Kitsey

Kitsey

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  1. Certified nursing assistants not welcome!

    Kitsey replied to Barbie8808's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Um...no. I am a CNA and do not feel I need to be included on a forum for nurses. I am not a nurse. Not to be rude to anyone (and again, I AM a CNA) but we don't really have to know much at all to pass...

  2. holiday pay

    Kitsey replied to mvm2's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    If you work the holiday you get double time and a half. If you don't work it, you get paid based on your status. Full timers get paid 8 hours, 3/4 timers get 6 hours, 1/2 timers get 4 hours,

  3. do you wear a watch?

    Kitsey replied to mamabear1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I carry my phone because I use it instead of a watch. I suppose my LTC has no good staff then because all of us, including the nurses, have their phones on them. Today I used it to take photos of the...

  4. do you wear a watch?

    Kitsey replied to mamabear1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Nope, in my LTC we do not take vitals. I carry my phone, but I am not supposed too

  5. no more alarms for fall risks!

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

    Yup, our new plan is to go around with the nurse at bedcheck and just pick everyone up off the floor and tuck them back into bed right before nightshift comes. Also considering buying everyone those...

  6. one of those nights

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

    lol-this is us just about every day. 1 dementia unit. 2 1:1's, and 3 aides. You do the

  7. no more alarms for fall risks!

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

    We are going through this at my facility as we speak. The goal is to be alarm free by the new year. They have started taking away alarms from the ones who are less of a risk. Now we have residents...

  8. special treatment for patients/residents with demanding families

    Kitsey replied to marsy82's topic in General Nursing

    We do have one of those residents in my nursing home. They are a family full of nurses who feel the need to police us daily. Nothing is good enough for them and we hear about it all the time. We are...

  9. How much is too much?? Help?!

    Kitsey replied to channon01's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Wow-at my facility if you are mandated, you are not able to be mandated again for 3 months. My facility does not have my cell phone number, and my home phone has caller id. If I don't want to work I...

  10. New CNA- How to deal with body pain

    Kitsey replied to Purple93's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I work in the dementia/Alzheimer unit of a LTCF. The resident doesn't really even seem to know what we are doing. The one I was speaking of would not be able to hold a walker, his hands are contracted...

  11. New CNA- How to deal with body pain

    Kitsey replied to Purple93's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I use the lifts and stands, but that doesn't help when you are told you MUST walk certain residents, even if 'walking' them means 3 aides holding them up and dragging them down the hall. One of my...

  12. LTC/Nursing Homes do all the vitals? Do they still exist really?

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

    I am in Western Wisconsin. Not sure about Medication Aides, my experience is limited to a single

  13. LTC/Nursing Homes do all the vitals? Do they still exist really?

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

    CNAs don't take vitals at my facility and we did not learn to take blood pressure in my class. I asked why we would not be learning that skill and the instructor said that since we don't take vitals...

  14. Shocked with my CNA clinicals.

    Kitsey replied to Dhalia27's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I would say yes, that is how it really is. Sometimes you just have to use what you've got (and I am not saying this is RIGHT, but I am saying this does happen in real life). In my unit we haven't had...

  15. should i take a cpr class now or...?

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

    My facility in Wisconsin also doesn't care if we have it or

  16. CNAs feel about students clinicals

    Kitsey replied to mvm2's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Everyone I know dreads them. If students are around we need to do things more 'by the book' rather than how things are actually done in real life. We had a group of students a few months ago and a few...

  17. The resident with no family.

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

    Good for you! We have done things like this at my LTC facility and I have never heard or even thought there could be something wrong with doing so. One resident with long hair had literally one single...

  18. New CNA- How to deal with body pain

    Kitsey replied to Purple93's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Wish I knew. I've been a CNA for only 2 years and some mornings I can barely get out of bed because my feet have hurt since I started. Can't remember the last time my back didn't hurt either. My...

  19. Lazy and disrespectful Nursing Assistants

    Kitsey replied to lilaclover6984's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm a CNA in the dementia unit of an LTCF and I can't imagine behaving this way towards my nurse. I would expect to be fired for yelling at a nurse-no question. If we are having a slow night and have...

  20. How was the CNA written portion of the state exam?

    Kitsey replied to uniquern2015's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    My class ended in the beginning of November and I took my test the following January 3rd. I didn't crack my book the entire time and had no trouble whatsoever with the written portion. I focused all...

  21. Just passed and can't find my cna license number

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

    Still not on there? I tested in WI through Pearson Vue and was on the registry the next

  22. Just passed and can't find my cna license number

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

    Have you looked here? Pearson VUE: Choose your state then scroll down and click 'search nurse aide

  23. Nurse and CNA argument at the end of my shift

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

    Well-I think your mistake was telling the night nurse to have the night CNA do it because you had been waiting 30 minutes...If a nurse asks me to go do something-whether it's an am, pm, or noc-I go...

  24. Interview question

    Kitsey replied to RJay25's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I don't remember if I was asked about having kids or not, but at my LTCF full-timers work every other weekend, while part timers work two weekends on, one weeknd

  25. Would it be safe to continue as a CNA while pregnant?

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

    I can't speak from personal experience, but my coworkers who have been/are pregnant work right up until their due date. In fact, one of my coworkers is due this Friday and she is scheduled for work...