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Monday, April 4, 2011

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Tracy McClelland, RN, MSN, Ycarte Health Career Center, Georgia Nursing Entrepreneurs:"Opening doors to the Nursing Profession is our primary concern. We are a nursing tutorial facility designed to assist our community by training healthcare professions with the most updated nursing information and training equipment. We focus on assisting individuals who want to advance in the healthcare profession, or begin with an entry level into healthcare. Our goal is to bring education to you in a comfortable non-threatening environment that allows for learning. Whether you are new to healthcare or desire to advance in this profession, we can provide you with the training you need."
Tracy McClelland, RN, MSN, Ycarte Health Career Center
North Pointe Plaza
1214 North Peterson Ave. Suite P
Douglas, GA 31533
Phone: (912) 384-8680
Fax: (912) 384-4390
info@ycartehealth.org
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February 12, 2009: The stressed out life of a nursing assistant:"This morning I got a call from a supervisor of a nursing facility. This supervisor was beyond frustration. Stressed, disappointed and between a rock and a hard place. The supervisor had three nursing assistants call out of work for the day shift on a Saturday. Unfortunately, more people call off work on the weekends than on weekdays."
http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20090212/DCP05/902120371

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Nursing Malpractice Case Studies: http://www.nursingcasestudy.com

September 26, 1999: Nursing Assistants Leave Client Alone, Patient Receives Second Degree Burns During Bath.
Registered and Licensed Practical Nurses frequently delegate responsibilities and tasks to Certified Nursing Assistants and Unlicensed Assistive Personnel. It is clearly recognized that they are responsible for the actions/inactions of those they supervise. In this case, two nursing assistants recognized injuries to a patient while giving a bath. When they failed to notify the nurse of the injuries, they would be reported and lose their certifications.
http://www.nursefriendly.com/nursing/clinical.cases/092699.htm

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Caregiver's Beacon newsletter:"The Caregiver's Beacon newsletter is a free service to family caregivers. It is formerly known as The ElderCare Beacon and Keepin' Up With ALZwell. Simply enter your e-mail address in the box and click "Subscribe." Twice each month we will send you a supportive and informative newsletter that includes feature articles, caregiving tips, book reviews, hot topics, community updates and our chat schedule."
http://www.ec-online.net/Knowledge/Newsletters/subscribe.htm

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Certified Nursing Assistants, Typical Workday:"This, is a typical workday schedule of Duties, for 6-2 shifts in a Nursing Home Environment. SCENARIO is 2 Nursing Assistants, Floor has 20 people, each CNA has about 10 each of residents."
http://members.tripod.com/~CNA_MUNCHKIN/shari2doc3.htm

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ceus-r-ez.comHello, and welcome to ceus-r-ez.com! This site is designed to help long-term care administrators, assisted-living administrators and managers, certified nursing assistants, personal care assistants, group-home caregivers, and residential aides obtain continuing education units easily and inexpensively."
http://www.ceus-r-ez.com/

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CNA FORUM Frequently Asked Questions/ Making Change Count
http://www.network54.com/Forum/11252?achk=1

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CNA Message Board:"Welcome to the CNA Message Board, a companion site to the Certified Nursing Assistants Website at http://pages.ivillage.com/bostonality This forum is provided for the benefit of professional caregivers as a place to come together for discussion, encouragement, information and friendship. We were originally located at Community Zero and we had almost 900 members! I hope you will decide to join in. Registration is simple, free and all are welcome!
http://www.hostboard.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=3386

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CNA-Secrets.com, CNA Training Site:"If you'd like to know more about the resources necessary for a Certified Nursing Assistant career, then this site is for you. CNA's offer a wide range of essential healthcare services to patients in a variety of healthcare settings. In addition, CNA's are a part of the healthcare team. CNA's can be referred to a geriatric aides, rehab aides, nursing assistants and nursing aides. CNA's can either make or break a patient's perception of a facility. The job of a CNA is both tough and rewarding. In fact, over 2 million jobs are held by nursing assistants and home health aides across America."
MO Media LLC
3827 Phelan #179 Beaumont, TX 77707
http://www.cna-secrets.com/

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CNA Today:"CNA Today is a quarterly magazine published by the National Association of Geriatric Nursing Assistants (NAGNA) for and about certified nursing assistants and their role in long term care. It is a special magazine, a publication virtually every person in the long term care industry will want to read. With a circulation of well over 20,000, we reach CNAs, Directors of Nursing, facility Administrators, nursing home residents, and their families, product manufacturers, policy makers, and other health care associations. The first issue debuted June 2001 and was unveiled at the NAGNA National Convention. CNA Today will prove to be a remarkable resource for information on long term care."
CNA Today
PO Box 375 Joplin, MO 64802
800-784-6049 fax-417-623-2230
Editorial Content ctrendel@cnatoday.com
http://www.cnatoday.com

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Diary of the Certified Nurse Assistant, A day in the life of:"This is where YOU should begin a daily diary of your day, whether good or bad, once you create a diary of your feelings you will notice alot about the LTC, the residents, the co workers, your own self worth and what may lie in the feelings of others you work with."
http://members.tripod.com/~CNA_MUNCHKIN/shari4.htm

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Direct Care Alliance:"Nationwide, we face a critical shortage of high-quality direct-care workers — home health aides, certified nursing assistants, and personal care attendants — who can meet the needs of our country's long-term care consumers — people who are elderly, chronically ill, or living with disabilities. Direct-care workers provide the vast majority of hands-on care within our long-term care health system. Consumers rely on these workers to provide them with comfort, companionship, and care in an atmosphere that preserves their dignity and well-being. As a result, consumers consistently cite the quality of their relationship with their paraprofessional workers as a primary determinant of their quality of life."
Direct Care Alliance
c/o Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute
349 East 149th Street, 10th Floor- Bronx, NY 10451
Phone: 718.402.7766 - Fax: 718.585.6852
email: info@directcarealliance.org
http://www.directcarealliance.org/

