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  1. Med-surg CNAs: Looking for advice?

    mstearns09 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I just started working in the med/surg floor at my local hospital after 2 years in LTC. We have a mix of patients as we also run a swing bed/skilled/intermediate unit along with acute and outpatient/...

  2. Medical Assistants - Good Career Move or Not?

    mstearns09 replied to igus2666's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    One of the wonderful LPNs who worked in the clinic attached to the hospital recently retired. They are looking to replace her with a MA over a LPN for one simple reason: Pay. It will cheaper for the...

  3. CNA work

    mstearns09 replied to Amanda0216's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I work in a very small, level 4 trauma rural hospital. I work 1st and 2nd shift and we all work as a team. I love it despite some of the craziness that can occur. I worked LTC for 2 years and...

  4. Snotty fellow CNA!

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

    The only way to deal with people like this is to say, "Thank you for sharing" and keep on doing your job the way you were trained. She will feel validated without you validating her. You can't change...

  5. Question

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

    I will answer this in the context of where I work: If we don't work independently at my job part of the time, half the patients would not get any sort of care which would reflect badly on our...

  6. Is this a violation of privacy

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

    Major HIPPAA violation. If reporting to the DON doesn't get something done, call the state

  7. Hospital CNAs/PCTs: What's your workload like?

    mstearns09 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I work at a very small, very rural hospital. We barely qualify to be a level IV trauma center, we're that small. We have about 30 beds and have 3 regular, intermediate/swing bed patients on site...

  8. Fellow CNA won't follow routine

    mstearns09 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Let me preface this by saying I believe this issue to be partly resolved, but that I'm looking to prepare myself for the immediate future. I work with one particular part-time/PRN CNA on the Sundays...

  9. Just need to put this out there. (venting)

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

    This is so true. I work with someone lime this but I would also add that eventually people like this get caught just like serial killers eventually get caught. They become arrogant in their belief...

  10. Is it harder as a CNA in a LTC or Hospital?

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

    My current job at a hospital is much easier than the LTC job I had prior to coming here. There are days it is harder but the thing is, teamwork doesn't exist at my former job. Here, we work as a team...

  11. Hospital CNAs/PCTs: What's your workload like?

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

    We find ways. Sometimes we sit with our intermediate patients, do activities and such. We have a bath schedule for our swing bed-intermediates so that takes up a large portion of the morning. We don't...

  12. Hospital CNAs/PCTs: What's your workload like?

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

    We only have surgeries scheduled for Tuesdays as we don't have an official, dedicated surgeon on staff. They have specialists come in to do surgeries and consult and outpatient clinics so on Tuesdays,...

  13. I'm going to be in the dog house

    mstearns09 replied to mvm2's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    My father-in-law tried putting the guilt trip on us about Thanksgiving even after DH explained to him that because I started in October, I had no PTO to use and couldn't ask off for that many days....

  14. Please, don't be "that" aide.

    mstearns09 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Please, if you're a CNA, don't be the one who hunts down your newer co-worker who is on a mission to do patient care on someone just to tell them that they didn't do a hospital corner correctly or...

  15. how did you guys find your CNA jobs?

    mstearns09 replied to crunchymama91's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I applied to the very facility where I did my clinicals. They hired me a month after I finished the class. I worked there for two years until I applied at our local hospital and took a position there....

  16. hospital vs home health vs LTC

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

    I beg to differ. I work in a small rural hospital and our numbers are actually quite lower than the nursing homes in our area but I give just as many showers and baths and change just as many...

  17. Cross-Contamination, Etc, Slight Vent

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

    Even though they may not mentally be their chronological age, they still have hormonal drives like their neurotypical counterparts and I have known some to be quite uninhibited when it comes to...

  18. "Don't bother talking to residents with dementia.....

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

    I've seen even the most regressed demented patient respond to something that triggered that one last memory fragment whilst in the process of dying. It's too bad this person said what she did; it...

  19. Cross-Contamination, Etc, Slight Vent

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

    Developmentally

  20. New CNA starting job search...need salary help!

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

    I'd love to be paid that much for what I do. I make $9.75 and that's the going rate in my area for someone who has year to two years

  21. Residents and bathing

    mstearns09 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    My position for most of the time at work is as a shower aide. I really don't have much trouble anymore with getting residents to bathe with the exception of one resident. She is still fairly...

  22. Another vent about nurse vs aide

    mstearns09 replied to RNstudent13renee's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I don't know that our hospital has that policy, too, but I do know we aren't responsible for vitals on someone who is getting a blood transfusion unless it's to check the monitor to make sure blood...

  23. Please, don't be "that" aide.

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

    I think the fact I did come in with experience and personally knowing the DON has upset her. It also upsets her that she can't bully me like she's bullied other people and I don't feed her need for...

  24. Starting as a CNA and working your way up the ladder

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

  25. Please, don't be "that" aide.

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

    I have no problem with people who have worked there longer than I have giving me tips. However, I've been a CNA for two years. I know the basics, so when someone tells me I'm not doing right when I...