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  1. Nurses that just "pass the buck".

    pumpkin92356 replied to Nascar nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How about nurses who give patients pain creme for their shoulder or aspirin for their headache and the next day when they are off and the relief nurse is on and I as a CNA not viewing the MAR on a...

  2. sick and tired of defending working in geriatrics..

    pumpkin92356 replied to ulmaulma's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    These people who ask you those stupid questions, must have never worked in LTC. There is nothing easy about it. We have to deal with the same patients sometimes for years and watching them decline is...

  3. Rudeness from EMTs and Paramedics

    pumpkin92356 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Boy! O Boy! I dont think there is a nurse out there that hasn't experienced the "Mr. Doctor Paramedic" one night we had to send a resident out who was a brittle diabetic who I had found soaking wet...

  4. LVN Issue

    pumpkin92356 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Working at a small rural area hospital there are times when are relief LVN is scheduled to work the same shifts as the full-time LVN. This LVN is notorious for barking out orders and demanding reasons...

  5. Bite Me!

    pumpkin92356 replied to sleepyndopey's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I had a male patient a few years ago who would put up a fight when it came to cleaning him up time! Well he would continuously kick and swing his arms and yell cuss words and threaten to bite one of...

  6. CNA to Unit Secretary?

    pumpkin92356 replied to DreamyEyes's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Where I work one of our night shift CNA's became unit clerk. Her job just required some computer experience and she had to learn how to use EXCEL word processing program. But she answers phone, does...

  7. CNA troubles

    pumpkin92356 replied to montinurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would like to comment on reporting CNA's to the state registry, Most state registries aren't going to do a thing other than add the report to the CNA's record. This is because being lazy and causing...

  8. showers on nightshift and time for residents to get up in the morning?

    pumpkin92356 replied to FROGGYLEGS's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think that the day shift at your hospital can do those morning baths unless the resident wants to shower before they come on. I used to work graveyard shift at a veterans home and we had one...

  9. To the students

    pumpkin92356 replied to aerorunner80's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hats off to Aerorunner 80! I couldn't have put that any better. Your post should be a requirement in every CNA class across this country! We have a CNA training program where I work and usually the...

  10. Do you run to bed alarms?

    pumpkin92356 replied to TiggerBelly's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Where I work i set the bed alarms with different sounds so i know which resident is getting up. But no matter what you have to respond even though you might know the family is in the room etc. Our...

  11. Changing a patient's diaper while they are standing ?

    pumpkin92356 replied to EmBeMap's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    This facilty sounds awful and how in the world do they get away with such care! But to the issue of a resident standing while be cleaned this is sometimes the residents preference and might be care...

  12. short cu0o\ts for giving care?

    pumpkin92356 replied to snoflake929's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Here are some shortcuts I learned over the years. When you come in for your shift get your shift report from the shift getting off . Do walking rounds in the rooms with the cna who was working with...

  13. Techniques You Have Used to Learn C.N.A. Skills

    pumpkin92356 replied to itsmyturn's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    When you actually get out there working on the floor with other nursing assistants etc. you are going to see many things done using shortcuts. A lot of these shortcuts are definitely wrong because...

  14. help

    pumpkin92356 replied to OLIVER209's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The following information was copied from http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov Method #1: Graduation from a California "accredited" Vocational Nursing Program. Method #2: Graduation from an Out-of-State...

  15. What keeps you motivated?

    pumpkin92356 replied to Sassy5d's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It sounds like you feel intimidated by the majority of the staff there at your facility. Well number one you are not going there every night or day which ever shift you are on to make friends you are...

  16. Male CNA's

    pumpkin92356 replied to JaredCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I work with male CNA's and because of the generation that most of the elderly residents are from it is not acceptable to them to have a male nurse even some of our male residents feel that only women...

  17. Scheduled toileting not being done by certain CNAs

    pumpkin92356 replied to old rural nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The decisions that are made concerning the residents are usually done by people who dont work the floor with these residents, (care plan meetings) are usually not attended by the CNA's or the licensed...

  18. CNA troubles

    pumpkin92356 replied to montinurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am a CNA and I have been for 30 years. People ask me why havent you advanced your education and become a nurse? What I'm not a nurse?! I do CNA work because I like to work directly with the...

  19. Cna Training In Southern California

    pumpkin92356 replied to hillarypeace2006's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I reside in San Bernardino County and work as CNA. The following are the colleges and hosptials I know of that you could apply for CNA program. Barstow Community College, Barstow,Ca Victor Valley...

  20. Feeling used

    pumpkin92356 replied to shannieliz's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sounds to me like this place is out for the money and not concerned with patient care and safety. Your license is important and there are laws concerning nurse to patient ratio. This facilty seems to...

  21. Fighting Residents

    pumpkin92356 replied to wooosp's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Is there something or a time of day that this occurs? sometimes there are things that trigger a resident into being angry. It isnt always just the roomate. I have seen this many times in nursing...

  22. Failed my state test

    pumpkin92356 replied to jaytek13's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Sorry to hear you didnt pass your test but you probably did everything right it is just that most of the time the testing people are looking for the little nit picky things such as: 1. Did you knock...

  23. we are the "kickers" of healthcare!

    pumpkin92356 replied to jb2u's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    CNA's are the backbone of every facility. We are the eyes and ears of the nurse. Without CNA's the facilities would have to close. Nurses are wonderful I have no doubt but the CNA is the hands on...

  24. 1st day in CNA class and really down...

    pumpkin92356 replied to sc0628's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You should give it another try. I know that it is usually not required in most states but it will give you the some of your most important nursing skills. Learning how to deal with patients one to one...

  25. What do CNAs do?

    pumpkin92356 replied to MissionMike's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    C.N.A.'s are the residents mentor, we are the ones the families see caring for there beloved family member. The CNA is the one who hears the resident's life stories about their children and...