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ElderCare Online:"ElderCare Online is a beacon for people caring for aging loved ones. Whether you are caring for a spouse, parent, relative or neighbor, we are committed to providing an online community where supportive peers and professionals help you improve quality of life for yourself and your elder."
http://www.ec-online.net/

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Florida Certified Nursing Assistant Registry:"Welcome to the Florida Certified Nursing Assistant Registry. The Florida Certified Nursing Assistant certificate does not have an expiration date. Once certified the CNA must perform any nursing-related services for monetary compensation during the preceding 24 months to remain active; otherwise, the certificate will lapse and one must be re-certified to work as a CNA."
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C13
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3252
Telephone: (850) 245-4567, Email: MQA_CNA@doh.state.fl.us
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/cna/index.html

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Institute for Caregiver Education:
Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly
100 North 17th Street, Suite 600 Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 545-5728 phone (215) 545-5372 fax
http://www.caregivereducation.org/

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In the Know, Inc.:"In the Know is a publishing company dedicated to developing quality paraprofessional inservice solutions for health care organizations. The company was founded in North Carolina in 1998 by Linda Leekley, a registered nurse with extensive experience in clinical education, staff development and both acute and long term care. At In the Know, we recognize that: Nursing paraprofessionals will continue to be the health care occupation most in demand as the U.S. population ages. Nursing assistants play a crucial role in a health care team. Nursing paraprofessionals have the least amount of pre-employment education of any clinical employees and therefore require effective ongoing on-the-job training. A serious difficulty exists in training and retaining a strong nurse aide staff."
In the Know, Inc.
306 Brandermill Drive Durham, NC 27713
lindaleekley@knowingmore.com
Phone: (877) 809-5515 (Toll Free, USA) (919)-403-8979 (Voice) (919) 490-4808 (FAX)
http://www.knowingmore.com/

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National Network of Career Nursing Assistants:"Career Nurse Assistants' Programs, Inc. is a non-profit, tax exempt, educational organization promoting recognition, education, research, advocacy and peer support development for nursing assistants in nursing homes and other long term care settings. (EIN # 34-1782518). The membership of CNAP is the National Network of Career Nursing Assistants."
3577 Easton Road Norton, OH 44203
Phone Number: 330 825-9342 Fax Number: 330 825-9378
Email Address: cnajeni@aol.com
http://www.cna-network.org/

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Sunday, November 28, 2010

You know you’re a CNA when…

How do you know you’re a CNA?

See if you recognize yourself in the following tongue-in-cheek list, compiled by a former CNA who’s been there, done that.


1. You never leave home without your back brace and gait belt.
2. You change more linens than a hotel maid.
3. You have at least 20 sets of adoptive grandparents.
4. You keep up with the number of BMs your family has.
5. The beds in your home are made with “hospital corners.”
6. You can easily feed three or more people at one time.
7. You don’t get grossed out by what you find in adult briefs.
8. You can find 101+ uses for towels, sheets and pillowcases.
9. When your spouse holds your hand, you catch yourself doing range-of-motion exercises.
10. You tell your spouse that he/she is facing the wrong way at the wrong time in bed.

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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules that nursing companies must pay home health aides overtime | Markets | Market News | Canadian Business Online

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court said Wednesday a company must pay overtime to its home health care aides, saying an overtime exception only applies to people who pay for domestic services in their own homes.

The court unanimously upheld state Department of Labor and Industry regulations, ruling against Bayada Nurses Inc., which had asked the courts to settle the issue after the agency began looking into how it was paying the aides.

A state regulation that dates to 1977 provides an exception to overtime payments for domestic services in an employer's home. Bayada argued unsuccessfully that it should apply to its aides, who are largely supervised by the householder, and said the regulation would drive up the cost of services.

The company said its "householder clients" approve who will work in their homes, set their hours, control all aspects of services that will be provided and can terminate the relationship. In that respect, it said, the company and the clients jointly employ the aides.

Justice Debra McCloskey Todd wrote that the regulation was reasonable and consistent with the Legislature's intent in the Minimum Wage Act of 1968.

"Under the department's regulation, working for the householder employer permits an exemption from overtime requirements. Working for a third-party agency employer does not," Todd wrote.

Todd's opinion noted that unions and the AARP warned that failing to adequately pay home health care workers "will lead to an even greater shortage of these critical workers."

The court said Bayada was a Pennsylvania corporation headquartered in Moorestown, N.J., and that it had about 38 offices in Pennsylvania that employed more than 1,000 people. A 2008 Commonwealth Court ruling in the case, which the justices upheld, said the home health aides at issue in the litigation helped people with daily living and general companionship.

Labor and Industry spokesman Christopher Manlove said the department was pleased with the court ruling. A message seeking comment from Bayada was not immediately returned.

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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Nursing Home Workers At Risk for Assault: Study

Nursing Home Workers At Risk for Assault: Study:"Nursing home workers who are routinely exposed to violent encounters with either the residents they care for or visitors to the nursing home face a three times greater risk for developing painful musculoskeletal conditions, new research reveals. Dr. Helena Miranda, of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in Helsinki, led a team that surveyed 920 employees working at 12 different nursing homes that were owned by a single company, located in Maryland and Maine."
Nursing Home Workers At Risk for Assault: Study



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