Nursing assistant identified as low stress career

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Geriatrics.

Do these people have no shame? This is one of those articles masquerading as information when they are really leads for various technical and online schools and colleges. I wonder how many people are decieved by this garbage?

8 careers to help lower your stress meter

Caring for patients as a nursing assistant delivers the feel-good perks of a medical career without the stress of med school or week ends on-call. A nursing degree could set you up to enter a career field projected to see 264,000 new job openings over the next 8 years.

Can't they entice students honestly?

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Specializes in ALF, Medical, ER.

Nursing assistant no stress job? Yea you can tell these people live out in la-la land. :bugeyes:

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Specializes in Acute rehab/geriatrics/cardiac rehab.

They've got to be kidding! Obviously they have no idea what a nursing assistant does..... :rolleyes:

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.

Yikes, that is garbage. Nursing assistant is a very stressful job. Also, number four, Financial Planner, is a pressure cooker career.

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Specializes in critical care; community health; psych.

I don't read the article that way. It's trying to compare nursing assistant work to medical school and people who take call.

You won't find any arguments here. Nursing assistant work is hard work and full of stress.

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I can't see one of these being stress free. Honestly, what are these people thinking? Accountants and graphic desingers don't have deadlines? Preschool teachers have no stress?

The only one that might have a low stress level as far as I can tell is a maassage therapist. Depending on where you worked and if you have enough of a clientele to make a living.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, ICU, ED.

I think that CNA work is stressful, but not unbearable. It has been very enjoyable and a great learning environment for me.

Jim

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Specializes in Infection Preventionist/ Occ Health.

Whoever wrote this article is clearly ill-informed, if not intentionally misleading people for the sake of promoting online degree programs.

My husband has a degree on computer science and his job is certainly not low-stress.

The author has also never known an accountant during tax season!

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Specializes in LTC/SNF, Psychiatric, Pharmaceutical.

Ha, ha. I remember my CNA days, and while I'll grant you that it had its positive moments, I also remember that it was a frenetic job even when we weren't horribly understaffed and the residents were happy. When we were understaffed, and the residents were sick, angry, or yelling, you'd want to rip your hair out. And the physical demands of the job only add to the stress.

False advertising, indeed.

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Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.

I am sure that these people who said this don't have plantar fasciitis or aching backs. Screw them.

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Specializes in Ortho, Neuro, Detox, Tele.

please....trying to dodge work on days off cause we're always short-staffed...meeting everyone's needs from the demanding patient to the complete total care patient with family who is crazy....

trying to cram 18 hours of work into a 12 hr shift.....it is NOT low stress...and nursing adds to the stress of being responsible for someone's life while they're in your care.....I think somebody needs a dose of the real world.

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I am sure that these people who said this don't have plantar fasciitis or aching backs. Screw them.

LOL! Well-said

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