Momof8CNA

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  1. this is awesome advice! years ago, i was a live in caretaker for alzheimers patients, and these are the same strategies i used. if they insist that its 1940 and you are their neighbor, so be it, then!...
  2. 7pm-7am shift

    i could try that..im such a caffeine addict already though! i bring a 1 liter bottle of coke with me, and then end up getting a 20 oz bottle towards the end of the shift. honestly, ive noticed that...
  3. yeah..i think at one point, i had that sort of dedication and shiny outlook, but not any more. its a pretty dismal work
  4. maybe if you work at a nursing home..but i personally am not having this experience. i work at a very large hospital in the city, 12 hour shifts..and i love it! i dont really do any turning, they have...
  5. what is it that is troubling you? honestly...i would just unclench a little! this sort of work is stressful, and letting off a little steam is ok from time to time. ive seen nurses acting just as...
  6. i have found it to be quite the opposite. in our hospital it is almost always minorities who end up getting escorted out because of loud tirades against staff, drs,nurses, whoever, and allowing their...
  7. turn teams

    question...do you guys have turn teams? i had never heard of them, but we have a team consisting of a registered nurse and aide that goes around and turns people every two hours. is this pretty much...
  8. Coping with traumatic patient death

    sometimes you can google stuff. shoot, you might even type something into the search thing on here and maybe someone who had a similar experience has posted about it, and you could find answers in...
  9. Coping with traumatic patient death

    i havent had that exact scenario happen, but something that for me, was pretty traumatic. i experienced my first code blue/patient death, and the lady was completely and totally ok right...
  10. Nurses behavior towards CNA's?

    i think the lines can be really blurred sometimes. i had a nurse call me on the phone and ask if a certain patient could have a sandwich..i was pretty taken aback, as shes the nurse, aka the one in...
  11. Thinking of becoming a CNA?

    im working night shift...basically, i get here are 630, go to my assigned floor..then i print out my patient sheet, get report, and then i usually get a drink before i get started. then i get my...
  12. turn teams

    oh we have those too, its ridiculous...its just so strange, this is like a specific group of people that just go around the hospital, turning people. i think its because a lot of the sitters wont do...
  13. turn teams

    right, that is what i said! i was really surprised. and its not that there are a lot of turns anyway. this hospital is really different than any place ive ever
  14. turn teams

    just wanted to add that i never wait on said turn teams, if its been 2 hours, i turn them unless ive been told
  15. hospitals are pretty weird about hiring new aides, but ive noticed that the hospital i work at hires their own nursing assistants..i dont think they are certified though. good luck, its a completely...
  16. storing disinfectant in residents room??

    we just carry around little bottles of M9 with
  17. i work in a hospital and i work just as hard as anyone else on my floor. that aside, i havent seen any hospital cnas imply that they are nurses, but it was pretty rampant in the nursing homes i...
  18. Honest Questions with Honest Answers

    i wanted to add that i did enjoy working in nursing homes, but for the low pay and horrible working conditions. the elderly need so much more than what they are getting at these places, it seems. i...
  19. Honest Questions with Honest Answers

    well..ive worked in nursing homes, home health, and agency at our local hospital. i have to say that i would never go back to working in a nursing home. you will make barely above minimum wage, you...
  20. Wage for STNA or CNA

    i meant to add that i also sit when needed, and i get paid the same either
  21. Wage for STNA or CNA

    i make 15 an hour, and i feel that its a fair wage. i only have 8 people on any given day, in an emergency situation, 10. i dont even have to turn people, they have turn teams, if you can believe it!...
  22. maybe it is different at hospitals, but i LOVE my job now. working at a nursing home will totally burn you out, but you arent going to run yourself to death at a hospital. ive been at my job for a...
  23. Scrubs for Pentecost CNA student?

    im catholic, but i made myself a scrub skirt...no one cared. you can definitely buy them but if you can sew, it will save you some
  24. hello! i have a question. i work for an agency here in oklahoma, and i am currently working at a large hospital in town, doing sitting and floor work. my agency is super flexible, so i have decided to...
  25. Day in the life of a CNA?

    i have worked in ltc before but now i work in a large hospital. i come on to the floor, which varies every day, and i print out my list of patients, and then i get report. after that, i get the vitals...