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I tried searching for Union as well and found the SUN too. I've came across this while googling nurses represented by unions in KY but I'm not sure what it means. American Nurses Association Unions In KENTUCKY

I found this, but nothing on SUN has came up on google for me. About the Kentucky Nurses Association

Thank you. Oh, I haven't updated my info. I've relocated to KY since I created this account. I must be over looking something because I've been browsing KY's nursing association website and can't really find anything. :/

How exactly does one acquire the protection and representation of a union? My state has a nurse's association; do you just become a member of the association? Or must you work for an employer who has an agreement with the union, and if so, how do you find out which employers are and are not affiliated with the union? Excuse me for being so confused. Input appreciated, thanks.

Thank you for your reply. I understand some residents can be difficult especially if affected by dementia. But this woman was speaking very clearly and was totally oriented. Her chart in the CNA care plan indicated she was totally oriented as well. The part where I was unsure of how to proceed was when she was on the toilet struggling to have a BM and the nurse was rushing us to just "wipe her off", and with Mary telling us that she was not finished yet when the nurse was urging us to go ahead and put her clean pajamas on her so she could be taken to therapy. I remember now the color of the woman's scrubs and looking at her ID tag, she was a nursing student in the RN program at my college. I am not doubting or criticizing her, but I was just sort of freezing at some points, unsure of what to do, with Mary still having a really messy bowel movement when the nurse put her in her wheelchair and took her out of the room. I may be just over analyzing everything, because the only place I ever bathed a resident was in the shower rooms and their bed.

Hi.. I just first want to say that I am only a student in a nurse-assisting class. At this point in the class we are going to our local nursing home 2 times a week for 4 hours a day. We help CNAs do things sometimes, but mostly we are taking residents to the shower, giving bed baths, changing linens, giving bedpans, filling up their ice cups, etc. Which I like, actually. Anyway, today something occurred that I'm confused about. I would have asked my instructor about it but she actually had to leave early today because of an emergency, so I didn't get the chance and I am wary of talking about it to any other classmates or the nursing staff at this LTC facility. This morning another class mate and I were told to give a resident (I'll call her Mary) a bed bath. We gathered our supplies and everything, went inside and introduced ourselves, began talking with her and telling her what we needed to do. She first said she did not want to take a bath today. I then told her if she doesn't feel well then she can rest for a little longer before we start to bathe her. At this time a nurse enters the room to tend to the patient sharing the room with Mary. The nurse (or nursing student in the RN program, I'm not sure) informed us that Mary never wants to take baths and to just go ahead and begin bathing her. Then she walked over and got Mary out of her bed and walked her into the bathroom that was in her room. Mary complained about not being moved in her wheelchair and that she didn't want to walk. The nurse sat Mary on the toilet and pulled her pajama pants down and Mary started to have a bowel movement. The nurse then went back to tend to the resident on the other side of the room, while telling us to just wash her off while she was using the toilet. I was hesitant at first, because Mary was in a lot of distress as she was using the toilet, the overbed table wouldn't fit near the bathroom so we would have to be walking back and forth carrying our wash cloths and towels and getting soap&water everywhere, and the nurse was shouting at us to hurry and clean her and then pull her pants back up. We began washing her face and chest with her shirt unbuttoned, and Mary said it was okay to take it off so we did. All the while we were cleaning her upper extremities, she kept wiping herself with toilet tissue and trying to throw the tissue away insider her brief. She was getting feces on herself as we were trying to clean her. I told the nurse that if we could let her finish using the bathroom, and clean her appropriately so we could at least get her back in bed and comfortable (she also kept asking and pleading to be put back in her bed) and then we could give her a bed bath, but the nurse said, "I know they have their rights and everything but sometimes you just have to do what's the simplest, go ahead and put her clothes back on her, she has to go to therapy," At which we began cleaning her as we were told to do before putting her clothes back on her. I got a moist cloth and tried helping her wipe herself, and when I looked at the cloth I suspected she had an impaction. I reported this to the nurse who then lubed up her fingers and tried to remove the impaction, but unsuccessfully. She then wiped Mary, pulled her pants back up, put her shirt back on, put her in her wheelchair and took her downstairs to therapy, without another word except for "I bet that really makes you want to be a nurse," (referring to the impaction). First, I know I'm only a nurse-assisting student and I am not trying to criticize anyone here but I just want a little insight on this from some of you nurses. I was confused and unfamiliar with the situation and I feel bad for the resident because she was in pain and distress the entire process. I want to talk to my instructor about this as well but I would feel kind of dumb if I was worried about nothing. Thanks for reading!

