why so mean?

Nursing Students CNA/MA

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Hey fellow CNA's and student CNA's. I am currently in my last week of classes for my CNA training. Graduation is Friday. I love it. Figure this will be a great job while I am going to school for my Associate's for RN. York county nursing home, not bad. (This is in PA, if anyone is lost). Love the girls in my class. But please tell me, once you go on the floor for clinical, and lab, why are LPN's and fellow, already graduated CNA's so mean? Do they forget that they have been where we are trying to go? We are only trying to make your day go by smoother and easier, by doing all the dirty work, but meaningful for the residents. So hey cut us some slack. We don't need sarcasm, or being treated like what we are doing does not count or that you are so much better than us. We all fit in a wheel of care. Help us out and remember you was once me. Remember back to your first week on the floor. I love working in the health field, but some of our fellow nurses look down on us and make us feel worthless. How about tommorrow going to work and saying something nice to student nurses, or CNA's. Sometimes it can make a world of difference in the care that they give to the residents. This was said with love. Just was a little fed up today! P.S (and the teachers sometimes can go a little bit overboard with their remarks also, I believe we are all grown up, treat me with the respect I give you as an adult.

Honestly, because students get inthe way. We are already short staffed and have too much too do in a short amount of time. Now, don't take this the wrong way, we are glad you take twice as long to do showers and 5 times longer to get vitals, you get stuff done, but your still in the way. Its very annoying! I'm sure this sounds rude and all, but its true. Once you get working in the field and have to train a student, you will understand. We don't ask to train you, you are given to us to deal with. But, don't get discouraged, once you are an actual employee and prove yourself a hard worker, you won't be looked down upon. Congrats on your graduation and good luck to you!

Wow, don't complain about being short staffed when you have an attitude like THIS towards new CNAs/students!

Honestly, because students get inthe way. We are already short staffed and have too much too do in a short amount of time. Now, don't take this the wrong way, we are glad you take twice as long to do showers and 5 times longer to get vitals, you get stuff done, but your still in the way. Its very annoying! I'm sure this sounds rude and all, but its true. Once you get working in the field and have to train a student, you will understand. We don't ask to train you, you are given to us to deal with. But, don't get discouraged, once you are an actual employee and prove yourself a hard worker, you won't be looked down upon. Congrats on your graduation and good luck to you!

everybody was a student at one time or the other.

I think you all need to relax a little and read my other post. I am not rude or cruel to my students or my patients and never have or ever will be! I'm a favorite where I work and actually just got employee of the month! despite your thoughts, I'm probably one of the people you WANT to take care of your family member because I am so thorough and persistant. I'm the CNA thats not afraid to call the health department on my own employers negligence. (this once saved a mans life) I keep it real when I am training though. I am very persistant in my work and expect the same out of whoever I'm training. I shouldn't have to tell a student how to make a bed or where the linen cart is. I'm also not going to stand for students standing out of the way and discussing their plans for the weekend. If you don't jump in or show the slightest bit of interest after I've asked for your assistance get out of the room. And I'm not saying ALL students are like this. But we all know the type of student I am talking about...the ones who are only training for a paycheck and really don't care about the person in the bed. Those are the CNA's you all should be bashing, not me! But yes, if keeping it real makes me a *mean person (*edit), then so be it, but my patients LOVE me for it!

And whoever asked about my profile, I just forgot to change it. I got into nursing school, but decided to go into another area of the medical field instead. I'll still be taking care of people and a patient advocate. A better opportunity came a;long and I couldn't pass it up :)

Specializes in ICU, ER, Hemodialysis.

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Thank You,

Jay

Specializes in Nursing assistant.

Have had a few days and a few more experiences (new every day, huh?) I have concluded that the meanies are in the minority. But, they are every where...

Have noticed something also: with them it is always something or someone, so don't take it seriously. If you are not around for a while, some other poor soul will get it. I think the source is unhappieness. I say pray for them.

Good Luck! Having just joined the site this is my first post and one I feel strongly about. I started as a CNA in a LTC facility. When the first semester of nursing school came around they changed their minds and decided not to pay for school. I was doing a clinical at a trauma hospital close to home so applied. I just happened to end up on a medical floor and what a blessing for learning. Some people are just better teachers than others and can do it without "putting themselves out". One thing I can tell you though - I defintely think the nurses who started out as CNAs have an advantage. You can quite often tell the difference. Not in smarts but in day to day patient care! Chin up!

Specializes in OR Nursing Internship.

I've been a CNA for 6 years in a variety of settings and am a nursing student. I think there is always a bad egg in the bunch. Not everyone is in nursing for the right reasons and people get burnt out. I consider myself a decent CNA and I will always get someone who is unhappy once in awhile. I didn't take out trash...did I do this for so and so? moving around to different floors brings different expectations. I think the bottom line is that CNA's are people too and we need respect and to be treated in a professional way. If a nurse has issues it's okay to bring them up in a respectful way...ditch the attitude at the door. I just realize that in nursing everything is like karma. someday that CNA just might be working with you or you may need their help. I vow that when I become a nurse to remember where I came from.

Specializes in Nursing assistant.

Probably stress.

Specializes in LTC, home health, critical care, pulmonary nursing.

I'm a very efficient CNA. I do my job well, and I know what I'm doing. Then I go to clinicals at the hospital, and as a student nurse, I'm slow, insecure, and I forget things sometimes. I appreciate beyond belief the nurses who are patient and make an effort to teach me, because in just a short year and a half, I will be working side by side with them. Or caring for their loved one.

Specializes in Nursing assistant.
I'm a very efficient CNA. I do my job well, and I know what I'm doing. Then I go to clinicals at the hospital, and as a student nurse, I'm slow, insecure, and I forget things sometimes. I appreciate beyond belief the nurses who are patient and make an effort to teach me, because in just a short year and a half, I will be working side by side with them. Or caring for their loved one.

Amen!

Specializes in Nursing Home/Subacute/LTC.

I love the students they helped me out a whole lot especially if we are short of staff :)

Specializes in PICU, ICU,ED Tech, Tele Tech.

Having not gone through CNA training, but being lucky enough to fall into a great job 8 years ago ,even as an experienced critical care patient care tech I have found that CNA's can be brutal to newcomers. Most of the techs at our hospital either started out as a CNA in LTC or are in nursing school, so the levels of experience varies greatly. Having worked PICU, ED, and adult ICU my knowledge base is vastly different from that of an aide who has only worked LTC. There are things that they with their background are just better at than me. I am not the best person to oreint a newcomer to the unit, and I will be the first to admit it. But I was a newbie once and someone had to take the time to teach me, so I try and always remember that. It is frustrating to have a student shadowing in a critical situation, but they need to observe and learn. There are some CNA's that I wouldn't want to have to orient to our unit, because of their know it all attitude, but if we needed the help, I'd find a way to do it with a smile;) .

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