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    Study CNA/ CT or just phlebotomy and EKG tech

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

    1. I don't live in a state where we have PCT's so I really don't know much about them. I do know that CNA's can find work much easier than phlebotomists or EKG techs. Hospitals want phlebotomists with...
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    cna's doing dressings??

    casi replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    As a CNA I'm allowed to do simple sterile/clean dressing changes which amount to slapping a 4x4 on something and taping it down. It's rare that I do these, but I chart that I did
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    Rotating Shifts??

    casi replied to 2bTraumaRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    Most shifts were I work are rotated day/evening day/night evening/night. I don't like it at all, if you want a straight shift it's easier to find straight nights. Thankfully I got a straight nights...
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    How Beneficial?

    casi replied to Faith213's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I feel very comfortable in the clinical setting. One of the hardest things for me was learning how to approach people to provide such personal cares. Since I've been a CNA that comes as second nature...
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    Should I or should I not?

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

    Does everyone else have insiders info as to why people don't like it or are they going on just rumors. Just because others don't like working someplace doesn't mean that you will dislike it. Go for it...
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    Measure and Record Weight of Ambulatory Client Question Help PLZ

    casi replied to naide88's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Your skill is just weighing, so you can have them just sit back on the side of the bed, or a chair and hand them their call-light. Keep it short and simple, your tester is just looking for the above,...
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    CNA Skills test! HELP!

    casi replied to kelseyg83's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Definately study from the material you received from the testing company. My school required students to have health care experience, but within any area of health care. They also required students...
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    I want to be anurse but...

    casi replied to futurelpn09's topic in General Nursing

    Apply everywhere and anywhere. Nursing school is hard to get into, so you have to give yourself a lot of options. You can do it, it just takes some
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    i got a needle stick today need prayer

    casi replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm keeping you in my thoughts at this terrifying
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    Is there ANY department in nursing that I can avoid cleaning up poo?

    casi replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Once you get your hands into it and start cleaning up poop, it really won't be too huge of a deal. There are worse things in nursing than poop. Please don't be one of those nurses who gets the aide...
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    Will Somebody Please tell me it gets better as a Nurse?

    casi replied to Kunzieo's topic in General Nursing

    You can't give back to each and every patient when you have 28 patients that you are expected to get vital signs on and help with ADLs. When you are a CNA in that situation you're lucky if you are...
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    Stubborn Mother

    casi replied to antidote's topic in General Nursing

    She's an adult and allowed to make her own decisions. My mother was having bouts of chestpain and tachycardia several times (I was still living at home at the time) she'd come into my room and wake...
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    Angels posing as hospital patients?

    casi replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Patients often claim that we are there angels. If some of them only knew how they touched our
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    I'm so mad I could SCREAM! (LONG)

    casi replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can't help but think that the nurse may have felt that you were challenging her and her skills instead of trying to learn. Some people are very sensitive. When I try to pick my nurses brains I'm...
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    A 19 yr old CNA

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

    I'm a younger nurses aide and I've worked with a lot of younger ones in both ltc and hospital and it really does have to do with how you present yourself. If you are confident and when you are...
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    Scrubs to tight? How do you tell someone?

    casi replied to Absolutely13's topic in General Nursing

    If scrubs are too tight and revealing I would go to the manager and ask them to address it. But when a co-worker is bending over and you get the undies veiw or they have the undies peaking out of the...
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    what are these people thinking???

    casi replied to RNmom08's topic in General Nursing

    I would have slipped a packet of thick-it in the diet
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    Cna exam help

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

    Okay, I don't know how good of answers these are, but this is a mixture of what I do in practice and what I've learned. 1. I always bring a bag into the room I'm working in and open it up on a chair....
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    Two Step Blood Pressures?

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

    I was taught it in school, but told not to use it in clinicals. We were told that the basis of using it was to find a baseline. I will however say that it's a nifty trip to have up your sleeve when...
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    Sharps Container at Kaiser

    casi replied to GM1987's topic in General Nursing

    At our nursing station and on our IV trays we use sharps containers that can be easily accessed, but in all of our patients rooms we use secured boxes. As other people said, if you are desperate to...
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    Will Somebody Please tell me it gets better as a Nurse?

    casi replied to Kunzieo's topic in General Nursing

    You are GOOD! I work as a CNA on a 26 bed tele unit overnights as the only aide on the floor and I only have about half the responsibilities you do. I'm amazed you can do as much as you can....
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    what should I do?

    casi replied to tryingtobecome's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing school is hard, but you don't know how you'll do or how you'll like it until you give it a try. Right now I wouldn't worry about specialties or money. I'd just worry about getting into a...
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    Things you'd like to say to your co-workers, but never would ....

    casi replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Really it's okay when you sit at the nurses station doing Sodoku puzzles when everyone around you is running around crazy answering call-lights and bed alarms. *grumbles* It's nice to share that you...
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    Getting hired as an Acute Care Nurse Assistant

    casi replied to seek1kees's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I tried as hard as I could to get hired right out of school... The only thing that really worked was getting experience in
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    New Career....Newly Pregnant?

    casi replied to jess23487's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The hospital can't fire you based on your pregnancy. If they did, they would be in deep poop. Congratulations on your new job and your potential