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  1. Quitting first CNA job

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

    Sounds like a typical LTC CNA job to me. Did it for a couple years and generally hated it, although I did get attached to many of the residents. They almost become like family. If you stuck it out it...

  2. Falsely accused of verbal abuse

    funtimes replied to johnny6's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Not sure what the outcome will be, there's obviously no way for us to know what exactly transpired, but just in posting you come across short tempered. Calling the speech pathologist a loser certainly...

  3. Can a shy person be a good CNA?

    funtimes replied to Angela89's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I think shy CNAs do just fine, it's just harder for them starting out. It terms of competence, attention to detail, time management, etc, a shy CNA can do just as well as anyone else, and sometimes...

  4. Any Former Veterans?

    funtimes replied to stratus93's topic in Male Nursing Students

    My post seemed harsher than I meant, and I respect anyone who served. But yeah I think Medic is one of the easier MOS's in that Corpsman always seemed to be getting out of stuff. Working partys,...

  5. Tech vital sheets from unit/other papers

    funtimes replied to Ele123's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I don't think making your own sheet would bother Nurses as long as the information that needs to be charted gets

  6. er tech or pca? new to healthcare

    funtimes replied to hopefulprayers1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Some ERs seem to have really high turnover for techs, with new faces all the time. I know some Paramedics that took a job as an ER tech at some point, then decided they couldn't stomach having to take...

  7. er tech or pca? new to healthcare

    funtimes replied to hopefulprayers1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You will definitely learn more in the ER. Not to bust your bubble, but realistically there is very little chance you would get hired as an ER tech with no health care experience. They usually prefer...

  8. Any Former Veterans?

    funtimes replied to stratus93's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Would I recommend joining the military? No. But if you do join, medic is probably one of the best MOS's to go for. I was an infantryman and field wireman in the Marine Corps, and I swear I don't...

  9. Orthopedic Tech

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

    I guess it depends on how bad you need a job, the prospects for more pay at another job, and whether or not you would learn something useful in this job or have any interest in orthopedics. No one...

  10. Difficult resident and charged nurse

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

    If you automatically know this resident isn't going to shower until late at night, then try to set up your night around this and prepare for it. As long as they are consistent it shouldn't be a huge...

  11. how many patients

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

    I'll add that how smoothly things go with 16 patients depends a LOT on the RNs you work with. I worked at a small hospital where the RNs were like super nurses, they were truly amazing. Hard working,...

  12. New PCT on Med-Surg Floor, Need Tips!

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

    Where I work the techs are trained on and expected to start foleys, at least on the unit I work on. At the hospital I used to work at the techs could initially do foleys, then an RN screwed up on one,...

  13. how many patients

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

    I can just see them saying well, the good news is your call light report was great, no call lights went over a minute. The bad news is it took you 2 1/2 hours to get through one round of vitals. One...

  14. how many patients

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

    In the ICU I usually have 10-12 patients. When I floated I found it varied from unit to unit, it also varies depending on the shift. Day shift has less than night shift, or evening if you have that...

  15. Is being a CNA really so dreadful?

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

    A lot of it depends on the facility you work at. No matter what CNA is going to be a hard job, Its almost never seen as easy, but whether its merely hard, or much worse depends on where you work. In...

  16. New PCT on Med-Surg Floor, Need Tips!

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

    PCT is just a Nurse aide under a different name, in most cases with a few extra tasks aides typicallyl don't do delegated to them, such as straight cathing, performing 12 leads, blood draws, and the...

  17. How hard is basic anatomy and pysiology

    funtimes replied to TIffany1579's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You have to take a site like Ratemyprofessor.com with a grain of salt, especially concerning a class like A&P. I'll check it out just to see if theres any specific information about a professor I...

  18. How hard is basic anatomy and pysiology

    funtimes replied to TIffany1579's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    How hard it is depends on your science background and study habits. There's really no individual concepts that are harder in A&P than in biology 101, there's just a lot more stuff to memorize and...

  19. Online program

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

    You are already a CNA so you know the basics, the additional things you'd do as a tech are things which are best learned by hands on training/experience, so I don't see much benefit to an online PCT...

  20. New PCT on Med-Surg Floor, Need Tips!

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

    One thing that comes to mind is that going above and beyond for patients is something that sounds great, but in reality I would focus first and foremost on getting the important things done. Vitals,...

  21. Got a new PCT gig!

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

    PCT can vary a lot depending on the type of unit you work on from my experience. From a technical standpoint its all easy stuff, assuming you aren't doing lots of phlebotomy and IV starts, in which...

  22. Why should there be a certification to be a nursing assistant?

    funtimes replied to giraffe4's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hospitals don't require you be a CNA(at least most don't) because you are working under a physicians license and you have RNs, physicians and other staff assessing the patients routinely, which you...

  23. CNA over the summer? EMT?

    funtimes replied to vic42975's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I agree phlebotomy would be more beneficial than either EMT or CNA, as it can be a difficult skill to master. Just keep in mind most phlebotomy classes just teach drawing blood, which is significantly...

  24. Why should there be a certification to be a nursing assistant?

    funtimes replied to giraffe4's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    More education is usually a good thing. CNAs starting out in LTC often find the job overwhelming even WITH the formal training and proficiency testing, imagine how much worse it would be if you just...

  25. CNA over the summer? EMT?

    funtimes replied to vic42975's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    My guess is you wont learn a whole lot(if anything) in CNA school you don't cover in Nursing school, you'll just get more practice with it and be better at it. Probably the best thing you learn as a...