Re: Overwhelmed!
New things at a fast pace are overwhelming. The best advice I can give you is when you're in the lab, use your time wisely. If you have a few chitchat minutes grab a classmate and say "Hey, wanna practice this quick?" Otherwise I would also go home and go through the motions of a skill. You don't need a real person or the real equiptment to learn the correct ways to do something, just improvise. If it helps to give peri-care or make an occcupied bed with a cabbage patch doll do it!
When it comes to clinical just take a moment to think. In practice being a CNA is just a lot of common sense. Before you do something, always ask yourself if it's safe for the resident. If you don't know or are uncomfortable with it, ask someone else.
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