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  1. Attention Nurses, Nursing Assistants, and other hospital assistive personnel!

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

    I wanna say i have learned that in most states, if not all states, the BON does not, and cannot regulate nursing home

  2. Attention Nurses, Nursing Assistants, and other hospital assistive personnel!

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

    It doesnt matter what an RN feels appropriate in a Nursing Home setting, they can not delegate any task to a CNA thats not defined in the CNAs scope of practice that is defined by OBRA, DHH, and the...

  3. Long Term Care is the best!

    downsouthlaff posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well i am a CNA in long term care. I absolutely love the nursing home setting. Its a completely different universe than hospital nursing, and really like a seperate profession in my opinion. I love...

  4. LPN are we professional nurses or just RNs?

    downsouthlaff replied to Butterflybee's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    No, LPNs are considered technicians by labor classification because most receive a technical education. Yes there are alot of licnesed technicans, Radiology Techs, Physical Therapy Assistants,...

  5. Attention Nurses, Nursing Assistants, and other hospital assistive personnel!

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

    I dont think LPNs are Nursing Support Personell they are

  6. Attention Nurses, Nursing Assistants, and other hospital assistive personnel!

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

    Just they way it is, Hospital UAP is different than long term care. Hospital CNAs/PCTs/Nurse Techs whatever have no scope of practice defined, and can do whatever the RN feels appropriate, whereas in...

  7. I am considering not being a CNA anymore...

    downsouthlaff replied to Poi Dog's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You have to realize that your not there for the co workers, your there for the residents care needs. I know where your at im also a floor CNA at a nursing home. If you dont like the way the nurse...

  8. Attention Nurses, Nursing Assistants, and other hospital assistive personnel!

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

    Totally agree with you, i love being a nursing home CNA, love my co workers who are LPNs, RNs, Houskeepers, Therapists, Activity Directors, love my residents, love being a resident advocate and...

  9. Attention Nurses, Nursing Assistants, and other hospital assistive personnel!

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

    Yep your right, we have more than our fair share of LPNs who think they are the RNs equal or better, and we have some management RNs who are absolutely certain they are medical doctors just how some...

  10. Attention Nurses, Nursing Assistants, and other hospital assistive personnel!

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

    I am a CNA and i do not nor will i ever think I am a Physician. I do not know any CNAs at our facility who think they are MDs. The bigger problem I see, are the LPNs who think that they are the RNs...

  11. Attention Nurses, Nursing Assistants, and other hospital assistive personnel!

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

    I have been reading alot of posts about Nursing Assistants who actually think they are Nurses because it says Certified Nurse Assistant. And ive seen nurses who say they are at there boiling point...

  12. Gender Discrimination, Yes or No?

    downsouthlaff posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My Uncle, who is 55 years old was hired at a local Nursing Home last year. He joined a paid Certified Nursing Assistant training course. Well the facility I guess you could say was 60 percent female...

  13. Nervous for Physical and TB Test????

    downsouthlaff posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi, well im currently working on all my prereqs for the Nursing Assistant program at my local vo tech college! I got my Tdap Shot, my menengitis shot, sent my background check, took CPR, only thing...

  14. CNAs deserve more appreciation in nursing!

    downsouthlaff posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Before i go any further with this i would like to say that i totally understand that only a Nurse should be called a nurse, because they work very hard to get that title. But, its ashamed that most...

  15. CNAs deserve more appreciation in nursing!

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is the last thing im going to say on this post!! I lost this discussion, quite frankly if any of yall are passionate football fans like me "I was blown out" lol bad. I resopect all of your...

  16. CNAs deserve more appreciation in nursing!

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well ive benn called a nut on this post, sorry for offending all you nurses, dont know how you could al possibly take offense to this thread and how we could get so far off topic as to take personal...

  17. CNAs deserve more appreciation in nursing!

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Again its just my opiion guys, good nurses who value patients and cnas, and arent snobby and stuck up, this really isnt about you at all. But nobodys perfect, everybody has complaints about...

  18. CNAs deserve more appreciation in nursing!

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i wil answer all of your questions!! One at a time! Life happens, things change!! I work in a nursing home as an Activity Assistant, i was a housekeeper for 9 months. I was planning on Starting a...

  19. CNAs deserve more appreciation in nursing!

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You are all right, all of you, im young, im 18 years old. But I have been working in nursing homes for two years now. You can pull up anypast posts threads you want to. I spent 9 months as a...

  20. CNAs deserve more appreciation in nursing!

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It just seems to me how "Nurses" value their title so much, and if it s interchanged with in any way their gonna raisded seven kinds of haides, but know one else has that right? To all the LPNs out...

  21. CNAs deserve more appreciation in nursing!

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You bring up some valid points, and i do understand your reasoning, but theres one title for LPN, onetitle for RN, one title for PA, there should be one title nurse assitant, nurse aide is...

  22. CNAs deserve more appreciation in nursing!

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just my opinion guys, if your going to invest time, and money into earning a certrian tite for a job, you should want to be called waht you earn!! JANITORS and CUSTODIANS and ORDERLIES are important....

  23. CNAs deserve more appreciation in nursing!

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    FYI In the state o Louisiana, the only way to become a CNA is too take a 8 week course, no exceptions, ive seen some that go o either three or four months but 2 is minumum here, and alot of you are...

  24. CNAs deserve more appreciation in nursing!

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have never heard a Physician Assistant, Physical Therapist Assistant, Surgical First Assistant, reffrerd to as an Aide, in fact the last i checked a Physical Therapy Aide and an Assistant are two...

  25. Nervous for Physical and TB Test????

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My uncle has diabetes, fibromylagia, osteo athritis, and a surgically repaired knee that has never even been 50 percent, he works as a Certified Nursing Assistant probably about 7 days some weeks...