I have been a can for few years and working into getting into dietary aide since they make the same salary in LTC's even Hospitals where I live. With that being said, I'm perplexed why dietary aides and housekeeping get paid the same as Cna's when they don't have as much responsibilities in opposed to CNA's
Furthermore,CNA's are possibly the most important and yet least respected, lowest paid job in the healthcare field. We have a back breaking job where we have to lift our patients endlessly.It is a thankless, underpaid (for what we go through!), over-stressed, early killer of a job...This type of work is becoming even harder with even more responsibility and no pay increase where I work..
Everyone wanting everything at the same time. Stepping out of a room to retrieve something only for 15 call lights to be going off and you can't walk past them. Answering them all and then going back to your original room only to have a patient now file a complain basically a lot of things that can put your license on the line.
Not to mention that it can be extremely mentally and physically exhausting with having to possibly work with patients ('residents' if in a nursing home) that are confused and agitated while trying to help them get bathed, clothed, transfer the person from his or her bed to a wheelchair and such.
I believe we should make more foe how hard we work.Just looking for opinions
Tenebrae, BSN, RN
2,021 Posts
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