A GOOD CNA Rocks!!

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Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.

I want to say to all of the dedicated, caring CNAs that are teamplayers that you all rock. I am an LPN whose main position is working in a hospital clinic. Although I will remain there, I decided to do med-surg per diem to keep up with my nursing skills. Anyways, I started a two day orientation in med-surg today, and one of the nurses needed to collect two urine specimens from a patient that needed a straight catherization. I only did one catheter in my entire life, and the nurse sent me with the PCA to do it. She told her "Teach my friend". And, darned if that girl did not do it WELL!! She talked me through it and I got it 1,2 3! I had to hug her, I had tears in my eyes, and she smiled and said "It's okay, we all learn from each other". I was and never will be a cocky nurse that believes that CNAs are below me. This was moving, because I honestly forgot what to do, and this girl showed me what teamwork is really supposed to be.

You are valuable members of the health care team. Take time to learn all that you can, because you never know...the person you may be teaching may be your boss, who will be FOREVER grateful!:yeah::redpinkhe:redbeathe:up::loveya:

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Specializes in LTC, rehab, medical review.

I wanted to say thanks for posting that. I often feel like nurses think I am the scum under their shoe, or just plain stupid, and reading what you wrote made my day. I am going to school this fall to be an LPN, and I know I will be empathetic to the CNAs, as I will know what it feels like to be one.

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Good CNA's are gold.

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Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.

I NEVER believed that CNAs were stupid, because I was one for many years. I know that I gave positive energy to the position. CNAs do the backbreaking work of ADLs, specimen collection and observe the patients much more often than we have a chance to. That girl great to me today, and taught me what I was SUPPOSED to know as a nurse. Yes, it is true that we master what we are regularly exposed to...however, rather than slight me and insult me, she saw that there was a need, and she jumped right in.

There are CNAs that have had degrees in other areas, but decided that they wanted to be caretakers of those that can no longer fend for themselves. Then, also, the CNA position has offered many a respectable and honest living. There are bad ones out there, for sure...the same as there are horrible LPNs, RNs and physicians. But, I just had to post this to let you all know to keep doing what you are doing. No shame in your game!! You don't have to be a nurse to know that you are doing a wonderful service to both, the patients and the staff. And, I THANK YOU, I THANK YOU and again, I THANK YOU! You all have made my day, too!

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Specializes in ICU. Med/Surg: Ortho, Neuro, & Cardiac.

I'd like to say thanks to the OP for the kind words. They are much appreciated.

We get a lot of new nurses, fresh out of school, that think they can't learn a damn thing from their CNA's. Trust me, most of them learn really quick though. :-D

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Thank you for that. Even though I will be a student soon, I will def NOT forget where I came from. I give 110% & I have integrity... I do what's right, even when no one is watching.

My med/surg unit has been shutdown due to maint. issues (should hopefully be open again soon) & the other night I was floated to TCU. By the end of the shift, the nurses were asking their manager if they could 'keep me'. :) I don't *need* to hear stuff like that, but it sure was nice to hear. I work w/some rockin RN's on my reg unit, we help each other... it's a rough unit, & it would be much rougher if we weren't such a great team.

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Thank you sooooo much for acknowledging us!!! Now that I have a different job it's better but the job I had before I always felt like the nurses didn't think we had enough work to do. I would be running my butt off trying to get my work done and the nurses would constantly be saying that I need to do this and this and this when I was having a hard time trying to get done what I had to do. Us CNA's were always asked to do the jobs that the LPN's were soppose to be doing, even things that CNA's were not soppose to be doing. There was one nurse that would always say over the walkie that so and so's light is going off ALL NIGHT LONG. I understood when a light had been going off for awhile but she would do it as soon as that light was put on. Yah, I do understand that call lights need to be answered but if I'm in the middle of one resident I can't just leave and go answer the call light and all of us CNA's had pagers on us to let us know when a light was going off. I would get so irritated. Sorry, I had to get that off my chest. It's just so nice to have nurses that appreciate and acknowledge the work that we do!!! Thanks a bunch to all of you who do!!!!

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I want to say to all of the dedicated, caring CNAs that are teamplayers that you all rock. I am an LPN whose main position is working in a hospital clinic. Although I will remain there, I decided to do med-surg per diem to keep up with my nursing skills. Anyways, I started a two day orientation in med-surg today, and one of the nurses needed to collect two urine specimens from a patient that needed a straight catherization. I only did one catheter in my entire life, and the nurse sent me with the PCA to do it. She told her "Teach my friend". And, darned if that girl did not do it WELL!! She talked me through it and I got it 1,2 3! I had to hug her, I had tears in my eyes, and she smiled and said "It's okay, we all learn from each other". I was and never will be a cocky nurse that believes that CNAs are below me. This was moving, because I honestly forgot what to do, and this girl showed me what teamwork is really supposed to be.

You are valuable members of the health care team. Take time to learn all that you can, because you never know...the person you may be teaching may be your boss, who will be FOREVER grateful!:yeah::redpinkhe:redbeathe:up::loveya:

Absolutely! I couldn't do my job without the help of good techs:thankya:.

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Yah, I do understand that call lights need to be answered but if I'm in the middle of one resident I can't just leave and go answer the call light and all of us CNA's had pagers on us to let us know when a light was going off.

Gee. I'm an LPN and I answer lights.

Idiot.

(Her, not you.)

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Specializes in ICU, SDU, OR, RR, Ortho, Hospice RN.
I want to say to all of the dedicated, caring CNAs that are teamplayers that you all rock. I am an LPN whose main position is working in a hospital clinic. Although I will remain there, I decided to do med-surg per diem to keep up with my nursing skills. Anyways, I started a two day orientation in med-surg today, and one of the nurses needed to collect two urine specimens from a patient that needed a straight catherization. I only did one catheter in my entire life, and the nurse sent me with the PCA to do it. She told her "Teach my friend". And, darned if that girl did not do it WELL!! She talked me through it and I got it 1,2 3! I had to hug her, I had tears in my eyes, and she smiled and said "It's okay, we all learn from each other". I was and never will be a cocky nurse that believes that CNAs are below me. This was moving, because I honestly forgot what to do, and this girl showed me what teamwork is really supposed to be.

You are valuable members of the health care team. Take time to learn all that you can, because you never know...the person you may be teaching may be your boss, who will be FOREVER grateful!:yeah::redpinkhe:redbeathe:up::loveya:

Amen I value my CNA's so much, without them we would be lost and quite often they are my eyes because they see my patients more than me. I love each and every one of them. :yeah:

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Specializes in Telemetry/Med Surg.
Amen I value my CNA's so much, without them we would be lost and quite often they are my eyes because they see my patients more than me. I love each and every one of them. :yeah:

Absolutely!!!

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Specializes in A wide variety.

I just love those RNs and Lpns that go to find a Cna to answer a light when they could have just answered it themselves in alot less time.

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