So I am currently a Nursing student and thought it would be a good experience to become a CNA. Well anyway.....I hate it!!!!! I get paid squat and do the hardest job I have ever done in my life. I really do enjoy the residents at the nursing home but the employees and the labor **** me off. I am seriously in a sweat from the moment I walk in till the moment I leave.
I feel severely underpaid and overworked. I could be babysitting and make more money than I do busting my butt all day.
Do you think it is just the facility I work in (its my first CNA position)?
Am I doomed as a nurse because I don't like being a CNA?
Any tips on how to make my attitude more positive?
I agree with you. I just graduated with my RN and I believe that doing that back breaking grunt work at nursing homes and other LTC facilities is good training to help you become an excellent nurse. You gotta start somewhere lol, what better place than the bottom? I've worked with plenty of nurses who have never worked as a CNA, ecspecially a LTC CNA and it shows!
MichelleF.RN
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I agree with you. I just graduated with my RN and I believe that doing that back breaking grunt work at nursing homes and other LTC facilities is good training to help you become an excellent nurse. You gotta start somewhere lol, what better place than the bottom? I've worked with plenty of nurses who have never worked as a CNA, ecspecially a LTC CNA and it shows!