a CNA in a LTCF and we got $25 Walmart gift cards. We also get double time and a half for Christmas Eve and Christmas

  3. Holiday Gifts for PCT's

    Kitsey replied to PinkNBlue's topic in General Nursing

    I am a CNA in a LTC facility. Last year our nurse got the 6 of us (all the regulars on her unit) each big bottles of Bath and Body Works lotion and body wash, and a glass snowflake ornament. This...

  4. Body modifications and elderly people.

    Kitsey replied to esand's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Most of the CNAs at my LTCF have tattoos and many have helix or nose piercings, gauges, etc. I've never heard anyone mention them, and they don't need to be covered. I did need to cover my helix...

  5. Need to vent...being volunteered by someone else to do overtime...WHAT?!

    Kitsey replied to uRNmyway's topic in General Nursing

    Caller ID I never answer my phone if I don't want extra

  6. Quick Question..

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

    They can mandate at my facility(WI). Normally it would be the person with the least seniority who gets stuck being mandated for the next shift, but I haven't seen it happen to much. Normally someone...

  7. Burnout: getting through the shift

    Kitsey replied to jrgcna's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I've been a CNA for a year and a half and my personality has changed drastically. I dread my job, sometimes I cry when I get up to go in for my shift. It's constant stress. Away from the job I am...

  8. False vitals data???

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

    I'm glad we don't take vitals at my LTCF. We didn't even learn to take blood pressure in my

  9. Anyone NOT feel like they got hit by a truck?

    Kitsey replied to Glycerine82's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It's my one day off and I'm sitting here with a back pain patch on. I'm exhausted all the time and I can barely put weight on my feet every morning. I don't remember what it's like not to be in pain...

  10. Does your employer provide a gait belt?

    Kitsey replied to Dancingqueen94's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    My facility provided gait belts if you didn't already have one, and it was part of your uniform. But then last year they decided we are NOT to carry gait belts, but rather each resident would have one...

  11. Am I being overly sensitive?

    Kitsey replied to mrsharris2011's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Sorry for being off topic, but I'm curious...why can't beds be against the wall? Almost all the beds in my facility are up against a

  12. How did you get your nursing home job?

    Kitsey replied to Band's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Our instructor gave us applications to the local nursing home on our last day of class. After I passed my test and got my card, I took my application down there and waited over an hour to hand it to...

  13. If you could tell a new RN grad one tip and/or request, what would it be?

    Kitsey replied to Pat2012's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Yes...listen!!! We KNOW our residents! Just the last few weeks my coworkers and I notied some changes in one of our residents...no one took us seriously. We brought it up to all our nurses...still...

  14. Nursing Boundaries...can I go feed my patients cats?

    Kitsey replied to srg4784's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm a cat lover, I could not live with myself if I knew about cats who had no food or water...they can't last very long without before they end up with liver failure...I am not sure WHAT I would do,...

  15. Demanding residents

    Kitsey replied to mstearns09's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I've got a resident like that...he puts on his light to ask what time it is (clock is right on his nightstand) to fluff pillows, cover/uncover him (he is care planned independent in his room BTW),...

  16. back pain--injuries and avoidance

    Kitsey replied to ElsaKay's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I've been a CNA for almost 15 months and my back has hurt for...almost 15 months. Trying to lift properly is all well and good in the right situations, but I work the dementia unit and when people are...

  17. 11-7? or 7-3? or 3-11? Which ones the best shift for you?

    Kitsey replied to MzLopez4real's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    2nd shift for me! I am *not* a morning person, so 1st would be torture for me. And I feel like I need to be at home at night so 3rd is out! I to didn't want to sit around all day waiting to go to work...

  18. Don't you just hate it when you are scheduled to work on a holiday?

    Kitsey replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm a CNA and WANT to work all the holidays. Double time and a half!! I'll take any and all of them cause we don't get paid

  19. CNA night shift, weekends only

    Kitsey replied to rdr75's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    At my facility there aren't even enough NOC workers so the regulars can take their vacations. Not a lot of people (here anyway!) want to work those hours. And weekends are normally short for all...

  20. CNA salary

    Kitsey replied to Dulce29's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Wisconsin LTCF. $11.49 per hour, +.50 PMs, +.50 weekends. 1 year experience, started at

  21. Question about CNA Clinical

    Kitsey replied to MissyChrissy's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    My facility would love some NOC shift workers. The regulars can't take vacation cause there is no one to

  22. Is it normal for them to just let us take care of the pt's on our own??

    Kitsey replied to Brannray's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    *actually I should have said we weren't allowed to use the lift or stand by ourself, we were allowed to do transfers without someone else present as long as it was 1 or 2 person

  23. Is it normal for them to just let us take care of the pt's on our own??

    Kitsey replied to Brannray's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    That's how my clinicals were, just paired up with a classmate and left on our own. We were not allowed to do transfers unless our instructor or one of the CNAs working there were in the room with us....

  24. Impossible to find a day time/full time job???

    Kitsey replied to missie1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Days are going to be hard to come by. I wanted and do work PMs, but every time an AM position is posted there are a ton of people that sign for it. I don't know about other facilities, but in mine it...

  25. How should I go about following up on applications?

    Kitsey replied to CNA1991's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I dressed nicely and took my application down to the LTC facility and waited to give it personally to the DON. Got called a week later to schedule an interview, and was offered a job 30 min after...