Just quit and feeling down

If there was something you should have done to prevent the fall, then learn from the incident, otherwise, please realize that if you quit your job every time something unpleasant happens, you will never succeed. There are times that a resident falls, it is not always your fault. You can't learn how to best do your job if you are never at your job long enough to learn. Thanks for caring. Even though you quit, you are yards beyond those CNAs that walk by rooms leaving call lights blinking. At least you care.

When I was new, I had the misfortune of being treated rather poorly.

I was accused of things I did not do and bashed for not being as fast as the others.

I have no idea why I did not quit.

Something always made me come back.

I came back and I came back...

Until it clicked.

Pretty soon people realized I wasn't going away.

Not only that, but they realized that I was pretty darn good at it.

Later, I was even excellent.

I was a role model and very well respected.

Now...

Had I quit, that never ever would have happened.

If you want this, shove that steel down your spine and go back again and again.

By the way, I too had a patient fall on me when I was brand new.

The resident was brushing her teeth and, as she turned toward me, she just dropped faster than the blink of an eye.

Of course, she cracked her head on the sink on the way down.

Trust me, I was much much alert and cautious after that.

Yes, I felt awful, but sometimes we have to learn the hard way.

Also, do not ever rush your residents or any hands-on care with them.

Learn how to do everything else super-fast:

You can race from room to room...

You can whiz through making a bed or emptying the trash...

You pass ice water like the hounds of hell are upon you...

But once you are ready to put your hands on a resident...

SLOW DOWN!!

Don't worry about anyone griping about overtime.

You literally have lives in your hands.

Cheers.