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  1. Post Mortem Care

    funtimes replied to mandrus868's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Theres no reason you would need to quit healthcare altogether, as there are plenty of healthcare settings and jobs where post mortem care would not be in the job description at all, or be so...

  2. PCT or MA? I'm new to the Allied Health Field, help!

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

    You are focusing too much on job titles. Call it a PCT, PCA, CNA, or a banana, its pretty much the same thing. A PCT is basically just a CNA taught to do blood draws and 12 leads in most cases. The...

  3. Emt/pct info??

    funtimes replied to emily12345's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    It all depends on the hospital. As a rule of thumb, if you are a CNA, you are eligible to be a PCT in most hospitals. Doesnt mean you would get hired, but that is usually a cert that would be good for...

  4. Not-So-Patient-Focused Care

    funtimes replied to startthejourney2013's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm surprised you did clinicals at an assisted living facility. We did ours at an SNF with residents who were almost all total care, which is generally the type of place CNAs work at. I'm not sure...

  5. ATTENTION ALL Nurses, Volunteers, Patient Care Associates/Techs, CNA's...

    funtimes replied to LM NY's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    If you cant get a job as a PCT, then try working in the trenches for a bit as a CNA. Its pretty much the same job anyway and is at least a better way to get experience and spruce up your resume than...

  6. Tips for a New Cna!!!

    funtimes replied to uniquern2015's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    A lot depends on the residents you have, what shift this is, and how the facility is set up. If this is day shift and everyone is required to be washed, dressed in regular clothes, and in the dining...

  7. CNA vs EMT basic

    funtimes replied to EZsunday's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think this is common. EMT school is skill based, and spends little time on theory or fundamentals. As a result you get some EMTs who are great at playing with toys and performing particular skills,...

  8. CNA to a Hospital Technician -

    funtimes replied to blondebabe0625's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Getting hired into a hospital as a tech is 75% knowing(or sadly being related to) the right people, being likeable in the job interview, and plain luck. The other 20% is having work experience as a...

  9. Will I ever have another chance?

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

    3 weeks isnt nearly enough time to find out how good a CNA you can be. Give it at least 3 months. Everyone sucks their first 3 weeks, some people are just better at hiding that fact. Like they say,...

  10. CNA vs EMT basic

    funtimes replied to EZsunday's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    EMT will teach you some things you wont learn in Nursing school, which means it wont help much during nursing school, but might be slightly beneficial afterwards, especially if you want to be an ER...

  11. Wrong doings reported to the state

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

    This is an occupational hazard of being a CNA. To be honest im not actually sure if an accusation goes on your record even if you are cleared. I would imagine you would have to have been found guilty...

  12. Iv cath insertion class

    funtimes replied to FutureRNGreen's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    If your a CMA, I assume you already have taken a phlebotomy class. I dont think it's a big leap from drawing blood to IV cannulation, at least not anything that couldnt be taught fairly quickly on the...

  13. 'Nurses eat their young' is an understatement. What has your experience been?

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

    Every work environment varies. When I did my CNA clinicals the aides were generally nice, after all we were doing part of their job for them. A few were indifferent and largely ignored us, but no one...

  14. Working on the Dementia Unit

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

    The facility I worked in didnt have a special dementia unit per se. All the residents were mixed in together, with the vast majority with varying levels of dementia and the doors locked at all times,...

  15. Does my resident have the right to refuse getting weighed?

    funtimes replied to Ev1987's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Yeah the patient has the right to refuse, as has already been said, but I would also assume the facility also has the right to make it a requirement for living there that the person gets weighed. So...

  16. Department Wars

    funtimes replied to mstearns09's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    There is always going to be more drama and scrutiny on day shift. There are more people around observing, from staff to management to family, so it stands to reason your going to be under the...

  17. Terminated from my first CNA job.

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

    The best way to tell is to talk to people who already work there if you can, especially relatively new CNAs, as the ones who worked there a long time might have a different perspective from the newer...

  18. Night shift Med/Surg CNA advice!

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

    I had to laugh when I read this one, so true. I love when I get a report from a float pool CNA/nursing student, and they are going on about the patient's medical history and what tests are ordered...

  19. CNA Supervisor or all under DON/ADON

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

    When I worked in LTC there were times when we did have sort of a charge CNA for each shift. Sometimes this was unspoken, and other times it was stated explicitly by the DON that this person was in...

  20. Totally screwed up in my clinical

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

    Oh well, most likely the patient just needed to be cleaned up and the wound vac plugged back in, and nobody was seriously hurt. Really screwing up would be the person falling and hitting the floor...

  21. Med/Surg Floor help

    funtimes replied to FutureRNGreen's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    10 to 12 patients sounds like a typical number for med/surg. Ive had as many as 20. Patients on med/surg can vary a lot on how much care they require. Ive had as little as 6 patients and ran my butt...

  22. Making a living as a CNA

    funtimes replied to Queen33FutureLPN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Making a living as a CNA can be done, but its not easy. Even if you do make a decent amount of money its the wear and tear on your back that makes it tough to make a career out of being a CNA. RNs...

  23. Calling all CNA's. What is your typical day like at work?

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

    I work night shift on a Med/Surg/Telemetry unit in a hospital. The shifts are 12 hours long and begin when I get a report from the day shift RNs and PCTs. Then I get report from the night shift RNs...

  24. The Art Of Bedmaking

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

    What exactly is giving you trouble? Is it the hospital folds on the bottom corner? Is it making an occupied bed? There should be examples of both on youtube. No special sheets required. Just one...

  25. CNA Question

    funtimes replied to mrsvickerie2's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    This one is a no brainer. Save yourself the 2300 bucks. If you want, use the 2300 for some other training. You could probably use 2300 to later take a phlebotomy class AND an EMT class. CNA is just a...