MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cna'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:41:15 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4704732&cid=t_201714_111_f&fid=39123&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fnursingcomments%2Ftdtc%2F%7E3%2F_bdqCfd8pMs%2F This is a guest post by Catherine Bynes. Catherine is a career/ educational blogger and she writes mostly about CNA Training and Certification over at her blog. _________________________________________________ Choosing to become a CNA as a career option can be a good choice if you enjoy helping others and want to start an entry-level healthcare position.  If you work as a CNA, you will provide assistance with activities of daily living for patients, monitor vital signs and provide other basic care services for your patients. A career as a CNA can be a good option if you know you want to work in the medical field, but if you do not want to spend a great deal of time in training.  Most nursing assistant training programs last for just a few weeks.  This is a good option if you need to st... Nursing Comments blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4704732 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:04:24 +0100 4704732 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4326904&cid=t_201714_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fan-interview-with-a-director-of-nursing%2F2011.01.08 “NurseExec” is the director of nursing (DON) at a 120-bed skilled nursing facility (SNF) that has a 50/50 mix of patients needing short-term rehab and long-term care. After working in the OR as a circulator nurse, she started out as a charge nurse in her current building, which entailed pushing a med cart and taking care of 20 patients. After nine months, she was promoted to Risk Manager and three years later became the DON. She starts her day at 7am by rounding on nursing units, consulting with unit managers on clinical issues, and dealing with grievances and employee issues. She checks in with the charge nurses and certified nursing assistants (CNAs), checks shower rooms and utility rooms. Then it’s off to Morning Standup with department heads, followed by clinical rounds with ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4326904 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4326904 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4230156&cid=t_201714_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fan-interview-with-a-developmental-disability-nurse%2F2010.12.05 For my first interview, I thought I’d interview someone who would tolerate my novice interviewing abilities — my mother. Ginny, RN, BS, DDRN has been a nurse for over 30 years, most of that time in the Intensive Care Unit. (The apple did not fall far, did it?) She currently works as Developmental Disabilities Nurse and has done so for nine years. A developmental disability is defined by Wikipedia as “a term used in the United States and Canada to describe life-long disability attributable to mental and/or physical impairments, manifested prior to age 18.” Ginny says that her clients have a range of mental and physical disabilities including cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, mental retardation, and autism, with autism being the most prevalent. Her clients live in normal houses a... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4230156 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 22:00:12 +0100 4230156 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3737272&cid=t_201714_137_f&fid=39091&url=http%3A%2F%2Falzheimmers.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fall-kinds-of-caregivers-very-thankless.html So much of this blog is about the caregiver, that is the family member, caring for a loved one with AD. I try to cover some of the plight of those in this blog, having been one myself at a very unproven age. I also spend a lot of time trying to cover the plight of the physician, having been one myself for all my adult life. Lets face it the odds of building any empathy for the doctor, are about nil, it can't be done, and lets face it with our wonderful sweeping health care reform the odds of seeing the doctor in any sort of possible non0negative light will be even less.   I mean come on, as the oil gushes out after months, as we all dip into our 401ks a little more,  if anyone has anything left in them, has not your health care and access already dramatically improved??? Digressi... Caregiver Survival: I Hate Alzheimers blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3737272 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:56:00 +0100 3737272 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3424941&cid=t_201714_111_f&fid=39123&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fnursingcomments%2Ftdtc%2F%7E3%2FMUUEQoFeEUk%2F      This was a guest post done by me for Sandra Stevens on 03/28/2010.  Sandra’s site addresses help and training issues for certified nursing assistants.  She posted as a guest here on 03/27/2010.  Often bloggers exchange information on one another’s  blog site.  If you would like to see the original, please visit Sandra’s site at:  www.cnatraininghelp.com                 Good morning readers.  By way of introduction, my name is Stephanie Jewett.  I have been a registered nurse for 30+ years in a host of fields and also hold a MBA from Regis University in Denver, Co.  I’m going to talk a little bit about how I got the idea to go into nursing school, some of the reasons I love nursing and other options for nurses that want to be out of the... Nursing Comments blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3424941 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:17:49 +0100 3424941 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3420562&cid=t_201714_111_f&fid=39123&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fnursingcomments%2Ftdtc%2F%7E3%2FJT-dB1UntFc%2F Why Many Nursing Schools Require Students to Hold a CNA Certification If you have been looking into nursing school, you have noticed that many nursing programs require you to have your CNA certification before you can apply for the nursing curriculum.  You can receive CNA certification by completing an accredited nursing assistant certification program.  Additionally, you will need to receive a passing score on a certification exam.  Completing certification as a nursing assistant will help to provide you with the building blocks for an education and later a career as a nurse.  There are many skills that you will learn when you are training to be a nursing assistant.  You will learn to assist patients with activities of daily living and even to oversee range of motion exercises for pa... Nursing Comments blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3420562 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:21:13 +0100 3420562 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2287318&cid=t_201714_111_f&fid=34716&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNurseRatchedsPlace%2F%7E3%2FxQv7Df67vF0%2F Buckle your collective bargaining seatbelts. According to an article in the New York Times, Two of the nation’s fastest-growing labor unions — the Service Employees International Union and the California Nurses Association — ended a bitter yearlong dispute on Wednesday by agreeing to work together to unionize hospital workers and push for universal health coverage. These two nursing unions have heeded the words of Mother Jones and have formed a powerful alliance. Why now? There is a perfect storm brewing in our country. We’ve been living the American Dream in reverse. Adjusting for inflation, average wages are lower than they were in the 1970s, and our minimum wage is lower than it was in the 1950s. Nurses and other health care professionals are working longer hours under deterior... Nurse Ratched's Place blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2287318 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:08:01 +0100 2287318