Put on your big girl panties and do your time. Accept the fact that you are going to have to put in six months at a LTC facility. Don't put it off. Six months will fly by while you are busy working....
If I am answering another hall's lights, who is answering my hall's lights? NO ONE. Therefore, I don't do it. We have two aides per hall. One aide SHOULD be working the hall at all times. My partner...
1. I am a kind, patient, cheerful person, and I wanted a job that requires that. 2. I need to support myself, and this is a job I could jump into with no experience. I get to work at least 40 hours a...
Some family members at my nursing home are looking to hire private sitters. They want their loved ones to have company. I know that sitting is not for me because I have to be up and moving. I need...
Don't skimp on your shoes!! Your feet make your living, treat them with tender loving care. My mom was a CNA who always wore inexpensive shoes. She is now disabled due to back and leg problems. I am...
You know you are a CNA when you have given seven showers, got 13 residents up, dressed, fed, and back down, answered a multitude of call lights, cleaned up explosive poop and projectile vomit,...
Schools that cost 500 dollars usually do not include books and supplies. I called one of them and the receptionist was rude and spoke poorly. Also, a two week course means fewer trips if you have to...