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rancelumsden

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  1. questions

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

    As far as class schedule, you have to be really careful in finding out what the requirements outside of the immediate classroom is --- mainly, clinicals. All classes are different. For ours, we did...

  2. Malpractice Insurance?

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

    If you work for an institution, you SHOULD be covered. You have to verify this with your employer. It's home health people that have the greatest concern. A lot of people do this part time with no...

  3. CNA Hours

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

    Yes, an 'it depends' answer. I'm in Chicago area. In my experience, LTC rarely does 12 hour shifts --- I only know of a couple of places that have this. Only hospitals do that, and not all of them...

  4. What does a CNA REALLY do?

    rancelumsden replied to cz890's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Everyone who responds will give you a different answer as it depends on where you work. I worked in an ambulatory clinic, LTC, and hospital. Tiggerbelly gave you a general description of...

  5. Career change....Best & Worst?

    rancelumsden replied to Gonefishing1977's topic in Men in Nursing

    For what it's worth..... I started life as a caseworker, then switched careers at age 30 to computer programmer. I was unemployed at age 51. I became a CNA at age 52. Last time I looked, older, male...

  6. What was the hardest skill for you to learn?

    rancelumsden replied to FutureNurse33702's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I don't get that one:confused: Most difficult are the elderly, as a generalization, where everything is so faint. The only issue with the 'big people' is that you need a larger cuff. You will get too...

  7. What was the hardest skill for you to learn?

    rancelumsden replied to FutureNurse33702's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    No, not the only one. I forgot that almost kept me from certification during clinicals. We had to name the ROM area we were working and of course, properly do the motion. Yeah, I was really poor at...

  8. Techniques for incontinent care with large residents?

    rancelumsden replied to FutureNurse23's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Joining the chorus. I always used a draw sheet (found that to be a very useful tool) and yes, often needed a 2nd person. You like to be able to handle the situation yourself, but an obese persons who...

  9. Vital Signs - what's your routine??

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

    You must talk too much! We had to do vitals in the hospital at beginning of shift, and during the shift too. We basically did 12 patients in an hour. There were too many other chores that needed to...

  10. How would you care for Scleroderma patient

    rancelumsden replied to Shari1565's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I don't know if I'm stating the obvious, but "Google" 'caring for patient with Scleroderma'. For instance, I found this link to a Johns Hopkins site:...

  11. Job testing for UNiversity Hospital ?

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

    Impossible to be specific unless you could find someone who actually took the test at the hospital in question. As other respondent mentioned, the test might be a very short, simplified version of...

  12. CNA+Phlebotomy Certificate=??????

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

    There is no single, correct, answer which is why you're getting different responses. I worked in clinic, hospital, and LTC. In the clinic, phlebotomy was a plus and was a useful skill AND you were...

  13. Bridge Class

    rancelumsden replied to Justin08's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    No. I would think it unlikely for the simple fact that you have to obtain certification. You cannot obtain certification without a CNA class that is approved by the state, passing a skills test, and...

  14. unexpected benefit of working as CNA

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

    This has been said a million times, but has to be learned by everyone on a one-for-one basis. We look at old people and all you see are old people. You just don't think they were your age once, had...

  15. IS it better to work in a nursing home or for a home health agency?

    rancelumsden replied to moncj66's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    If you're new to the field, it is FAR better to work in LTC. Why? Depth of experience. You will learn all kinds of transfer techniques, have interaction and assistance to many types of patients in...

  16. A GOOD CNA Rocks!!

    rancelumsden replied to pagandeva2000's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I have a very great bias with nurses. I worked primarily in a hospital and had really good experiences with the nurses. Teamwork, respect, etc. Yeah, not all, but the overwhelming majority. LTC was...

  17. Respiration Rate

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

    See, not a dumb question! You won't be doing this

  18. first day of class...??

    rancelumsden replied to Wi5eguy's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    We had no uniform until we did clinicals. But as others have pointed out, the instructor can set the

  19. 1st day as a CNA HELP!

    rancelumsden replied to FutureNurse23's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Oh man! I've not forgotton how bad things were for months, not weeks. After a few months, things did suddenly kick in and I started going to work not knowing what the day would bring, but finally...

  20. Where should I work?

    rancelumsden replied to Buddy626's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I would take a look at this active thread (it talks about differences in LTC and hospital): How differet working at Hostpial or Nursing Home as CNA?? Having worked at both, the...

  21. What was the hardest skill for you to learn?

    rancelumsden replied to FutureNurse33702's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I had the most problem with occupied bed. I just didn't get the rolling the person over far enough to get old linen, then putting on the new stuff and rolling them back over it (while keeping the new...

  22. I am really scared!!!!!

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

    I'm going to get flamed but yes, there are a lot of very uneducated people in this field. There is a set of simple facts. You only need one course to become a CNA. Many people go into the field, as...

  23. How differet working at Hostpial or Nursing Home as CNA??

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

    Very different, in my experience. In LTC, I spent most of the day with personal care. Toileting, diaper changing, showers, transferring (from bed to chair, chair to bed, etc.), cleaning people,...