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I am considering this as a possible job switch. I had a mother who spent several years on dialysis and saw how rough it was. Could somebody give me a detailed job description on what a patient care tech does in a dialysis unit or free standing clinic...

Cell phones. Leaving the room during pt. care to answer the phone and chat for 10 minutes. Or worse, having that danged phone up to your ear the entire time you are caring for someone. Put the dang phone away until you are done! This pt. and I do NO...

going into a pts. rm. and fluffing sheets and pillows does NOT count as patient care. That pt. still needs help w/ ADLs. Do not count on his lack of short term memory to save you, especially when I went into his rm. 2 minutes after you left and found...

My niece is married to a man who is deaf from birth. He has a 75% hearing loss. His mother says it is because she went out to a july 4th celebration while she was pregnant, and the fireworks across the river were "so loud it ruined his eardrums". And...

To JADELPN, as a CNA, I thank you. I work with fantastic nurses on my rehab unit and NEVER hear, "thats for the aides to do". They are all brilliant and well educated people and so willing to help when I need it. With the exception of 1 or 2 shameful...

I wish you knew how smoothly things are running these last few weeks since you have been on leave for surgery. So much gets done and everyone seems to do their job and not mind. Nobody even misses you because you are so lazy and useless when you are ...

PS. Our shift is 3p-11p. Do not announce at 10:15 that you have to go because you forgot to do so and so for your invalid husband. We all see him picking you up in his little sports car.

You are lazy and a waste of time and space at this hospital! How dare you go into pt. rms. and change the tv. channel to your own preferred show, then have the gall to sit and watch it! All the while we are all out here running our collective tushes ...

OH Man! Please, please, please come to work with me. I would love to have you stay with the gentleman furthest from the nurses station, fall risk, insists he can get up and go to the bathroom on his own, because he isn't in much pain from that fractu...

As a CNA I can honestly say it would be the LVN. Why? Because when you are the nurse "everything" is you fault. It is a lousy truth, but still a truth. When something goes wrong it goes up the ladder from the CNA to the nurse, and down the ladder fr...

You filthy old man! You say awful things to the nursing staff about your wife(while she is sitting right there) and then proceed to grab my behind while I am attempting to transfer your 265lb. Jabba the Hutt frame into the lift. Then giggle about it ...

I have a degree in a completely unrelated field, started nursing school many years ago, did not finish because my first son was born and was sick. I stayed home and had another child. Never wanted to go back to work. I LOVED being a stay at home mom!...

I am CNA in a busy rehab hospital. We have lots of hips, strokes, cardiac rehab, brain injury, some SC injury, some just in need of reconditioning after serious illness and weeks in the hospital (wound vacs and PEG tubes). My job is pretty low key,...

Oh, and rectal temps. EVERYBODY in the facility had to have a rectal temp. done for vitals. Young, old, did not matter, no temp but a rectal temp was accurate. Man, I am glad we have better equipment today!

As mentioned on another, similar thread Yes, white uniforms, and they better be crisp and ironed! White stockings under your skirt, and those ugly nurse mates oxford shoes. Even as a NA and a student nurse, we were expected to look "professional and ...

I am sorry. It was meant to be funny in a very facetious way. The reason things are truly funny is because they are true. I am certainly not belittling any of the people I have had the privilege to help take care of over the years. I hope nobody read...

I remember having unit secretaries that handled so many things, and the nurses and aides were all busy doing their thing. Those lovely unit secretaries had things running so smoothly at the desk, and the whole floor seemed to function better. Of cour...

Okay, I do not want to insult anyone or step in a hornets nest here, but I have a serious question. Recently my hubby had surgery, and everyone at the hospital would ask"are you a nurse?" to which I would reply "No, I am a CNA". Most of the time it w...

Yes, you CAN MOVE YOUR LEFT ARM!!! PT did NOT tell you to never use that arm since you broke it. PT wants you to start using that arm so it will heal correctly. Now put your own sweater on! Being 421 lbs in not an excuse for hollering for everyone t...

Are you full time w/ benefits? Is the other CNA also ft w/bens.? This makes a difference usually, as does shift diffenetials. In most places a person can be paid more $/hr. if they forego benefits. Perhaps this is the difference. Or, as previously st...

If you can swing it at all, go for the private room. Having a roommate will be a major distraction and probably cause drama, something you do not need when studying nursing. I would rather live in a shoebox alone, than a palace with a roommate. If on...

Hi, I am a CNA and am considering becoming a dialysis PCT (a full 18 month certification course is offered at my local college). After watching my mom go through 4 years of dialysis before her death last year, I understand how difficult and draining ...

Thanks for the information medpro32, I never would have known. Just as a FYI, I do not "wipe butts". I work in Rehab and am very happy assisting people to return to their highest level of function. Sometimes that includes a butt wipe or two, but I am...

God Husband and children Extended family USA great friends A good read more reading gardening walking being a CNA in a fabulous Rehab facility w/ some of the most incredible nurses, therapists and CNAs in the world. ALL of the above is part of me, so...

Posted on my frig for years while my men were growing up: ATTENTION TEENAGERS If you are sick and tired of your parents telling you what to do, interfering with your life, having high expectations for you, and expecting ...