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I used to barf whenever I merely heard someone else do it. And my son, a new CNA himself, used to retch miserably just picking up the dog's little tootsie-roll doots in the hall. Now, a mere three months after taking the training course, he works with residents who have C. diff, and GI bleeds, and infected draining wounds, and can hardly even muster up a gag anymore. If we can get over it, so can you.
TiffanyLovesPink
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I am currently taking my CNA certification course and we have been to the nursing home 3 times so far. I'm getting worried though because everytime we change the brief and there is a #2 in it. I begin gagging from both the smell and the appearance. I really want to be a nurse some day but am worried I won't be able to get over this. Blood, guts and goo don't bother me but the brief def. does. I tried to breath through my mouth rather then my nose but that hasn't helped. Please help me get over this!