If you hate being a CNA will you hate being an RN too?

Morainey, BSN, RN · Feb 21, 2012

Yeah, it can definitely be tough, especially when you have other CNAs which have been around for ages and can get everything done really fast! I remember a resident who almost made me cry because her roommate's bed wasn't made by 9:15AM. I always wanted to say, listen, there are 12 (or 13 or 14 or 15) of you and only one of me. LTC is not an easy place to be an aide.

AddisonLawrence03 · Feb 21, 2012

Yeah, it can definitely be tough, especially when you have other CNAs which have been around for ages and can get everything done really fast! I remember a resident who almost made me cry because her roommate's bed wasn't made by 9:15AM. I always wanted to say, listen, there are 12 (or 13 or 14 or 15) of you and only one of me. LTC is not an easy place to be an aide.

Yes, I know that feeling too well. The OCD patients can sometimes be mean, and so unreasonable, which makes it very hard for me to like them and my job. I recently got accepted into Radiology Tech school, and I am debating if maybe I should just pursue this instead of nursing. I know the job market isnt' quite as plentiful as nursing but if I cannot stand what I am doing now, I dont think its going to get better if I become an RN. Or maybe I will like it I dont know.

allnurses Guide · Feb 21, 2012

It's the OCD patients that I have a very difficult time working with. You have to do things a particular way or else they go off. I can't please them at all. Don't know why, it seems other home health aides or CNAs deal with them a lot better than me. I never seem to do anything right with them, and they make me hate my job

If you hate your job when someone behaves in a way you'd expect them to consistent with their diagnosis I would think you'd be totally exhausted within a very short time frame trying to avoid irritants and tedious tasks. Doesn't sound like a good situation for either party.

Have you asked the people who deal with them better than you how you can improve your rapport with them?

nurseprnRN, BSN, RN · Feb 21, 2012

only if you think that nursing is only about being a glorified aide with a few more perks and responsibilities.

hint: it's not. i wasn't really thrilled with my job as a nursing aide, though i did it for four years, and i'd never go back to that for a million bucks. i really like my work now.