Hi.. I'm a new member but I've browsed the forums for a while. Basically, I am applying for my school's nursing program in the spring and have to take the PAX. I don't have my scheduled time to take the test yet but it is a little while away. I have Mcgraw-Hill's Nursing Entrance Exam book and also the NLN's pre-admission exam book. I've just began to study in them. I'm fairly confident in every area but Math. I have always struggled with math. I blame no one but myself, although I have to admit that it has just been exceptionally difficult for me to grasp and I don't know why. I'm in a remedial class right now but am trying to move on to college algebra. Through high school, I started to fall behind in about the 9th grade.. Pre-algebra I would say. Every year after that I was unable to get the hang of nearly everything else because I was lacking the foundation needed to comprehend the new material. I passed with A's in all my classes though because it was just the kind of school where teachers didn't really care if you really learned anything, they got paid the same. I would ask for help and they did try to help me understand most of the time - but the moment I would get a glimpse of how it worked, it would slip away as fast as it came. I got a composite score of 24 on my ACT with a score of 16 in the math section. I have watched youtube videos, read books, etc but I have so much trouble trying to sort out what it is that I need to learn first before something else. I don't know if I'm making much sense here, but I don't know how else to put it. I need new insight on everything to do with math. I can't try to understand a concept without questioning the purpose of every step taken, because if I don't understand why it is being done, I can't go on and understand how to solve the problem. I'm partly venting and partly asking for help. Has anyone else experienced similar obstacles with math? How did you overcome them? I mean I can add and subtract and multiply and do basic things like one or two step equations.. but anything more than that and it just gets so complicated. Nursing is the only career out there for me, there's absolutely no doubt in my mind. I'll do anything it takes to succeed, it is only a matter of how long it takes - any input is appreciated. Thanks so much for reading!

Thank you. I checked the KY BON, and on the FAQ page, it specifies that any convictions that occurred as a juvenile do not have to be reported when applying for your Registered Nurse license. I haven't looked at the Medicaid Nurse Aid but I assume the same rule would apply, hopefully. If the KY BON doesn't care about juvenile records then hopefully the clinical sight won't either if it happens to appear on my background check :pThank you!

Hi.. To make the details clear, I live in Kentucky, I'll be 18 next month, and when I was 16 I was caught for petty theft (first and only time). I wasn't arrested with cuffs or anything but I assume I was processed the same way; the parents had to come pick me up and fill out some paperwork, then I was assigned a Court Designated Worker to meet with the next morning. She said because I was a good student in my high school (apparently she spoke to my principal) and because I had never been in trouble before, she offered me something called Juvenile Diversion, and informed me that by accepting the diversion agreement I would be placed on probation for 6 months and if I did not get in any more trouble, the petty theft would be "expunged" from my record when I turned 18 and that I would start with a "clean slate". I signed a paper accepting the agreement, and then completed the probation successfully and received a letter from her informing me my probation was finished and that I had completed it without violation of the agreement. I am in a CNA class and a background check via Verified Credentials is required before students are allowed in the clinical facility where we will be practicing skills. We don't start clinicals until after I turn 18, so I am hoping to wait and get the background check done after my birthday in hopes of my record being clean by then? I'm not sure if a juvenile misdemeanor would even appear on a 48-dollar background check in the first place, but I'm really nervous about this. Any insight is appreciated.