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  1. I have a new respect for familes who lose loved ones

    i_love_patient_care replied to Glycerine82's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My grandma passed away last year. I got to be there and so did everyone close to her. It was so sad but beautiful at the same time. She got to say goodbye to all of us, and I massaged her hair as...

  2. Experience preferred?

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

    I think it depends on the job market you're in. It doesn't hurt to just apply. When I got my CNA almost four years ago, I first took a job in home health for a couple of months. That got really...

  3. First Day CNA lab class

    i_love_patient_care replied to Dezi919's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    When I did my CNA we could come to class during certain hours to practice on each other. I also practiced on my mom :). For the rest of my skills I made big 5x7 index cards and studied it by myself...

  4. Post Mortem Care

    i_love_patient_care replied to mandrus868's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I've had to do it so many times that it made it doable at least. I didn't know them very well, though. Hugs, it will get better. A lot of these people death can become a mercy, so you start to see...

  5. Families who just don't get it!!

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

    We had a difficult family member at one of the nursing homes I used to work at. She would raise hell if we didn't do every little thing she wanted done for her mother. I can understand most of it,...

  6. Not-So-Patient-Focused Care

    i_love_patient_care replied to startthejourney2013's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I would tend to say you can tell how lazy someone is when you've worked on their run yourself. It's quite different when you become a CNA, and can't do everything how you were taught in class. I...

  7. "force feeding" residents

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

    When I used to help with that type of Resident, I would ask the regular person on that side what the trick is. Some you have to tap the bottom lip with the spoon so they know to open, others you have...

  8. When did it become ok for patients to do this

    i_love_patient_care replied to mskrisCNA2bRN's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I've come across this a lot. As the above posters have said, make sure it isn't part of their condition. One guy in a facility I worked at stopped doing it when threatened to be cared for only by...

  9. Feeling sad about my ALS patient

    i_love_patient_care replied to ekramona's topic in General Nursing

    I think before assignments are given for CNAs, the amount of work associated with someone who has that many needs and personal preferences should be considered. If there is a heavier assignment, that...

  10. Need help! CNA, PCT, or CMA?

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

    There are other threads that discuss this here on the CNA/MA forum. I know it varies depending on where you live. Here, in CA, most hospitals want you to have at least a year in acute experience...

  11. 'Nurses eat their young' is an understatement. What has your experience been?

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

    i used to be nice to the student nurses at one of the facilities i worked at. The only problem I had with them was them slowing me down when I'm trying to do my ADLs in the morning. Excuse me if...

  12. I'm not the CNA I wanted to be.

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

    I've worked all three shifts: 1:8-10 am, 1:11-14 pm, 14-20 nights . Above poster I wish I had that low of a ratio all the time when I worked LTC. Day shift was the hardest. I felt like I was on a...

  13. I'm not the CNA I wanted to be.

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

    10 residents on which shift? Yes, LTC is hard. That's why I will never work it again. It's possible to get all of it done, but you have to have teamwork. Big

  14. toileting & bathing older adults

    i_love_patient_care replied to marsy82's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In a bathing situation, I usually see how well they move when I'm transferring them. If their arms are mobile, then I let them clean as best they can with one wash rag. With the other one I start with...

  15. toileting & bathing older adults

    i_love_patient_care replied to marsy82's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I've never worked in such a facility. I would assume it would be on an individual basis. Are you a CNA? They didn't give you any type of

  16. CNA Supervisor or all under DON/ADON

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

    I have never heard of this. I've worked at places where CNAs thought they were part of management. Lol. I live in CA, and yeah not anywhere I have worked

  17. Need affirmation :(

    i_love_patient_care replied to JeffreyT89's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Is it the skills or the written

  18. Hospital CNA.

    i_love_patient_care replied to Tyler626's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I've worked both. Hospitals are easier because you can always find someone to help. The nurses have way less patients, and actually want to help because they know how to move them without hurting...

  19. How to Survive the Night Shift??

    i_love_patient_care replied to sixela21's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You may not have to stay awake during your shift if he's sleeping. I work home health too, but live in. My client sleeps at night and sometime uses the bathroom during that time. Other than that,...

  20. Cna classes-what to expect?

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

    Classroom: learn terminology you will need on the job and basic info about patient care. How to do vitals and skills. This stuff is not that hard, but pay attention. If you passed drivers Ed you...

  21. do you keep a copy of your cna license in your wallet?

    i_love_patient_care replied to RJay25's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I only keep it in my wallet when I'm working PRN through an agency. Sometimes hospitals need to photo copy it and they get all weird if you don't have it. Other than that I keep it at home in my...

  22. Just passed and can't find my cna license number

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

    I think I remember mine took like a month and a half or two to get in the mail. Most places if you just bring in the Red cross cards you mentioned, they'll accept that you passed. Only thing that...

  23. Department Wars

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

    Maybe start checking all of the soap dispensers, to make sure they've been filled, and the paper towel dispensers too. Then again that might make it worse. That really

  24. Started My CNA Job

    i_love_patient_care replied to Tyler626's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    When I started I was terrible, couldn't get everyone out of bed by lunch, and the nurses were getting fed up with me. About 3 or 4 weeks into it, I started to get my own groove. I didn't have the...

  25. Anyone near 60 starting as a CNA?

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

    It depends on how physically fit you are. I'm not an Olympian, but I started this type of work in my mid-20s. I would come home from day shift and feel like I needed to lay down for 3 hours after...