Is being a CNA a really hard job?

Nursing Students CNA/MA

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I am thinking about taking a CNA class to see if I would like being a nurse. I do enjoy helping people including the elderly. But is this job really hard? Do you use lifts to move patients in Nursing homes and hospitals? I do have neck and back pain sometimes due to needing a breasts reduction. So I would be wearing a back and possibly a neck brace while working. Also are you allowed to wear masks and goggles to protect you from germs? I've been told that some patients will try to spit and throw feces on you. Which is why I will definitely want to wear a masks and goggles.

Specializes in Wound care; CMSRN.

Floor nursing is hard work and people do it for 30 and 40 yrs. The difficulty varies from day to day depending on your census and the acuity of your patient load and whether or not you got enough sleep the night before and a hundred other things. It's not impossible work; it's not a salt mine.

The only way you're going to know is to try it. I've had a lot of people tell me they couldn't do my job. I can't get my head around that. Go for it. It'll be good experience no matter what you eventually decide to do.

Well I've also thought about Massage Therapy I though that can be hard on the body as well. But I guess it would be a lot of stressful than the CNA work.

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