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    I got a job!!!!!!!

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

    That's great news!! That would be my dream job, working with new mothers and their babies. I hope you enjoy your new
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    FED UP CNAS!!!!

    interceptinglight replied to marineswife0809's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    At our facility, there's a limit to how many call-ins you are allowed before you get canned, I'm not exactly sure the limit is. You get written up for call-ins even if it's for illness or a death...
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    FED UP CNAS!!!!

    interceptinglight replied to marineswife0809's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Geez, I don't know whether to be happy or sad that's it's about the same wherever you
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    Hospital CNA needs help with a LTC issue

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

    "...........already crapped on enough as it is." --Made me laugh!! Don't I know it. The suggestion about getting to know the CNA's who take care of your loved on is a great one. You can give...
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    Hospital CNA needs help with a LTC issue

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

    The people in our LTC facility who are on supplemental oxygen get their O2 levels checked daily, or more often if there's a problem. Recently I came on shift and was given a report that Ms. V was...
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    Post-Mortem Care

    interceptinglight replied to sarabellum1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    A resident passed on my evening shift the other night. I had just finished my charting and clocked out when the nurse confirmed the death. OK yeah, I was curious so I went to the room to observe...
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    Whad I do -- Whad I do??

    interceptinglight posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I got ripped a new one by a nurse the other night. I was working a 5-9 pm shift with my partner, it was our job to give the evening showers (this is a LTC facility). 15 minutes before my shift...
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    Done with Theory...

    interceptinglight replied to weluv3's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Smells? Kinda funny.....when they put me through pre-cepts, that night I had the strangest freaking thing happen......I continued to smell urine and BM at home all evening after my shift was over....
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    Whad I do -- Whad I do??

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

    Yes, that's pretty much what I'm saying.......the nurse wanted us to put an incontinence pad on top of wet sheets underneath a resident with a leaking catheter, and the result was going to be a soaked...
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    CNA personalities ... revisited

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

    I've decided to be The Invisible Woman. I do my job, I don't gripe and complain about the other employees or file reports on them, I don't try to pawn my shifts off on anyone else nor do I offer to...
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    Post-Mortem Care

    interceptinglight replied to sarabellum1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Wow that's a fantastic post !! That's a great perspective on post-mortem
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    Being called in too much?

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

    Seems like they target the new employees because they're not sure about saying 'No' at first. I did the same thing in the beginning of my employment -- I took anybody's shift who simply didn't want...
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    CNAS, what's it like at your nursing home/long term care facility?

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

    Some correct me if I'm wrong.....but part of the headache for a CNA working in a hospital is the paperwork that is required in addition to patient care. I guess it's a throwback to the time when...
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    CNAS, what's it like at your nursing home/long term care facility?

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

    I still consider myself a new CNA, I've been working at a LTC facility since August and have been certified since November. I started out on this job very idealistic....oh what a wonderful inspired...
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    Post-Mortem Care

    interceptinglight replied to sarabellum1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Actually....talking to the deceased is not silly or crazy, it's right-on. The ability to hear is not lost in the last moments of life. All of us have a spirit (at least I believe that), and no...
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    I may have to quit

    interceptinglight replied to Penny82's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I understand how you feel. At the LTC care facility where I work, if we call in sick it's the nurse's responsibility to find a replacement, however we still get written up for calling out even for an...
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    Post-Mortem Care

    interceptinglight replied to sarabellum1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I think you reacted intelligently to the situation, given that it was your very first time in dealing with it. Being honest about your feelings is a good way to start learning to handle things you...
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    ? about reporting CNAs to charge nurse or DON

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

    I've only been working as a CNA for a few months on the evening shift at the LTC facility I work. There's a particular CNA who has been there for a year and is very 'tight' with the DON. She spends...
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    Home Health DISASTER!! Venting..

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

    to hs90: Next time she does that, hand her a bill for services rendered and state that you work only for the client. Meanwhile look for a better job from an agency that will back you up and make...
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    A means to live?

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

    azcna: I work in Moscow, Idaho (2000 population 22,000) at a so-called 'not for profit' LTC facility. Idaho is also called 'The Slave Wage State', you can see why. Next door in Washington State...
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    A means to live?

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

    I believe in focusing on your dreams and aspirations, and if you do it with a single-purpose hopeful attitude you will see it come about !!! Yes....the truth is I have skills that would allow me to...
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    A means to live?

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

    I must admit I have a very hard time having sympathy for someone who makes a lot of money but is unhappy with their job.... I'm a mother of 4 who has a severely disabled son. I work as a CNA for...
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    Negative experience on first day

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

    I do not think you over-reacted. You are a bit like me and have a tendency to be idealistic. You know how things should be and you get very quickly discouraged when you see that they aren't done...
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    Anyone here too "small" to become a CNA?

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

    @systoli: Yes, you're right. I have to raise beds way up high to be at waist level in order to work with the residents. Because my spine is so long I tend to feel it in my lower back when someone...
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    Just wanted to say to all Cna's...

    interceptinglight replied to Queen33FutureLPN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I appreciate this. I dislike my job.....not because I don't like the work -- I love it!! I adore the people I take care of, but I don't like my employer -- a LTC facility. They give us propaganda...