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  1. Question on Washcloth and bathing

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

    We use disposable wipes at my facility. However, if I have a resident who has had a BM in the shower, I clean them with a warm, soapy washcloth. Any laundry which is soiled with potentially...

  2. Emotional disorders

    mstearns09 replied to rivershark2005's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    When it rains, it pours, doesn't it? Take care of yourself in the process, too, and it sounds like that's what you're doing. Good luck with the new

  3. Emotional disorders

    mstearns09 replied to rivershark2005's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    This whole situation seems bizarre to me for many reasons. First she backs you when you were having trouble with flirty co-workers but now she's trying to get you to quit because you have a...

  4. How hard is it to get a job w no experience?

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

    I had a job within 3 weeks of finishing my CNA class. The facility where I did my clinicals hired me, though I'd already accepted a home health job

  5. Changing shifts and duties

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

    I survived the first week of being a shower aide and it's been ok though my back really hurts today. It's hard to get them all done when there are 15 residents scheduled for showers and some take...

  6. Changing shifts and duties

    mstearns09 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Due to some on-going family issues, an open opportunity, and a clear need, I'm changing shifts at my job. Right now, I'm working 2nd shift but will be changing to 1st shift at the beginning of October...

  7. Changing shifts and duties

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

    Well, I survived my first day as a shower aide and it was certainly interesting. We usually have two shower aides but the other lady has been out for a month with a knee injury. Her doctor released...

  8. Can you be 14 and take a CNA course?

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

    Even if you were able to get hired at 14, you wouldn't be able to care for many residents since you aren't old enough to run the mechanical lifts. Perhaps volunteering in some capacity such as in the...

  9. Any CNA's from Kansas?

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

    I'm a CNA and I live in Kansas. Yes, there is no practice portion on the exam. That part is taken care of through clinicals. It is my understanding that if you don't pass clinicals, you can't sit for...

  10. CNA jobs and the distance it takes to get to them!

    mstearns09 replied to IdianaCNA1993's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I drive 30 miles round trip to work everyday. It doesn't bother me, however, I drove that far when I went to high school, too, so I knew what I was getting into when I accepted the job. I work with...

  11. Fall 2012 Microbiology Students -- STAND UP!

    mstearns09 replied to Exhaustipated's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I *hope* I'll be taking it. I cannot get the community college's financial aid department to call me back about financial aid and I'm so mad about it that I'm ready to tell them to forget my classes...

  12. Have YOU trained new CNAs at your facility?

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

    1. Listen to what the person orientating you says but don't take everything they say as gospel truth. 2. Read the care plans! Just because you're told that Resident A can do everything by herself, it...

  13. CNA frustrated with co-workers!!!

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

    The problem at our facility isn't necessarily management; it's the fact that they can't keep help, and good help at that, at our facility. Some of it is management, especially when the DON's niece is...

  14. What to expect on PM shift?

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

    I work the 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. shift at my facility and while there is a perception that it is the "easier" shift, it, by no means, is always easy. We actually report to the floor at 1:45 for shift...

  15. Brief mystery for a male Resident

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

    Wow. I work in a LTC and we have disposable chucks all the time and let me tell you, last evening was an evening when I was glad we did! Never had a problem with a male resident peeing outside the...

  16. Brief mystery for a male Resident

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

    Do you have access to disposable chucks? We cover drawsheets and bed pads with those and it usually keeps the sheets and pads

  17. CNA frustrated with co-workers!!!

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

    Leaving someone else's call lights going and only answering your own will result in getting written up for neglect/abuse and suspension at my facility. I will answer other people's call lights in...

  18. You can tell it's a full moon...

    mstearns09 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Our residents have been call-light happy for the entire week, apparently. I didn't work Monday or Tuesday but when I got back to work on Wednesday, it was like I walked into a war zone. From 4 to 6,...

  19. You can tell it's a full moon...

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

    The resident had her tab alarms on when I left at 10 that night. She is known to take her tabs off herself and she has no floor mat ordered in her care plan. Thankfully, she only ended up with a...

  20. "Acceptable" minimum amount of time to stay in one CNA position?

    mstearns09 replied to gypsysoul27's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Your facility will likely require you work for them for a specified amount of time in order to keep your training free, otherwise, you may end up paying them back for the cost of your training. You...

  21. Does your employer provide a gait belt?

    mstearns09 replied to Dancingqueen94's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I spoke too soon. I got to work yesterday and they had taken all the gait belts out of residents' rooms and are now requiring us to wear a gait belt on us at all times. No big deal to me; I've been...

  22. Does your employer provide a gait belt?

    mstearns09 replied to Dancingqueen94's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    My facility provides them for us and they keep them in residents' rooms. There are a number of people who carry his or her own,

  23. What does CNA do during code blue?

    mstearns09 replied to Ybur514's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Interesting. All of our residents' name plaques and beds are marked with stickers to designate them as DNR or full code. The average person walking into our facility would never know what those...

  24. CNA Online Classes

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

    I did my CNA class online and did clinicals at a local LTC where I now work. There are legitimate organizations out there who offer the classes online and it was much cheaper for me to take it through...

  25. SuperAide

    mstearns09 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    We've all worked with someone like this, or perhaps, secretly, we're that person. I have a co-worker who fully believes she is the only person who knows what she's doing. The nurses don't know how to...