Is there a CNA/Pt ratio law in your state? To my knowledge, there is not one here in NC. I'm currently in nursing school, and have opted not to get my CNA certification back due to poor work conditions. I got burned out! I was working in a nursing home, where we would end up with two aides on the night shift, with almost 50 patients, most of whom were alzheimer's or total care. We would start out with three, but management would send home someone (fire them) without telling us we were now short staffed. It wasn't fair to us and employees, and definitly was not fair to the patients! We physically weren't able to care for them all, turn, change, etc. I quit before something happened to a patient that was somehow related to poor care. I feel horrible for the way things went there, and I am ashamed to say I even worked there and put up with the crap for as long as I did. We were written up for not taking supper breaks (we didn't have time between the two of us), so we'd clock out and go back on the floor, then clock back in after 30 minutes. This is one of my reasons for even choosing nursing school, was to somehow try and help change the poor conditions I have seen. Back to the original question, is the a law where you live? How do you feel about it?
