Kitkat23

I have a question for you guys. I work with this one CNA who is very rude, selfish, cold, neglectful and lazy. She is sloppy too. Well, we work second shift and when we clock in and get our lists and reports, she'll start to to PM care on all her res...

Sounds like the CNAs I used to work with in 3 years of CNA work. I was fired unfairly last month for "neglecting a resident". I put a resident to bed who's confused and has a history of falling out of bed and taking off his tab alarm. On my last nigh...

Oh and congrats on your Lifespan exam. I guess I'll be all jittery when I go through my prereqs, clinical labs, and clinicals. I'm so happy for you. :rotfl: :balloons:

I will be praying for you. You'll do well. I had a better day in clinical except it was a slow day for finding skills. There was only 2 IVs that had to be pulled in Same Day Surgery, but my instructor wanted me to observe my classmate pull. (She hasn...

Hi Jess. Hang in there girl. I know how you feel. I work as a CNA in a nursing home. I'm taking a Patient Care Technician course at the community college and started my clinical last week. I've been feeling nervous and excited. My stomach is full of ...

Hi there! I'm a CNA working in a nursing home and I love it. It's the best job I've ever had. I love taking care of the residents and making their days brighter by showing up and talking to them. They love my smiles, my scrub tops, my chats with them...

Hey there. I'm a CNA working in LTC and now taking a PCT program at the community college. I want to go to nursing school and I'm 23 years old. When I was 18, I started taking courses at the community college and was undecided about choosing a career...

PCT stands for Patient Care Technician. It's an advanced CNA course at a hospital or community college. They learn more advanced skills and the course I'm taking is excellent. I'm learning to discontinue foleys and IVs, bladder scanning, emptying JPs...

Hey there, I'm back. I finished the classroom portion of the PCT program. I start clinical at the hospital on Monday. I'm excited, but very nervous.:stone On the first day of clinical, I get my student badge, learn bladder scanning, accuchecks, Dyna...

I know I'll have a bad day at work when it's a full moon night. I'm an aide in a nursing home and the unit I mostly work on is the nuthouse.(Patients on the call light nonstop and confused residents setting off tab alarms or screaming for the nurse) ...

Hi there. Actually I do her showers in 20 minutes. I guess I was exaggerating. She's a minimal assist. She can get undressed, but needs help with her socks, shoes, and pulling her pants and pullups off. I have to supervise her when she can get into t...

Hello. I agree. Night shift may be easier than day or evening, but it's not the easiest. I work during the evenings, but sometimes do a double and stay on night shift. There is one aide per hall at night and not everybody sleeps. The bed alarms go of...

My pet peeve is how certain people look down at me for being a CNA and working in LTC. They said that all I do is wipe peoples' asses and empty bedpans and it's a gross job. They don't look at it as being a caregiver and caring for people who can't c...

Hey Nikki. You do sound like a great aide. Too bad you don't work with me. Congrats on being employee of the month. You deserve it. Some aides I work with are so lazy and uncaring that I don't know why they're still working. Anyway, I'm sorry about y...

:balloons: I remember I was stuck working on my 23rd birthday in May and it was full moon night. I was never really superstitious, so I didn't think much about it. Well when I walked in at 3pm, the unit was chaotic.The Med Nurse told me it was full m...

I agree. When there's a full moon out, I know I'll have a rough day at work. I work as a CNA in LTC and the unit I mostly work on is a crazy one. (Full Moon or not) But it's TOTAL HELL on full moon day. The hallway is lit like a Christmas tree with p...

I work in LTC on the hectic floor where residents are constantly on the call light. I have this one old lady who loves to play with the call light. She'll press the light and then wheel away from it. Or if I answer it, she'll have an iron grip on the...

Hi there. Do you work in LTC too? Are you a nurse or an aide. Why did that good aide quit? Great CNAs are hard to find. A few CNAs I work with are rough, rude, and lazy and don't give a damn about the residents feelings. I worked with one lazy aide ...

hi there. I'm not the charge nurse. I'm an aide also, but I'm sick of seeing this aide doing nothing all day and I've been to the charge nurse a million times but nothing is done. I forgot to mention that I'm an aide also when I did my post. The advi...

I work in a nursing home and we could wear whatever color and prints as long as it's scrubs and that it is clean and appropriate. We can't wear jeans, shorts, and capris. Tshirts have to be neat and appropriate. Our shoes have to be white though.

I've been working as a CNA in a nursing home for almost 5 months now. Before that I've done agency work and private duty care. I like being an aide. I love taking care of my residents and making their day. The families appreciate the care I do on the...

I'm from CT. It looks like you're from Arizona. I'm considering nursing school or going for an LPN. But I'd love to do the PCT program. Oh and I'll also know how to suction patients with the Yankauer catheter and use the JP/hemovac. It'll be exciting...

:) I'm also taking the PCT course at the community college in November. The clinical portion of the course will be held at the local hospital. It's a six week course and I needed at least 3 months experience in LTC. I've been working full-time as a C...

I worked with a new (and LAZY) aide who's always watching tv, eating ice cream, and chatting on her cell phone while I'm running around answering call bells, shutting off chair/bed alarms, etc with my other coworkers. She was caught sleeping in the d...