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My brother is taking the basic EMT course through a hospital. It's five months long. :) I would definitely become a paramedic if I wasn't so small and unable to lift much! Lol

LynnLRN- I completely understand where you are coming from. I wish everyone could work together to make it a better place. But, there are only 2 or 3 people working on each unit. I've only seen one housekeeping person for the whole building. In order to get all patients physically taken care of (barely) the rest of it goes to crap. I amost want to (but not really, lol) want to become the housekeeper! There is no way in hell I would stand around while the showers look like poop holes and the rooms smell like crap. The trashes are never full, though....suprisingly! I feel terrible for the people staying there because everyone is too rushed to take good care of them. I would NEVER send my parents there. I'd quit my job to take care of them beore they had to go there. Poor little old people. As the new person....I don't really want to cause issues by "tattling" on housekeeping or whatever. But, I will be making a call about them once I don't work there anymore.

I'm looking for a new place to work. I'll keep this nasty place until I can find somewhere else. I probably won't report anything to whoever because #1 I don't know who to tell and #2 I don't want to be fired. Lol. Oh, and not all LTC places are as bad as this one. I've seen many, just haven't worked in them. This one is BAD. Obviously, you don't know until you see it!

Hi! After years of looking for a CNA job that wasn't home health, I have finally started a job in a nursing/rehab home. During the interview, the head nursing guy stated that organization and cleanliness were extremely important to them. He also said the CNA to patient ratio was no more than 12-1. I recently had orientation for 4 days straight. I am very sad to say that this place is WAY below what I thought it would be. For starters, the place is absolutely filthy! The kitchen is disgusting, the break room is disgusting, and the patient rooms are cluttered and smell terrible! The shower rooms are absolutely horrendous! Nothing looks sanitary or clean! They are constantly running out of important items (sheets, clean water cups, kleenex and much more). On my last day of orientation, they had one CNA (who was training me) for 25 patients. Techincally, I wasn't the second CNA because I was still in training. They had a guy die that day from choking (not on my shift) because there was not enough nurses and CNA's to watch them eat and do everything else. The girl who was training me told me that she was scared to work there and is afraid she'll lose her license because this place is so bad... I am thinking about calling whoever regulates this place to tell them about the conditions. I finally get a job (that pays pretty good) but it's a dangerous crap hole! :'( I'm already looking for a new job...