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  1. Will working at a Assistant Living Facility look good on a resume

    jose2010 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hi all. So last week i applied for a residents assistant job at a ALF and 4 days later got a call back for an interview. and a few days after that i got the job. I was wondering would this be a good...

  2. Will working at a Assistant Living Facility look good on a resume

    jose2010 replied to jose2010's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Thanks for the replies. When i went for the interview they told me you don;t have to be certified in order to work here. Anyway i start working 2morrow 2nd shift. ANd breezy good luck at the new...

  3. toileting a resident

    jose2010 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    So, last time i was in clinicals i had trouble toileting a resident by myself. Not because i don't what to its cuz i had trouble lifting the resident and being able to hold the resident one handed and...

  4. toileting a resident

    jose2010 replied to jose2010's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Yes they do. The sara and the hoyer lifts. My instructor said that if im nervous about a resident then to have a second person in there with me. I know that not all residents are not going to be...

  5. toileting a resident

    jose2010 replied to jose2010's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Thank u all for the advise. I do know i wil have to toilet people on my own, and i will ask for help when its a 2 person lift. I never realy though about using their wheelchair as a support when...

  6. toileting a resident

    jose2010 replied to jose2010's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    My goal is to keep the resident safe. And i know im going to have to ask for help since im not that strong to left by myself. But of course my instructor told me im going to have to learn to do this...

  7. toileting a resident

    jose2010 replied to jose2010's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In one of the residents restrooms they had a sign saying that the guard rails were broken and they were for the hole 5 days we were there. So i had to had him move up a bit on the toilet so i could...

  8. 2nd time in clinicals

    jose2010 replied to jose2010's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    AZMOMO2 We do get to choose are clinical instructors and this time im going with the one who teaches the class more. Plus the instructor i had last semester never was a CNA she went straight to RN...

  9. 2nd time in clinicals

    jose2010 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    So i took the CNA class in the fall of 11' and got an A- but ended up failing the clinical part cuz my instructor said i was to slow and cuz i couldn't move a resident by myself. SO i was just...

  10. 2nd time in clinicals

    jose2010 replied to jose2010's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Well they had us do some skills in lap and the others we had to do that the LTC Facility. I also think its safe to be slow then to rush. We also had to pass the check offs in lab in order to move on...

  11. 2nd time in clinicals

    jose2010 replied to jose2010's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Thats what my family and friend say. I will look for the youtube videos. I have even thought about chanllenging the state over this but in the state of ILLINOIS u have to past both classroom ans...

  12. aspergers

    jose2010 replied to jose2010's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Thanks for the replys. I have only been to the doctors once but durning my next doctors appt. I will bring up the fact that i want to go into nursing. to meriwhen i haven't done a hole lot of...

  13. Slower pace environment for CNA's?

    jose2010 replied to Baubo516's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm glad u brought the subject up. Last week was my last week of clinicals and my instructor informed me that i had failed. My instructor said it was because i was to slow and that i needed to hurry...

  14. Last day of class friday

    jose2010 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hi everyone. Friday is my last day of class. We have to take r finals. Of course im now getting nervous about it cuz if i don't do good then i can't go to clinicals next week. I've gotten mostly...

  15. Last day of class friday

    jose2010 replied to jose2010's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Thanks. I will ask my instructor if there are other materials i can study. Also my instructor set up and one day study day for the hole class. Its 2 day before the State test but she said students...

  16. Should I go for the CNA program

    jose2010 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hi everyone I am only one semester away from being in the LPN program at school. But just the other day I was told that i might that get in the program do to the fact that I didn't get into...

  17. Should I go for the CNA program

    jose2010 replied to jose2010's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Well Cmyer3368 I got the letter and i was put on the waiting list. So since no CNA classes are givin this summer i have to wait till the fall

  18. Should I go for the CNA program

    jose2010 replied to jose2010's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    A few weeks ago I did call the local hospital around here and and the Director of volunteers did tell me that I would have a application sent in the the mail almost 2 weeks ago and I haven't gotten...

  19. Class interview questions

    jose2010 posted a topic in Men in Nursing

    Hi everyone. I have a class this semester where I have to do an interview with someone in the career that I'm choosing. Since I am a male I would like to get a male nurses point of view on...

  20. Class interview questions

    jose2010 replied to jose2010's topic in Men in Nursing

    Thank you for helping me out Davey Do. Here are my Questions 1. How did u become interested in nursing 2. What r the good and bad thing about being a nurse. 3. What do u think hospitals and nursing...