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    I love working with dementia residents.....

    interceptinglight posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    :heartbeat I've been at the LTC facility where I work since August. This is my first CNA job and in the beginning it was a shock and a discouragement. Never have I worked so hard for such little...
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    Panic attack before work; now out of work

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

    Hello ShaynaSmart -- I'm really glad you shared this experience with allnurses. It really caught my attention because I just completed a certification program called 'Mental Health First Aid'...and...
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    Resigned From Long Term Care

    interceptinglight posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I submitted my resignation today. I will never work in long-term care again. Twice in the last 3 months I've been written up for a resident fall -- again because of failure to have alarms on a...
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    Resigned From Long Term Care

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

    Sometimes CNAs don't realize how difficult a nurse's job really is. The pressure on nurses today is incredible with the unreasonable amount of responsibility that they usually have to shoulder. I'm...
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    Inappropriate Behavior

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

    I've never seen a CNA that I worked with ever kiss a resident that we were caring for -- except for one. There was this cutest little gentleman, a dementia-ridden fellow who tended to give the staff...
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    Sexual Harass of Staff by Residents?

    interceptinglight replied to TurtleCat's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I worked in a special Alzheimer's unit at the LTC facility that I was employed by. Two of the residents there were men and only one of those two was ever inappropriate with any of the female CNA's,...
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    Only male in the CNA class; feeling awkward

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

    Take the class. We had 2 guys in our CNA class and I preferred to work with them because they were just nice without any of the 'female politics' and competitiveness that I sometimes felt from my...
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    New cna rant: Being a cna feels so uninspiring

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

    That's something you will find in most health care facilities. They have an almost hostile attitude toward students, because they know the student is going to put schooling first and their slave-wage...
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    Found on the wall

    interceptinglight replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I especially loved this: "When I push you away when you are trying to help me--a wash perhaps, or getting dressed, maybe it's because I have forgotten what you have said. Keep telling me what you are...
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    New cna rant: Being a cna feels so uninspiring

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

    ^^^That comment there by student forever is great!! It's wonderful to get such a personal reward out of knowing you are helping people in such a personal way -- however, CNA's are only able to give...
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    Sex in the workplace.....what do YOU think should be done?

    interceptinglight replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You mean slapping the
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    Sex in the workplace.....what do YOU think should be done?

    interceptinglight replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not much of a Morality Nazi, so if it had been me on the other side of that locked door, I would have knocked loudly and addressed the hospitalist to tell him he was needed and that I would come...
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    Sex in the workplace.....what do YOU think should be done?

    interceptinglight replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah, I thought of that, too. Sheesh the noises could have been him taking care of some very private
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    Things we think that we do not say... humorous...

    interceptinglight replied to Baubo516's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Dear Lady will you PUUH-LEEEASE just swallow that mouthful of food you've been chewing for the last 5 full minutes so when I assist you with another spoonful it won't just slip-slide out your mouth...
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    Gossip in the work place!

    interceptinglight replied to IdianaCNA1993's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Aaaagghhh...anybody who grumbles so much about you sucking probably forgot how much they sucked when they first started out, as we all did at one time. Don't let it get to you!!
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    Has Nursing hardened you?

    interceptinglight replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Quote from ShelbyRN1: "To all those who have attacked her based on an honest inquiry you must surely be the one's who are the nasty, mean nurses she is speaking of." And... "If you are offended by...
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    I had no idea... med/surg vent

    interceptinglight replied to all4ofus's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Did I hear right? '...the poor techs...' Really? Someone actually acknowledging that the patient care techs/CNA's sometimes get dumped on with tasks that the nurses just don't want to do? I may...
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    Has Nursing hardened you?

    interceptinglight replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you very much for this sensible response to HouTx. You properly cited your source of information and effectively defended your post and the motivation for writing it without saying anything in...
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    Sick as a dog!

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

    I was sick with a sinus infection and bronchitis for nearly 3 months when I first became a CNA in a LTC facility. Much of that time I was too sick to work, yet I couldn't afford not to and I had no...
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    Need advice on which jobs to take...

    interceptinglight replied to eagreen1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The ER scribe job sounds fascinating!! With that position you would definitely learn a lot about the ER environment and the medical experience would be invaluable for your career. It is more of an...
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    Chasing after alarms. What do you do?

    interceptinglight replied to vc01ca's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Any employee within earshot of an alarm should run for it as soon as they hear it and not wait for someone else to get it; at least they may be able to stop someone from falling and just let them know...
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    Accused of breaking resident's hearing aid...

    interceptinglight replied to Nurse_Wretched's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Nurse_Wretched, I just love your screen name. It has such an 'Eeyore'-kinda feeling to
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    Burned out from floor nursing, need advice, please..

    interceptinglight replied to frazzled2012's topic in General Nursing

    Christ was the ultimate example of self-sacrificing love, nursing is most certainly a career in which one could express such values every day without even being
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    How much anatomy do CNAs need to know?

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

    We didn't study any Anatomy at all in my CNA class, mostly just "the knee bone's connected to the foot bone" and stuff. Piece a
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    Does a CNA have to wipe butts?

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

    Trolls are good for comic