CNA's pay

GAstudent · Apr 18, 2003

1. Northwest, GA

2. CNA/PCT 1

3. LTC

4. 6 plus months

5. 10.07/hr

pickledpepperRN · Apr 18, 2003

1. Southern California

2. I'm no longer a CNA. Information from friends

3. Hospital registry/ private duty in the home

4. 10 weeks to 8 years

5. (A. Registry $ 11 to 14.00/hr. Takes a day off at will. Works hard, staff love her.

(B. private duty in the home of a rich Beverly Hills family $1,00.00 for a 10 hour a day 5 day week. One alert patient needing mobility assistance, hygiene, and feeding. She takes patient to movies and restaurants in limo, Patient sits in wheelchair and watches her swim in the pool, she says the patient is pleasant and treats her like a daughter. She used to work med/surg with us now LOVES this job! Also patient takes naps. She is not asked to cook or do housework.

GAstudent · Apr 18, 2003

I need to find someone like that..LOL

udontwannabme · Apr 22, 2003

1. Southern Indiana

2. CNA

3. Hospital/Med-surg

4. Four months

5. $8.00 hr.

My pay isn't that great, but most of the time the pt load is small, the nurses are great and It's only 6 miles from home.

I knew when I did 2 weeks clinical at a nursing home, that I would not, could not handle the emotional stress involved with getting attached to the residents, or knowing that I was not able to give them the care and time that they needed. If I went into LTC I could make up to $18 hr.

RainbowzLPN, LPN · Apr 22, 2003

1. Central Pa

2. CNA

3. Hospital/ med-surg

4. 1 year tomorrow

5. $8.50/hr

itsme · Apr 22, 2003

The cna where i work in LTC start at around 12 and after 5 years top off at about 14.80 per hour. every other weekend, and you work on a holiday if it is your regular day to work. Double pay for holidays.

Ortho_RN · Apr 22, 2003

1. Northwest Arkansas

2. PCA

3. Hospital.. Orthopaedics

4. a year in May

5.$12.20 evening shift

Hellllllo Nurse, BSN, RN · Apr 23, 2003

Wow.

I'm an RN, but where I work they start LPNs at only $10./hr. cost of living is high in my area, too.

The PCTs start at $7./hr.

I think ALL of the direct pt care staff is underpaid where I work.

rebel_red · Apr 23, 2003

1. Lovely Cape May County, NJ

2. CNA

3. LTC

4. 6 mos

5. 10.03 per hour w/o bennies

BABNRS · Apr 23, 2003

Info from co-workers who are CNA's

1. South Mississippi

2. CNA

3. MED/Surg

4. 6 months

5. 8.50/hr base rate + $1.25 weekend diff

pokey sn · Apr 23, 2003

When I first started CNA in 1995 I was getting $9.40 in LTC. Now, it is as follows:

1. Connecticut

2. CNA

3.Rehab hospital

4.less than one year

5.$12.89 base, $16.67 with differentials.

CNA's are underpaid (I live in an Income tax state with a high cost of living). We kill our backs and have very little say in policy, get absolutely no respect. Yet we continue because we love our patients, and we do make a difference. Still I wish we had a little more respect and we were listened to. We are not dummies. We have aspirations like everyone else. I won't vent here. I just can't wait until I am a nurse!!! only one more year

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