I've been doing some relief charging here lately and I've come across a small issue. We have a new nurse who used to be an aid on the floor. I know the other aids mistreated him a bit when he was an...
Kystudentrn replied to ASIA1210, BSN's topic in Geriatric, LTC
I can only speak for my area. LTC gets a bad rap. My instructors in nursing school never really even spoke about that environment. It was very much implied that if you couldn't get a job in an acute...
I was answering as a nurse regardless your intended audience. I put myself through nursing school working as an aide so I can definately understand where some of them are coming from. There are nurses...
I'm not going to sugar coat it for you. The job sucks. I was a Cna for a little over three years while in school. I would say my average day consisted of mostly butt wiping, bathing, butt wiping,...
Alright I have a different take on this. Being a Cna had absolutely no bearing on my acceptance into nursing school. I'm not saying that's the case everywhere but for me it was not a factor. I'm mixed...
Where I am only licensed staff can go to acls. I was a Cna in a hospital while going to nursing school and they did pay a little more then ltc but not much. The only way to raise your pay, is go to...
It depends on what you're doing. I'd be tickled pink if you are helping with vitals, getting the room set up, getting supplies for the pt, etc... I do get irritated when cnas/techs try to be nurses....
When I was an aide I did what hookyarnandablanket did. If there was an abnormality I notified the nurse, charted such, and called it done. if you start making a habit of calling out your nurses you're...
4 years ago as a Cna in a ltc they started me at 7.35. At the hospital I started a 9.46. When I became an nurse extern it got bumped to 11.70. I'm not an RNA (haven't taken nclex yet) making 18 and I...