why so mean?

[johnsonprn2]

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.

[NurseyPoo, RN]

As many have posted I feel that people tend to forget that they too were once a "Newbie". I appreciate the CNA's that I work with so much. We have a few that go way above and beyond what is expected of them. The funny thing is that the CNA's that do not work as hard are mean to them. I don't understand where people like that get their mentality? Why be mean to someone who is a hard worker? I have never understood that part of life. It happens everywhere you work and everywhere you go. My thought is that you can only do your best and try not to let these people bother you. When the day is over and you go home to your family that stuff does not matter. Unfortunately it happens all of the time. I personally love to have a newbie because I appreciate the help and I love to teach new skills to an eager person;)

[candygirlshar]

Hey!!!!!!!!, I just wanted to say that I am getting ready to start my CNA class this month. I totally agree with you when you asked why so mean. I have not experienced it yet but I have heard from another Tech when I was being interviewed for a clerical position at a hospital and the manager was explaining to me that the nurses can be rude at times and she also asked me how would I handle the situation if it was to happen to me and I simply explained to her that I don't take abuse from anybody I don't care who it is because when you are working with people you are to be professional at all times. I totally agree with you that some of them have forgot when they first started but I guess it's up to us as new graduates or students to remind them that they were once students too. My thing is this you show me respect and I will show you respect I am 35 years old and I definitely don't let anybody look down on me or make sarcastic comments without giving them back see some people needs to be put in there place off the break as simple as that and you don't even have to be nasty when you say whatever it is you need to say and always make sure when you are finish getting your point across to tell them to have a nice day.