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  1. New aide in distress..seeking advice?

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

    Sounds like a typical night in LTC to me. You'll learn from it and get faster and better, and learn to deal with problems as they come up, and little problems like a leaky foley wont turn into an...

  2. Quick Question..

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

    I think it depends on where you work. At my last job CNAs were mandated if someone called in sick and no replacement was found. I ended up doing a double shift at least once a month. Where I work now...

  3. Burnout: getting through the shift

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

    One thing thats changed after doing this job is I tend to tune out what patients say at work if its not some information im supposed to record/pass on. I deal with so many people with psychological...

  4. PCT/CNA Patient Load in Hospital Setting Question

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

    You cant determine a workload solely on the number of patients alone. ICU Nurses often have one or two patients, does that mean they have an easy job? Whether say 14 patients is unsafe depends on the...

  5. CNA that would like clinical experience with less lifting.. back hurts

    funtimes replied to Kids2Feed's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I hate to say this, but the break thing is part of being a CNA from my experience. I can probably count on both hands the number of shifts Ive worked the last year in which I have taken 2 full 15...

  6. Question about patient care technician/cna.

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

    Ive seen PCT courses offered that last like 12 months and are really expensive(well over 10,000) when Ive looked on the internet. That seems insane to me, if you are gonna pay all that you might as...

  7. Correctional Prison/jail cna

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

    Ive heard from people I know who are corrections officers that these jobs have extremely high turnover(even higher than normal CNA jobs), so thats something to keep in mind. Ive also heard that if its...

  8. New job

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

    Well if you have a 3 week orientation and you are only in your third day, I wouldnt sweat it. Three weeks is a lot longer than most orientations. Some places its a few shifts and they throw you to the...

  9. Flirty co-workers

    funtimes replied to rivershark2005's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I have to admit when someone is helping me clean up an incontinent mess, probably the last thing on my mind is wondering whether they are seeing anyone and if I should ask them

  10. How is the NA night shift in a hospital?

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

    It depends a little on whether you are talking an 8 hour shift, say 11 to 7, or a 12 hour shift. If the shift is 12 hours you will be a lot busier because you will have to do HS cares on patients at...

  11. Flirty co-workers

    funtimes replied to rivershark2005's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I knew a guy who said he became a CNA because he liked the idea of working around mostly women, apparently thinking it would be a chance to flirt while getting paid. This obviously sounded like a...

  12. CNA vs. PTC vs. LPN vs. CMA . . . my doctor's take

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

    You dont have to work in a Nursing home if your a CNA. However pretty much the reason CNA exists is because so many people in Nursing homes were being abused and neglected by people taking care of...

  13. Thinking of transfer from ortho to ICU

    funtimes replied to Pcrowley1's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I dont work exclusively in an ICU, but I help out occasionally, mainly with lifting and moving and repositioning patients and maybe occasionally helping to restrain someone as our ICU doesnt have CNAs...

  14. PCT/CNA Patient Load in Hospital Setting Question

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

    I agree for a med/surg/telemetry unit(or PCU), 10 to 12 seems like a typical load, and is pretty much what it is where I work. If census is down we may get less, and occasionally we'll get more. The...

  15. Where did you start out working as a new CNA?

    funtimes replied to FutureC.N.A's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Like most CNAs I started out in a Nursing home where we were understaffed and overworked and turnover was high. Unfortunately those are the jobs that are available to inexperienced CNAs, and sometimes...

  16. False vitals data???

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

    Laurie0313 I can understand why youd be upset as you lost your Grandma, and I get the point your making that accurate charting is important, but failing to chart a BM is not quite the same as...

  17. False vitals data???

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

    These still seem like relatively minor complaints considering all the other crap CNAs have to deal with. You want to see people freak out when you try to do vitals on them, try working on a telemetry...

  18. Rant: I already hate my job

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

    There are times when a shift is so crazy and busy that all you can do is laugh and look at it as a challenge to see if you can keep up. This is fine if its once in a while, but it gets old real quick...

  19. False vitals data???

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

    I dont understand why doing vitals is considered such a big time wasting chore to some Nursing home CNAs. I always thought vitals was the easiest part of the job. You dont have to bust your back or...

  20. how to get paid more as CNA when you HAVE the experience

    funtimes replied to hopeful7's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    If you are only doing CNA work, you are only going to get CNA pay, thats just the reality. Additional education is irrelevant unless it is actually used on the job. If you were doing some...

  21. CNA: Day vs evening shift- which is better?

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

    It really depends on how many more people the evening shift have to take care of and how important it is to you to work "normal" hours. Where I worked, evening shift was a lot easier because you had...

  22. Have YOU trained new CNAs at your facility?

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

    One thing I forgot to mention. Dont just rely on the word of the person orienting you when it comes to information on your residents. You should make sure you know how to look this stuff up yourself....

  23. Have YOU trained new CNAs at your facility?

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

    Important things to learn.... How does each person transfer? Supervised, One assist, two assist, lift of some kind? Can they be left alone on the toilet or commode(rare), can they be left in a chair...

  24. Should i get my CNA?

    funtimes replied to 1futurenurse12's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Schools in my area all require future Nursing students get their CNA first, so apparently they see the benefit in it. After seeing some student nurses and even new hires struggle I can see

  25. nightmares

    funtimes replied to IdianaCNA1993's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    PTCNAD....post traumatic CNA