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  1. "My Tech" or "My Aide"

    funtimes replied to dreamer30's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I don't think this has ever bothered me, but it does sound kind of unprofessional. You are the patient's tech, not the Nurses. Where I work we are assigned to rooms and patients, not Nurses. The Nurse...

  2. What Are The Differences Between CNA/PCT? Different PCT Certification?

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

    Every hospital has their own hiring criteria, so look online at some local hospitals and see what they require for their PCTs. As long as your CNA is still valid that's probably all you need on paper....

  3. Just got CNA, going for LPN soon, which CNA job for best experience?

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

    If you have serious back problems I would steer clear of Nursing homes for sure. Nothing is worse than a crippling back injury that leaves you unable to work, so I would check with a physician to make...

  4. CNA and CPR

    funtimes replied to CommuterChick22's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Exactly, that is going to be one tired RN when EMS gets there, they might wind up having to do CPR on her/him as

  5. CNA=Poop cleaner?!

    funtimes replied to BSNMomOf6's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Its part of the job in most cases, although how much varies depending on where you work. JUst keep in mind if you want to be an RN that Nurses have to do it too. For some people that alone defines the...

  6. Help! What to wear for CNA State test?!?!

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

    They had you use soap and water to make sure you got the soap off them and to make sure the sheets weren't a sopping wet mess when you were done I would

  7. Nurse aide student working towards becoming a PCT in Colorado

    funtimes replied to Jallen21791's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    It all depends on where you work. In some hospitals PCTs do no phlebotomy and about the only thing they do with ECGs is put someone on a monitor or telemetry, no actual interpretation required....

  8. PCT jobs harder than they once were?

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

    How many patients do your techs have? If its like 12 or more patients the tech is really stretched way too thin and to an individual Nurse they are working with it will seem like they hardly see them...

  9. CNA or EMT

    funtimes replied to RunnerD1987's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    As someone else said it depends on what you like to do. Emt school is a little longer and harder than cna school, but as an Emt you can sort of br captain of your own ship, even if your ship is a...

  10. PCT jobs harder than they once were?

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

    I'll also add another thing about exclusively using LPNs instead of techs. If you think getting some techs to clean up your code browns all shift is difficult, the RNs will be in for a rude awakening...

  11. PCT jobs harder than they once were?

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

    A couple responses. First off about LPN's. I have seen zero evidence of LPNs replacing techs in hospitals, quite the opposite actually. It could be a regional thing but where I am LPNs have all but...

  12. PCT jobs harder than they once were?

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

    This brings up something else I should mention. Your common theme seems to be that techs have a sense of entitlement, but it seems to me its you, and many other RN's sense of entitlement that is...

  13. PCT jobs harder than they once were?

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

    Here's the problem. RNs like Sierra Bravo are BSN's. BSN implies you went for some extra schooling to learn management skills, and at one time that's actually what BSN meant. Not any more. Now its...

  14. Are PCT's replacing the LPN

    funtimes replied to ATech4GFA's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I've never heard of LPNs working in the ER instead of Paramedics. The two have a completely different scope and training. Almost all of the skills required of an ER tech are already things a Paramedic...

  15. PCT jobs harder than they once were?

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

    So basically you don't want techs on your unit doing anything medical, you just want someone to clean up code browns all shift. Great learning environment for the techs im sure, particularly if your...

  16. Is Nursing the hardest job out there?

    funtimes replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Im not a Nurse, but Ive done a lot of different things in my life and have worked with Nurses for several years, and im married to one. My take is that Nursing is one of the more stressful jobs out...

  17. EMT-B to CNA

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

    I've been an EMT, CNA, PCT, phlebotomist, and unit clerk. PCT and unit clerk is something I just learned on the job, the rest I went to some type of school for. Im not in Nursing school but Im almost...

  18. I am NOT a Nurse...

    funtimes replied to GoofyBlondeChic's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I was wondering whether the term nurse rather than lpn, lvn, or RN had some legal basis. Again not that I'd ever call myself nurse or want to. Guess we better stop calling Clara Barton and...

  19. I am NOT a Nurse...

    funtimes replied to GoofyBlondeChic's topic in General Nursing

    Correct me if im wrong, but would they even be breaking a law if they called themselves a Nurse? If they called themselves an LPN or RN yes, but there is no license that just says NURSE, its kind of a...

  20. I am NOT a Nurse...

    funtimes replied to GoofyBlondeChic's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see what the big deal is. You pointed out that your a CNA, what more can you do? If he wants to call you a Nurse that's his choice. Most people outside of Nursing don't obsess over exact...

  21. PCT jobs harder than they once were?

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

    I think some of the friction between RNs and techs is a generational thing. As I mentioned in my original post(which was like a year ago), it was RNs that have been doing the job for decades that were...

  22. PCT jobs harder than they once were?

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

    Yes, those are the things you went to 4 years of college learning how to do, and for which an RN gets paid 2 to 3 times as much as a tech does...on your 2-4 patients. We don't have to pass meds, or...

  23. My Commentary on myself, a CNA

    funtimes replied to CNAEdd29's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Floating at a large hospital can lead to burnout quick, especially if you already don't like being an aide/tech, so I don't know if that is what turned you against the job. Its just 10 times harder...

  24. Are Nurses First Responders?

    funtimes replied to ScrubADub12's topic in General Nursing

    No, Nurses are not first responders unless they work or volunteer in a pre hospital emergency role, and even then they usually are required to undergo training and licensure for that role in the case...

  25. Fired for following orders

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

    Suppositories and enemas might be considered meds, and techs do those all the time. Oxygen is a med, heck, a saline flush might be considered a med. Athough I get your point. I think the problem here...