CNA in psych

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Can anyone give me some insight on working as a CNA in a psychiatric facility? I recently got offered a position to work at one in the gero unit.

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Did you ever end up learning more about being a psych CNA? I'd be curious to know more about it as well. I did see that there were a couple of earlier posts that address these jobs; there's a lot of good insights here if you're interested: https://allnurses.com/psychiatric-nursing/cnas-in-psych-48526.html. Good luck with the job!

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Well,kind of. I received mixed reviews from a couple of people at my current job, mostly negative.

However ,I did accept the job. And was given about 5 sheets of paper explaining the actual CNA duties that I will be performing there. Here is a brief list of some of the duties.

And they are as followed....

•Performes safety searches

•Orients patient to unit and gives tour

•Takes,monitor,and document vitals and EKG's

•Manages patient meals and snacks on the unit

•Assist patient with ADLs

•Assist patient to designated areas per program scheduled to include medication pass time,groups,and meals

•Provide measures that promote sleep as necessary

• Launders patients clothing to include washing,drying,folding and reissuing to the patient.

•Creates an atmosphere of hope,motivation,and enthusiasm.

Thanks ,I will check out the link that you provided.:up:

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