--- In nursingassistantsonly@yahoogroups.com, "Amy" <alkpink@...>
wrote:
>
> i am a new cna(2 months in), and would appreciate some tips on
managing
> my time with the residents. Thank you!!


The way I try to manage my time is by getting the hardest patients
done first. Then move on to the easiest, that way if I get tied up
somewhere else the biggest part of the job is done. I always found
that total care patients could be done quicker even though their the
hardest. The ones who can get up and about by themselves always need
much more and are constantly ringing out for something. Turning a
patient is pretty quick, but when you have to stand for 10 minutes and
wait for a patient to stand at the sink just to brush their teeth it
takes forever.