Am I out of work...or what??????

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I don't know what to do once I go back to looking for an opening when Mattthew's summer break is over with. I have found that I have arthuritis of the spine. It's from the car wrecks I had back in 1995 when I had up to 12 vertibrea outta place. I still have had problems with my back since then, even though I was under a chiropractor at that time b4 and after the accidents. Now since I have been a CNA, my problems have worsend from all that pulling patients over to their side when giving a bed bath (even with help) and from doing transfers from bed to chair and vise versa (even with help). Am I going to be able to go back to work as a CNA or will I have to look for another job completely out of the nursing field and to a job where I can sit where I won't have to be on my feet so much so that my back won't b abused so much HELP!:uhoh21:

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Sorry to hear about you back problems. I hope you find something in nursing that you can still do with the arthritis. Have you considered more sedentary jobs (telephone triage/advice nurse, medical billing, etc) or maybe working with smaller, lighter patients such as in a newborn nursery or NICU? You might need more training and education (LPN, RN education), but if you want to stay in nursing it may be worth it.

Good luck!

Adonai

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Specializes in CNA/ ALF & Hospital.
Sorry to hear about you back problems. I hope you find something in nursing that you can still do with the arthritis. Have you considered more sedentary jobs (telephone triage/advice nurse, medical billing, etc) or maybe working with smaller, lighter patients such as in a newborn nursery or NICU? You might need more training and education (LPN, RN education), but if you want to stay in nursing it may be worth it.

Good luck!

Adonai

Telephone/Triag Nurse/Nurse Advise sounds good but, wiygh me being a CNA will I need more schooling or can a CNA even be concidered for employement for such a position?

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I don't know the training required for triage and telephone advice nurses, but it sounds like its worth looking into.

Good luck,

Adonai

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