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    I'm becoming a CNA again!

    interceptinglight replied to pgray1229's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Neat!! You can have my job. Just joking !! Kind
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    Stupid Rules...

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

    So then..... if it's not against facility policy you can apply the Heimlich maneuver to remove the offending piece of food, but if in the process they go into cardiac arrest and they are a...
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    Stupid Rules...

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

    So then if someone's grandma is choking on a piece of breakfast sausage and her chart reads DNR.......do we sit there and watch her turn blue and pass away ? Probably that's a stupid question, but...
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    Ever been told to falsify documents?

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

    At my job we use hand-held computers to chart everything. For each person on our assigned hallway we are to check off the items from the care plan that were completed, even if they weren't. We...
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    New CNA first job.

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

    I happen to be a tall lady (5' 8") but some of the ladies I work with are rather petite.....they are able to do everything that any other CNA can do including turning and changing very large heavy...
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    Stupid Rules...

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

    Coffeemate, fantastic post. Funny how I kinda read it wrong.....I thought that the title of your thread was an actual assessment of the facility I work in, where Stupid RULES
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    LTCF vs Home Health?

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

    One reason perhaps that there are so many openings for Home Health CNA's could be that depending on who you are hired by, they may not reimburse for gas if you have to drive far to your assignments....
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    Accidental skin tear, now I'm worried!

    interceptinglight replied to nurse2b013's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I was putting a lady to bed one evening after giving her a shower, and I suddenly noticed blood on the sheet by her feet. As I had slid her legs into bed I ended up rubbing the backs of her heels on...
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    Hate my job, discouraged and sore!

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

    Yes, this is what happened to me. I made the mistake of failing to put a tabs alarm on a dementia resident who ended up falling and I took the rap for it; however this same lady also had a chair...
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    the patient who drives you CRAZY!

    interceptinglight replied to backatit2's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    "The residents who are obsessed with pooping annoy me too. I get tired of having to take them to the bathroom every half hour all day long and having to hear them whine that they didn't poop yet or it...
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    the patient who drives you CRAZY!

    interceptinglight replied to backatit2's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Oh yeah. We have a lady who weighs 300 lb, abuses her husband in front of staff, abuses other residents if she gets a chance, and recently used the trapeze bar over her bed to bash in the forehead...
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    Residents who are constantly BMing

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

    Yes!! We have a shower chair that we actually move into people's rooms. It has a commode bucket attachment underneath and we transfer people from bed directly onto it, then cover them with bath...
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    Hate my job, discouraged and sore!

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

    Wow.
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    Hate my job, discouraged and sore!

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

    I'm afraid I can totally relate. I've been working at the LTC facility where I'm employed for the last 8 months and I'm already burned out. I can't afford to get a nursing degree and if my employer...
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    I am considering not being a CNA anymore...

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

    It's because the CNA's bear the biggest brunt of cost containment by being paid the lowest wage LTCs can legally get away with, even though the quality of care the residents get is mostly due to them....
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    cna taking rectal temp

    interceptinglight replied to CNA2day's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    We were taught how to do them in CNA class, but the facility where we work doesn't take temps that
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    I am considering not being a CNA anymore...

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

    Kohala71, I'm afraid I have to agree with you. I've been working at my LTC facility since August 2010, and for the past few months I've been desperately searching for another job. I've been...
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    Amount of residents responsible for in a day?

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

    Oh NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!! We are not to stand and feed people EVER !! We get severely chewed out if they see us do that. So yeah, you're supposed to sit on a rolling chair and just roll around the...
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    Sometimes I wish the patients family would stop by unannounced...

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

    That's the one thing I really do enjoy doing....dressing my people up to look presentable and well-taken care of, whether their family is going to visit or not. I've noticed some of my co-workers...
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    Amount of residents responsible for in a day?

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

    That's interesting about the U-shaped tables. We used to have them at the LTC facility where I work, but 'The State' made us do away with them because it was considered a 'dignity' issue..... we...
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    Just Completed Clinicals!

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

    You have a great outlook on your job. I'll bet it will be everything you dream it will be and more. Except for those frustrating days where things go wrong no matter how hard you try to do...
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    Do you get discipline for not wearing ID badge?

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

    fuzzywuzzy you're just too
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    Dementia/Alzheimers residents

    interceptinglight replied to nurse2b013's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I also work in a lockdown dementia/Alzheimer's unit in the LTC facility where I've been employed for the past six months. The best way to handle this job is simply to get to really know the...
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    Question: if 1 of your patients fell?

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

    Wow, this must be the week of people falling. There's another post on this forum about someone falling while being given a shower and I just had one of my residents fall last week. It was partly...
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    cna/home health aid - paitent fell

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

    mslulubelle you make a good point. If 200 lb of 'dead weight' starts to go down there's no way to stop it, but you can help the person by lowering him down gently and thereby keeping him from...