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  1. Discouraged and Overwhelmed LNA

    I want to thank you, and yes it does feel cruel and thoughtless, and selfish. I feel discouraged because I truly enjoy my residents and the the thought of leaving them makes me feel sad...like I would...
  2. Discouraged and Overwhelmed LNA

    Yes this person is certified to pass meds. She is not an LNA though, just a care giver. As far as us having a nurse on our shift... We don't have one. We have one RN and she works the day shift, we...
  3. Discouraged and Overwhelmed LNA

    LNA stands for Licensed Nurse
  4. I really could use some advice. I am an LNA in a nursing home that currently has 39 residents. We have no housekeeper, I am always being told told to borrow items from one resident to use for another...
  5. I cannot see how it can be done... On my clinical day, I had one lady to feed who was a total assist, and it took me a half hour just to feed her, and she still didn't finish eating. How do you manage...
  6. I have had 2 of my clinical days done so far, and both were in the same facility.(Which by the way was a very unpleasant place to say the least) I was told that I could be responsible for 9 residents...
  7. 2nd day of clinicals and the whole class is

    I'm haven't gotten to my clinicals in class yet, but what I would do, is just bite your tongue until you get through your clinical days.. Then when you get your license steer clear of that
  8. Took my NYS exam today, and...

    Hi, I'm a LNA student halfway through my class and I read your post when you had taken the skills part of the test, ( Congrats for passing by the way).. It made me think..... When you did the perineal...
  9. Nervous about Clinicals

    Thank you all so much, your replies have helped. I'll be back to let you know how it
  10. Nervous about Clinicals

    Thanks for the reassurance. I want to do well and hope I don't get too nervous and get "blank brain" under pressure,
  11. Hi, I have my first day of clinicals in a little over a week, and will only be half way through my class at that time. I'm nervous thinking that I'll be asked to do something that we haven't covered...