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  1. Need advice. Change jobs or stay where I am?

    vc01ca posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Im in RN school and about half way through. I've had CNA experience (two years in home health and 2 years in a LTC). After trying for almost a year to get a CNA job at our local hospital I finally...

  2. Need advice. Change jobs or stay where I am?

    vc01ca replied to vc01ca's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Nope, money isn't the issue at

  3. Chasing after alarms. What do you do?

    vc01ca posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I work at a LTC. The facility uses alarms on fall risk residents. The hall I work on has 26 residents. 8 of those resident have alarms. I had a lady with an alarm in the bathroom. We are not supposed...

  4. Chasing after alarms. What do you do?

    vc01ca replied to vc01ca's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    "Sounds like you need to look for another LTC, if you can. This place sounds like a potential bomb just waiting to explode" I've been there over a year and it keeps getting worse and worse. I have...

  5. Chasing after alarms. What do you do?

    vc01ca replied to vc01ca's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Yeah, I believe it is probably illegal. I was told they get by with the ratio because they count the nurses. Also most of the other employees such as the receptionist are aides that never do aide work...

  6. Chasing after alarms. What do you do?

    vc01ca replied to vc01ca's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Its pretty common on the nurse's part to leave a fallen resident and look for the aide to pick them at our facility. I am not kidding at all. We have a group of nurses at are way above and beyond any...

  7. Am I being low balled?

    vc01ca replied to afink87's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I work at a nursing home in mid-Ohio just below Columbus. I started at $10 per hour and I now make $10.25 after being there a year and half. This was my first aid job. I work 3 12 hour shifts and care...

  8. LPN nursing student feeling very discouraged

    vc01ca posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Hello, I am beginning to wonder if being a nurse is just not for me. I currently work as a CNA and do enjoy my job even at an understaffed LTC facility. I've wanted to go nursing school for quite some...

  9. Are all LTC facilities this short staffed?

    vc01ca posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I am currently working as a CNA at nursing home while going to nursing school. Our facility is pretty big consisting of two wings. 208 beds total. Here is how our staffing goes........... 1 RN = 208...