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04-12-2011, 07:15 AM | #1 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toledo, Ohio
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| nursing assistant Is any one on here a nursing assistant? My boyfriends mom is teaching a nursing assistant class and gave me the option to take the course. I don't know how I feel about it. I think it would be a good idea for me to take the class but I would really like to know more about it and since she's at work right now and I'm so anxious about everything I thought I'd ask on here! Anything anyone could tell me thought, facts, opinions I'm interested in them all! I think it would be a good idea to couple with my ongoing degree in psychology but I don't know ahhhh! lol there's so much to think about and decide so please chime in with anything and everything! thanks!
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04-12-2011, 07:59 AM | #2 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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| I don't know about that job specifically but working with people in a medical setting is so rewarding and fulfilling - I wouldn't take anything for the job I have always had working for orthopedic surgeons. Just dealing with people that need help and being able to do help in any small way in a medical setting is wonderful if you love to help people. I wish you good success if that is what you decide to do.
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04-12-2011, 08:43 AM | #4 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Macomb, MI
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| Nursing ass't. is a great job to have while going to school. My daughter was one for a bit out of high school. The course is very quick and they start at around $13 at local hospitals around my area. You'll be doing basic direct patient care skills including bathing patients, catheters, starting IV's, injections, wound care dressings, some basic transport, vitals, etc. Although it can be pretty gross at times, it's VERY rewarding. Of course your tasks will vary depending on what setting you're in whether it's a hospital or smaller scale in a clinic, nursing home, etc. Also, it's great to get your foot in the door. My daughter started out volunteering in high school after she took a course, got hired in at the hospital as a CNA once she turned 18, and her nursing degree is in progress. The only down side is I know a lot of hospitals are getting rid of the CNAs and just leaving more work to the RNs to cut costs That's in MI though too... I think you should go for it! Anyways, good luck!
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04-12-2011, 08:53 AM | #5 | |
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In Cali and GA, there is an increase in the number of MA's/NA's because it's more cost effective to utilze 1 RN with 1 NA for every 4-12 patients (depending on the unit) then it is to have an all RN staff (ratios are determined by the state and JACHO standards).
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04-12-2011, 09:03 AM | #7 |
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| Its a great opportunity to get into the medical field. Very rewarding but also very hard work. CNAs take routine vital signs, blood sugars, bathing, feeding, ambulating pts etc. In some states like AZ, they can be trained to do phlebotomy (draw blood) and pass basic meds (med tech) in certain places with further training. The pay is decent in most places and some employers will help put you through school in the medical field such as nursing, with a work commitmet thereafter. I was an aide before becoming an RN in 2007. I love nursing and grateful for the experience I obtained as an aide.
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04-12-2011, 09:04 AM | #8 | |
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04-12-2011, 09:13 AM | #9 |
Owned by 3 furballs Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Texas
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| LVN=licensed vocational nurse. Same thing as LPN=licensed practical nurse. RN is higher than lpn/lvn. Like nursing, CNAs are regulated by each state's board if nursing and therefore slight differences in practice will be seen. Ex: my aides in Az did my phlebotomy work (excluding central lines) and discontinued peripheral IVs too. As a nurse in AZ, I started all my IVs but couldnt in CT unless I was part of the IV team and we used phlebotomists to come do our lab draws. This is in a hospital setting. Now I live in TX and the scope of practice is a little different as well. Good luck!
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04-12-2011, 12:51 PM | #10 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Ky
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| I am an RN in Kentucky and worked as a nursing assistant before finishing nursing school. Now nursing assistants can't discontinue IV's or any other procedure here. Mainly bath, bed changes, turning patients, vitals and passing meal trays. They never touch any medicines. As a nurse I value what they do. They are under paid and overworked. Becoming a pediatric nurse was one of the best choices I have made. Good luck in whatever you decide! Laurie |
04-12-2011, 02:12 PM | #11 |
♥Max & Lily♥ Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Orlando, FL, US
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| They also work in doctors' offices. Hardly do you see LPNs or RNs in doctors' offices anymore.
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04-12-2011, 05:20 PM | #12 |
Owned by 3 furballs Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Texas
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| Yep. Mostly employ MAs who pose as "the nurse" to the unsuspecting public.
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