Geezz; what if your confused resident started telling you "don't choke me", even if you did not choke her/him, and someone heard it and reported you to the supervisor? I am starting to realize that...
I never said the nurse is unreasonable by asking me to refrain from wearing gloves in the hallway; I just thought before reporting me to the supervisor she should have spoken to me first about it...
I had this resident which I like very much; she is always happy and thankful for everything that I have done for her. one day she's telling me she is in great pain and needs to take pills for it, so I...
I wasn't able to explain well to my supervisor I was very tired that night, I know this shouldn't be a reason. I just know the following morning that I can't return for work there. I guess this served...
The trash can for dirty linen and dirty pads is in the hallway, how can you take off the dirty gloves when leaving the resident room. In this facility you cant leave or put the dirty pads in the trash...
Well,,, if the clean new gloves I wear in the hallway is considered dirty already; I supposed we CNA are also dirty ourselves since we came from dirty resident room even though we took gloves off in...
Hello my Fellow CNA, how do you deal with difficult resident and difficult nurse? I have this resident suppose to take shower before 9 pm but keep refusing no matter how I try to convinced her. I...
Use the thing you learned from school correct body position or body mechanic; do not transfer the super heavy resident by yourself make sure ask another CNA for help and use hoyer. And adjust the bed...
What kind of questions did you ask during job interview? I am always speechless when the interviewer ask me if I have any questions in mind. I only ask if I can see the facility or when I will know if...
And do not be shy to speaking up or ask a necessary question to your fellow CNA OR a Nurse at work when you need help. You will overcome your shyness once you used to interact with different people....