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    Under staffing at LTC Facilities

    interceptinglight replied to AzDeb's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Oh my god, I had no idea. Thank you for this !! How enlightening. I work for a 'not-for-profit' Jesus-Christ-centered LTC facility that is long-established and very well respected, it's in...
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    A new CNA

    interceptinglight replied to brykrandy's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    That's terrific !! I work in an Alzheimer's/dementia ward in a LTC facility and I love it. I also really like working with the male CNA's that I know, every single one of them are great to work...
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    Are teddy bear hidden camera's allowed in nursing homes or hospitals?

    interceptinglight replied to Ev1987's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm not sure if they're even allowed. I think they have to make sure it's legal before they can do it. At our LTC we're not even allowed to have cell phones around because of the possibility of...
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    Falsely Accused of Verbal Abuse

    interceptinglight replied to steph.lpn's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    That's good advice from Ytellu, there are employment attorneys available that deal with issues like this. We have a resident at our LTC, on more than one occasion she's made accusations that some of...
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    CNA appreciation (from a new grad RN)

    interceptinglight replied to phoenixrn's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Oh my god. Did you just acknowledge a little appreciation for us CNA's ??? I may faint. I thank you so much. We're supposed to be your assistants.....hence the name, y'know? It's people like...
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    Alzeimers Facilities pay more?

    interceptinglight replied to camci's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Yep. I work in a LTC facility and just recently I've been working almost exclusively in their dementia/Alzheimer's unit. They didn't give me a raise for this. I started at $7.62/hour until I was...
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    I gather 46 is too old to be a CNA

    interceptinglight replied to kellysmum's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    From all these comments it appears that the more mature the better for this kind of
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    I gather 46 is too old to be a CNA

    interceptinglight replied to kellysmum's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    What an inspiration you are
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    CNA Skills Text question (pulse)

    interceptinglight replied to mar12011's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Just practice a lot. Practice on your classmates, they may be able to help you by taking their own pulse to compare it. Also you may find that the radial pulse is a little stronger the farther up...
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    Anyone else having an 'explosion' problem?

    interceptinglight replied to camci's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    That's what our facility uses. Hand-held computers that you take with you and chart as you perform cares. We also still use a BM book and usually the nurses check that before they check the...
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    Chemical Restraints

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

    I found out one of the problems is that they changed doctors on her, I don't know why. The new doctor took away every med she was on including the effective ones and apparently now she's only...
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    Chemical Restraints

    interceptinglight posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I work in the Special Care Unit of a long-term care facility that has a policy of resident's rights to be free from all restraints, including chemical restraints. Our 'Unit' as they call it, has 12...
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    Chemical Restraints

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

    Thank you for that fantastic article !! We actually have some baby dolls in the Unit that we occasionally let the ladies play with. We should try that with
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    CNA job at a bran new hospital...and feel sad for the new grads

    interceptinglight replied to Thirdwatch's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I've heard that there are so many new nurses out in the field now there's not enough jobs for them all. In the State of Idaho where I live, there are even nurses laid off if you can imagine that....
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    Chemical Restraints

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

    Oh...and one more thing....I don't know what is going on with her medications, but they keep switching her around -- dropping this one and adding that one. Apparently some of the psycho-tropic meds...
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    Chemical Restraints

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

    Yes, this facility is restraint-free, even to the point of considering not allowing 'tabs' alarms....those are the alarms that attach to a person's clothing or sleepwear that make a really wicked...
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    Chemical Restraints

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

    That would be fine except we're not allowed to put an alarm on her unless it's in her care plan. They'd come down on me like a ton of bricks if I put an alarm on her just for my own convenience....
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    Chemical Restraints

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

    Oh my god. Thank you for this information. I don't think they would have been very forthcoming with this if I'd asked the DON for a sit-down talk with her about it. The truth is that this is a...
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    How do you deal with an insensitive CNA?

    interceptinglight replied to arelle68's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am a fairly new CNA and have been working at a LTC facility since August. I don't really understand it, but I've noticed there's something that happens to certain people when they've been a CNA...
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    first day at hospital

    interceptinglight replied to TamTam23's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Well, I guess I can understand that there is a lot of pressure involved with precepting someone. You are under the gun to do your own job as well as try to show it and explain it to someone else....
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    first day at hospital

    interceptinglight replied to TamTam23's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Whenever you get a preceptor or someone who is orienting you and they treat you like that, mostly it is because they don't like their own job and want to try and make sure you don't like it either....
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    A brand new CNA needs advice

    interceptinglight replied to corinth13's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    corinth13: I also live five minutes away from the LTC facility I work at, but if the roads are icy it takes twice as long to get there. The thing is, people just freak the freak out when it snows...
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    A brand new CNA needs advice

    interceptinglight replied to corinth13's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Good gawd she was only 12 minutes late. Get over it already. Making a huge issue out of such a trivial thing is unprofessional in my
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    A brand new CNA needs advice

    interceptinglight replied to corinth13's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Fuzzy wuzzy wasn't fuzzy...... maybe fuzzy feels like belittling someone who's in the very same spot he/she was at one time. corinth13 did everything she possibly could to get there on time and be...
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    A brand new CNA needs advice

    interceptinglight replied to corinth13's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I meant.......'always have to put yourself last.' Clumsy