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  1. Float pool techs?

    funtimes replied to uds16's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Did you just float to a few similar units at a small hospital? At the hospital where I was a float tech it was like working in 20 different mini hospitals. There were ways of doing things on one unit...

  2. rude nurse

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

    Actually when it comes to press gainey the techs probably get hit a lot worse than the RNs. The techs where I work typically have 5 times the number of patients the RNs do, and the patients usually...

  3. Challenging the CNA exam in Florida

    funtimes replied to Cynt87's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I hated the CNA test, it was just about the most nitpicky thing I've ever done, to the point we were supposed to grab a specific number of wash cloths and towels when we did a bed bath. How much of...

  4. rude nurse

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

    I would have just grabbed the student right off and said come with me. If they are sitting around doing nothing with the RN then they can help. The Nurse was probably waiting for the student to get up...

  5. 2nd Semester Student Looking for PCT

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

    You've already got some patient care experience, so the benefits of wiping butts and picking up meal trays as a PCT are going to be minimal. Some hospitals run their PCTs ragged. Its not uncommon to...

  6. 2nd Semester Student Looking for PCT

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

    You might be hurt by the fact your a Nursing student, because HR departments and unit managers want people who will work a lot of hours and aren't going to ask for time off, and the reality is that...

  7. From Military to CNA

    funtimes replied to a_lopez1975's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    CNA is a quick and easy class. Its not much of a career but its a starting point for other things. Its a hard job, but you've certainly done a lot harder things in your current profession. Just keep...

  8. Rn to medic

    funtimes replied to KCTRN's topic in Emergency

    I think an RN just challenging the Paramedic exam without any EMS training is a recipe for disaster, regardless of how much hospital experience they have. The two environments are just so different,...

  9. accucheck finger choice??

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

    I've literally never not been able to get a blood sample, no matter how calloused their fingers are, so I cant see this as being an issue, but the lancets we use could probably pierce metal(patients...

  10. Is it suppose to be this way?

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

    I think ultimately the answer is organizing and pushing for better conditions. I never used to be real big on unions, but I think that is the answer. Horrible conditions and pay for CNAs is almost...

  11. PCT jobs harder than they once were?

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

    The patient who did the punching was a younger TBI patient who surprised the tech and caught her off guard. I know patients with TBI in particular can be unpredictable, but I long ago learned to...

  12. NHA or NCCT certification

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

    I have heard of schools that have a PCT class, although I have yet to encounter a tech that actually went to one, at least that I know of. The schools I heard of are usually pretty expensive and I...

  13. NHA or NCCT certification

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

    The closest thing to a national standard or recognition would be CNA, since some hospitals require you be a CNA to work as a PCT, and its a certification all nurses are familiar with so they know you...

  14. PCT Interview With Staff RN's

    funtimes replied to cdsavannah59's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    This is true, PCTs do work under the supervision of a licensed Nurse, but that still doesn't mean that EVERY licensed nurse is in charge of you. Like Kenya said, where I work a floor RN cant write up...

  15. PCT Interview With Staff RN's

    funtimes replied to cdsavannah59's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I don't have a problem with the RN being in charge of me, its not an ego thing. I just look at it from a practical perspective, it just doesn't work well when you have 5 RNs all trying to be in charge...

  16. PCT Interview With Staff RN's

    funtimes replied to cdsavannah59's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Let me give you a typical scenario. I have 17 patients divided between 5 RNs. My shift started at 1500 and everyone on that unit is at least q4 vitals which must be completed between 1530 and 1630 per...

  17. PCT Interview With Staff RN's

    funtimes replied to cdsavannah59's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I think working in a nursing home is different from working in a hospital in this regard. In a Nursing home a CNA will usually have ONE RN who has all your residents, which means that RN should...

  18. PCT Interview With Staff RN's

    funtimes replied to cdsavannah59's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    The RNs you work with may be in charge of the patients they are assigned to, and can veto you regarding the care of that patient, but that still doesn't make them in charge of you. They have no say...

  19. PCT Interview With Staff RN's

    funtimes replied to cdsavannah59's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Ultimately I work for the hospital, and I have a charge nurse and supervisor who I answer to, not EVERY individual RN I work with during a shift. On a floor I may have 18 patients divided among 6 RNs....

  20. Lincense Renewal

    funtimes replied to mamemor12's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I don't see why you couldn't renew your CNA if you work in home health, that's as much CNA work as in a facility. All that's required to renew in my state is 8 hours on the job as a CNA the last 2...

  21. Work in the cardiac unit? What's that like? Help!!!

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

    I find patients on cardiac units to be a little more demanding and difficult in terms of their personality than on other units. I guess its because high strung type A personalities are more likely to...

  22. How did you become a PCT?

    funtimes replied to Sophie15's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I started out floating to different units in a hospital, which I would definitely not recommend. Working on different units every shift is ten times more difficult and stressful than working on any...

  23. Should I go to pct school or lpn school?

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

    LPN is an actual nursing license with a standardized curriculum, clinicals and an NCLEX exam at the end, and an LPN program usually has prerequisites and entrance requirements, and some programs...

  24. Do you want to be jobless after nursing school? I didn't think so...

    funtimes replied to Manny92's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I think PCT experience is somewhat overrated if being an RN is your goal. At best you can learn a lot IF you work with the right nurses in the right environment, but more than likely you are going to...

  25. Hospital pre-employment PCT skills validation

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

    I would think its impossible to say, since the duties of a "patient care tech" vary from hospital to hospital and unit to unit. The idea that you should know "everything" seems like a pretty tall...