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How long did it take you until you felt fully comfortable in what you were doing? Sometimes it feels like I won't ever get it right. I get so scared I'll hurt someone or I'm doing something wrong so I give up quickly. I dealt with a patient imparticularly that had a severe hip fracture. When I was changing his brief I didn't want to roll him on the injured side so it made the process difficult. But when I watched other CNA's do it, they came in and rolled him on his side easily although he was screaming at the top of his lungs.

I reference school so much because they taught us that if we didn't go by the books and credentials we were taught, that it's easy to lose your license. I guess I'm just hesitant and worried that if I do anything different from what I was taught that I could get reprimanded or even potentially lose my license.

In my state, it is deemed as a license. So they do have the right to revoke it if necessary. Two weeks is enough to retain the knowledge, but I feel it takes longer to get it down pat and actually feel comfortable in what you're doing. It's not necessarily I "know it all," but more so know the difference between right and wrong. Especially when things in the real world are done nothing like how they are in school.

Yes, I'm finally starting to realize at 22 that in order to succeed I have to learn how to pick and choose my battles. Well for starters, there was a few CNA's that would post patients up on their social media, but I didn't say anything I just tried to mind my business. But there was a particular incident that prompted me to act the way that I did, even though I shouldn't have. On one of my training days there was a CNA and an LPN in the room helping me transfer someone that was listed as a sit to stand or Hoyer in the Kardex. But the CNA was impatient and had work to do, so he hid the hoyer pad in the patient's roommates drawer and proceeded to lift him with a two person assist. What makes it worse was the patient has a weak left side and was almost dropped. At that point I was scared and mad and should have went straight to management. Luckily, the patient wasn't injured.

Not exactly what I wanted to hear, but something that I needed to hear. I understand what I said wasn't polite and is not justifiable. There's a lot of things I've yet to learn, and I'm still young at that. I think my biggest issue is working for places like nursing homes and seeing so many things done differently from what I was taught. It doesn't take much to know when someone is violating patient rights though, which was what I saw the majority of the time I was there. Perhaps the word incompetent was a far stretch, but none the less some things were just not right. I appreciate the constructive criticism as I really do need it. I want to excel in this field so bad, and I was not aware of how much impact your words have. I have to work on how I address my concerns, and I do think I need to grow some thicker skin as well. Thank you for the advice.

Thank you so much. I've been beating myself about this pretty bad, but it really was coming from the heart. These nursing homes are so disheartening to see, but I know I have to watch what I say. I know in my heart this is what I was meant to do, and hopefully I'll get it right next time around.

Just as there are many volumes I don't know, there also many that I do. It doesn't take much brain power to see when someone is violating policies and procedures. Therefore, making them incompetent. If you can't preform your job correctly or follow rules, then yes that makes you incompetent. Now, I'm sure your situation may be different. You may be a great LPN, who knows. But as for the one I worked for, was an entirely different situation. If I get walked out for sticking up for myself and other residents, then so be it. But something they should have taught every LPN in school, is also something I learned in school as well when I was training to be a CNA; it is that you take pride and dignity in what you do and simply FOLLOW PROCEDURE.

Hi everyone so I need tons of advice because I just had the worst day of my life. I'm a brand new CNA with little to no experience and just started working at a new facility. A lot of the other aides as well as nurses are rude and incompetent. I watch them break rules everyday, and violate many foundations pertaining to residents rights. I've been trying so hard for about 2 weeks now, but I'm still learning and need much more paractice. They decided this week to put me on the floor by myself so I have been behind on all my work and unable to take care of some residents because none of the CNA's would spot me while using a hoyer. Today, the LPN was very rude and condescending to me; and unfortunately I retaliated with a slick comment back. Although the nurse was wrong and shouldn't have spoken to me the way she did, I understand that I shouldn't have reacted either. I was terminated for insubordination and wasn't even given a chance to tell my side of the story. They had no cares in the world about the fact that they have employees mistreating and exploitating residents; but walked me out of the building as if I was some kind of animal. I wasn't loud, nor rude. I just said to the nurse in a calm tone that she was incompetent. O guess my question is, will this affect my license? I feel like such a failure for trying and still not getting it right. All I wanted was help, instead of attitudes for always asking for help. Will I be able to even get a job after this? I was only there for 2 weeks so would I even have to list it when going to another employer? I have NEVER in my life been terminated so I am taking this so hard. I feel like such a loser and that I was set up for failure. My intentions were not to say anything rude back to the nurse, she was just being so nasty. I asked her about multiple patients and almost always her answer was "I don't know." I read the Kardex like a bible, but it still didn't give me enough information to really know these people on a one on one basis. So I thought it would only be right to ask my LPN, but it seemed to always annoy her. I called to speak to the DON and she wouldn't even hear my case, all she said was "you were fired for insubordination." When I tried to tell her the story, she had no interest. I thought the least she could do was hear me out. She claimed she had several "witness statements," that I was loud and yelling; but it was the LPN that was loud and hostile. Be mindful, we were in the dementia unit. So these statements could have easily been misconstrued due to the mental state of some of them. The nurse shouted at me in front of all the patients "It's bad enough I have to do my job, and then do yours on top of it." I didn't even argue back, I just cried. That makes me feel like maybe that's what the residents meant when they said someone was yelling, but I can assure you it wasn't me. I keep trying this CNA position because I have the heart to do it, but now I'm not even sure if I even have a shot at being one again. I hope this incident didn't just ruin my career.

Hi everyone so I need tons of advice because I just had the worst day of my life. I'm a brand new CNA with little to no experience and just started working at a new facility. A lot of the other aides as well as nurses are rude and incompetent. I watch them break rules everyday, and violate many foundations pertaining to residents rights. I've been trying so hard for about 2 weeks now, but I'm still learning and need much more paractice. They decided this week to put me on the floor by myself so I have been behind on all my work and unable to take care of some residents because none of the CNA's would spot me while using a hoyer. Today, the LPN was very rude and condescending to me; and unfortunately I retaliated with a slick comment back. Although the nurse was wrong and shouldn't have spoken to me the way she did, I understand that I shouldn't have reacted either. I was terminated for insubordination and wasn't even given a chance to tell my side of the story. They had no cares in the world about the fact that they have employees mistreating and exploitating residents; but walked me out of the building as if I was some kind of animal. I wasn't loud, nor rude. I just said to the nurse in a calm tone that she was incompetent. O guess my question is, will this affect my license? I feel like such a failure for trying and still not getting it right. All I wanted was help, instead of attitudes for always asking for help. Will I be able to even get a job after this?