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    Homelessness

    Paws2people replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, that's my thinking exactly. If you still have 3 yrs left at your current home, might as well make it 4 and save up money that way instead of all this van
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    Homelessness

    Paws2people replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    When I first commented on this, I believed that you had already graduated and had gotten your first RN job due to your original post. I thought this housing situation was an immediate problem of...
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    Homelessness

    Paws2people replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    What about renting just a room in someone's home? Usually you'll share a
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    Trouble for taking Doctors candy

    Paws2people replied to zynnnie's topic in General Nursing

    Candy, eh. The pens though?! That is a sin. I am a sucker for a decent writing instrument. I would lock the unit down and do a strip search if my favorite pen was
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    How do you handle the "punching bag" residents?

    Paws2people replied to solDanz's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'd pair up with one of those nurses the resident likes, and do all his care together. Hopefully he will slowly gain trust for the aides enough for them to do him without the
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    Can I retake the skills I failed on the CNA Exam.... or nah?

    Paws2people replied to WillRegClark's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In my state, you get 5 new skills when you retest. Handwashing will always be one of them. Next time while you scrub say, "I am washing my hands and scrubbing all parts for 30 seconds." In your head...
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    What HARD truth have you learned once you became a nurse and/or CNA?

    Paws2people replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Everything is "the nurse's fault!" Totally
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    Fall with injury in ltc

    Paws2people replied to Nrsvn11's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah you're correct... As soon as you saw she was wet, you should of just changed her yourself since all the other aides were busy. Helping pass out trays can wait. A food complaint can definitely...
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    Soma or Enclosure Beds... Cruel or not?

    Paws2people posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    At my hospital we use Soma beds. Usually for the safety of dementia patients, or confused elderly ones. For awhile we weren't allowed to use them because family members of the patients and some...
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    CNA program flu shot

    Paws2people replied to nursingnurse2b1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    They may give you the option to wear a mask and change it every 20
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    Got a nurse aide fired... did I do the right thing?

    Paws2people replied to Live.Love.Nurse.♡'s topic in General Nursing

    Don't feel bad. The aide was 100% wrong. This was not an isolated incident. She should not have been sleeping. After all. You "snooze," you
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    If You are Paying for a CNA Course... aka The Post I Wish I'd Read a Month Ago.

    Paws2people replied to MadruGada's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    My New York CNA class was very similar to yours. (Plus I paid almost $2000 when all was said and done) I didn't learn ONE skill. Not one. In the end, I had to buy better updated books, DVD's, and...
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    Dating a former patient

    Paws2people replied to sarahg88's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like once they WERE my patient, they will always BE my patient. For example, if I ran into one of them in a supermarket, I would think to myself, "Oh. I know her. There's my patient." That...
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    Bathing Trouble

    Paws2people replied to FutureCota's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    https://www.prometric.com/en-us/clients/nurseaide/documents/NAClinicalSkillsChecklist.pdf Try this one. Practice on a friend several times, print out the checklist so your friend can grade you...
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    CNA exam in New York

    Paws2people replied to Madeleine123's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Go online to Prometric NY and print out each step for each skill. It helped me greatly in taking the skills portion of the NY
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    Discrimination for being a new mom?

    Paws2people replied to Karn88's topic in General Nursing

    I think the key here is "LAST YEAR" you asked. Things change, and you yourself had a huge change with the pregnancy/child. Managers aren't mind readers, in fact my own NM is so out of touch with...
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    Did I pass the skills exam?

    Paws2people replied to clockwork's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I saw my name on the NY Registry almost immediately afterward, in less than 24hrs, however the card took awhile to receive. I was upset it was just a flimsy piece of paper! Good luck! Welcome to the...
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    Did I pass the skills exam?

    Paws2people replied to clockwork's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It should say, "Congratulations, you passed the skills," online as well, and it will list each skill and say pass or fail next to it. If you fail or make any mistakes on any skill, there will be an...
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    I'm a CNA

    Paws2people replied to sheila1818's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    There should always be a formal investigation when abuse is involved. During this time, you will be suspended and unable to go back until you are
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    What Did You Get For Nurses Week?

    Paws2people replied to iPink's topic in General Nursing

    Same here. As always, our hospital gave us
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    My coworker was high and got away with it

    Paws2people replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    Now I am craving a brownie.
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    Sued doing private CNA work?

    Paws2people replied to esrun77's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You can get insurance to protect you if you are doing private
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    My coworker was high and got away with it

    Paws2people replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    This is why we shouldn't have our coworkers on our social
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    Anyone else employer not drug test you?

    Paws2people replied to JuliusSeizure's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a big NY hospital, they don't drug test anyone except if you drive a
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    Which job do I take?

    Paws2people replied to sweettooth219's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Excellent! Best of