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  1. Missingyou

    Should I do CNA first?

    Check the local Red Cross. They usually offer a 5 or 6 week course both in the afternoons and in the evenings and they generally run them throughout the year. They tend to cost a bit more than a...
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    Do you feel like a housekeeper?

    Sounds like you might be happier working in a LTC facility. In a LTC you do 95% direct care and tidy up rooms as time allows in most facilities. You CONSTANTLY are moving and doing something and it...
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    First Job Orientation help!

    Your first day or 2 will be sitting and reviewing policy/procedures and various required inservices. The next few or several days, depending on the facility where you work, you will probably shadow...
  4. I agree with the other posters here. It SOUNDS like you can do it, but it will be very difficult and more like impossible. Again, you will HAVE to work full time to pay the bills and go to school full...
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    Wound and pressure sore ideas

    Seeing pictures (other than those in the book) and how quickly they can develop made a huge impression on me when I was doing my training. If there happens to be one on a resident when doing clinicals...
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    New CNA still in Highschool! HELP!

    First, you MUST give yourself more credit. Confidence is very important. It takes time to learn and to get the hang of it...you WILL get there with a little more experience under your belt!!! Second,...
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    no more alarms for fall risks!

    Our facility has already been doing the care plans that Loo17 mentions. It hasn't stopped the resident's during the day from getting up or self transferring during the day. We have almost always been...
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    requirements for cna programs?

    I paid for my own training and once I became certified and found work in a medicare/medicaid facility (nursing home, hospital etc) the state reimbursed me (through the nursing home) for my training....
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    So Can Only Apply Once to a Job>?

    Hospitals generally want 6 months LTC experience, so it seems you have very little chance of getting a job at a hospital until you get at least 6months. Don't let that stop you from appling tho. I...
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    Advice please?

    Go to the second interview, no need to tell either one that about the other. Really size up the place, look at team work, cleaniness of the facility, etc. Of course, job #2 still hasn't offered you...
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    Do you feel like a housekeeper?

    Well said mvm2! Each of us have our talents and our calling. For some of us, it's in a home, for others it's in a hospital or LTC facility. Johndough, you just need to find setting where you're most...
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    Do you get paid for CEUs and In-services

    I work in a nursing home. Our mandatory inservices are paid but at a lower rate than our "working on the floor" pay rate. Some of our CEU's that we are required to have to keep our certification are...
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    Do you feel like a housekeeper?

    This is why I don't do home care. Too much sitting around or doing cleaning. I've tried all the "let's do a fun activity", but all they want/need me for is cleaning house or the client wants to sleep...
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    Back issue

    I'm not at all surprised that you felt so overwhelemed and that you didn't get any help from your coworkers. Pretty typical... I agree! Give it a month. If you keep offering to help others, they...
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    Will my CNA license get revoked?

    Here's the thing, most employers ask if you've been arrested before. The fact that you've been arrested for shoplifting will pretty much disqualify you for employment in any nursing facility or...
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    Which is better?

    ...it all depends on how you look at it really.. 1)Family is usually a great support system and it can be an added stress to be away from them. At the same time, 2)being away from family can be a...
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    Back issue

    Take the time to raise the bed!!!!! Bend your knees. Even if you're tying someones shoes or helping to put on someone's pants, bend at the knees (or squat down)NOT at the waist... Bending at the...
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    Unnerving, reminder

    Just a gentle reminder because I recently experienced some things that were a little unnerving for me and for one of my residents. When giving care to a resident who may not APPEAR to be alert or...
  19. Each to their own. You have to be where you are most comfortable and happy. Yes, being a CNA is really hard work no matter where you are. You said you were only at the 1st place for 2 weeks before...
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    I Wanted to share this!!

    *happy dance!* I hope you still have the same enthusiasm after your first month of working! Not to discourage you....I actually want to ENCOURAGE you! ....but, "real life" CNA is very different than...
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    Interviewed in August

    My step daughter told me the same thing as you just did. She said this is the reason why she (a college student) did not purchase insurance through the ACA. What she did not realize is that the quote...
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    looking for some...

    If you simply want to work with the elderly in a nursing home you can write something like: I choose to work with seniors. I will assist them in living a full and healthy life and help them with...
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    cna coworker not very helpful

    Let go of what happened in the past with this co-worker. Always be professional. Don't waste your energy on "well she said, so I said" stuff! Be the better person. Let your supervisors see you as a...
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    Interviewed in August

    I really depends on the facility and the packages they offer. I personally found with where I work that it is far better to work part time (which I am able) and purchase my health insurance through...
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    Clinicalssssssssss 😎

    Don't forget a little note pad you can keep in your pocket and a pen!!! You will use them more than anything else! Good luck! Always take the 20 secs to raise the bed before giving care. Your back is...