h_kitty CNA

Hi ! Your best bet is in nursing homes. All over California nursing homes are hiring. Hospitals are hard to get into , but you should always apply anyways! Hospitals always look for experience. Nursing homes I feel are harder work and less pay , but ...

How was your experience? How long did you wait to return and was the transition easy for you for being out of school for some time? I had to drop earlier this year and I moved from California to France. My husband and I will not be returning to Calif...

It'll get easier... It's always tough in the beginning .Eh I cried on the way home in my car after my first shift in a LTC.. lol hang in there. Before you know it, 6 patients would be a dream day to you. 12 patients and 2-3 showers is the norm over h...

Eh I still think u shouldn't even put it down. Then it's going to get into why u were there only a week then into your personal life. Especially with the jail thing. They might think ok how do we know ur not going to do that to us, u know? Kinda like...

I agree with rmc09. I wouldn't put it in... Wasn't the first week just orientation videos and orientation training? Just say your brand new :) and excited to work. People always hire new grads ! don't bring up too much of your personal life. Just say...

But before u left did u check to see if her tab alarm was on? Or if she's a fall risk, did u check to see if she had a floor mattress?

A really good resume! I have my old one from way back that I wrote. I can email it to you if you'd like to get an example :)

I would get all the phone numbers for the LTC's in your county and just call and ask. I did that, and found openings for AM shift...=]

=/ I'm pretty sure she didn't mean it that way. I think her question was more towards if you were living on your own with a cna salary. Futurepedsnurse:), I get $12 an hour and roughly make $1600 a month after taxes & live with roommates. With pa...

From experience, I couldn't make being a cna my career.. too tiring (physically) to do for the rest of my life you know? Ofcourse I enjoy it, but I want to go higher. A lot of my coworkers have been doing it for years... 5+ years. A lot of them tell ...

lol don't double brief...just do your rounds and make sure everyones clean when you leave. :) You will learn in time that all shifts complain about each other. am shift will complain about noc... pm's will complain about am's and noc will complain ab...

I work 32 hours a week, plus the lvn program which I do in the mornings and let me tell you it's very stressful! It's stressful for me because I'm trying to support myself, but I'm also trying to study for tests and do the crazy amount of homework th...

If the grab bars weren't broken, I would use those. If I knew they were stable enough, I'd use their wheelchair and lock in next to them and have them grand the rails and stand.......but if they can't stand on their own, I would still ask for help w...

hah I found it on craigslist in the medical section for jobs. A lot of facilities here in southern california are actually putting up their ads and saying they're hiring. What also helped me when I really needed a second cna job, I got all the phone ...

a notepad, pens, highlighters.... they'll probably just go over the rules and hippa so I doubt you'll need your book. You can bring it incase? :)

lol "let me get the nurse; i'm just the aide.".......

when you're super excited when your job actually has a lot of wet wipes:).

Wow I would have threatened to quit right then and there...if you have on document some where that you worked 8 hours, then use it. Don't let them take advantage of you ! I've had old home health agencies call me back for help but they always tell me...

Aww im sorry...I don't understand why people would tease you...but in nursing school, your classmats don't care what gender you are.....all of you guys are in there for the same thing. I highly doubt someone in nursing is going to judge someone for t...

in California, I think for all nursing facilities, u have to be at least 18 years old. I had to be at least 18 for all the places I applied to when I first got it. I'm not sure where palm springs is in California, but look up clinical care extender p...

CROCS :)

Yeah I have about 50 minutes to get everyone up before I start passing out breakfast trays too. Morning shift is a lot faster then PM shift, so if it's your first CNA job and you were thrown in there, (like I was), you'll start getting faster. trust ...

I'm tired of working full time and going to lvn school full time.All I end up doing is sleeping... I only have 1 day off a week from work and school to do all my homework and readings( and you know how time consuming that is)..but what about one day ...

Kimberley, I've done home health before, and it's very unstable in our area with having clients..or they don't need me certain days...gets slow sometimes! Lol and the commute is a big one!:/ clients usually are up in the richer parts in the valley h...

Thanks agldragonRN :)