superherobrin

Thank you everyone, those were definitely the kind of responses I was looking for. I'm still unsure of my decision, of course one day won't decide for me, still scared of course, but your honesty made it a lot easier for me to think and clear my head. So, thank you again, hopefully next month i'll be asking questions about my classes...anyways, we'll see! =)

I recently got on this forum in December, really anxious to start the nurse assistant program through a local hospital. Well, it starts next month and now i'm absolutely dreading it. I want to make a change in my life, career wise, and I want a job that I feel helps others and makes some sort of difference in the world, but i'm so scared that it isn't something I can handle. Currently, I work as a pre-school teacher, and it's fine I suppose, but it's not really something I enjoy. I have some mean kids ( mean parents as well ) and the pay is absolutely sad, no matter how many years and education I put into it, i'm still making less than 16,000 a year =( . Still, no weekends, I guess that's a plus. What i'm trying to get at is, is this career worth it? Do you feel fulfilled, or are you miserable at the end of your shift, hoping for something else. I don't want that feeling anymore. I'm constantly sick to my stomach thinking of ways to improve my career, and I know college is the best way to do that, but until I find something i'm comfortable with and make at least, we'll say 9 an hour, I just can't afford it. I'm miserable doing what I do, but I don't want to go ahead and attempt something i'll feel the same in. I know that none of you can decide how i'm going to feel, but you can help me decide on what a day in the life of your job is, what patients are like, and what the other nurses treat you like. In my job, co-workers treat each other like crap, absolute crap, no matter the training, experience, etc. It's a bad environment to work in, and I want something I feel good about. Please, any advice would be so greatly appreciated. I want a career where I feel proud of myself most of all, and I hope this may be something that can help with that =) Bri

Thanks again. It's really nice to hear it from people who know what they're talking about. Just reading the job description helped a bit, but to know the real life situation makes me feel a lot more comfortable about taking the plunge. Currently, I work at a daycare and have for 3 meaningless years, and i'm tired and want out. I really want something i'm proud of and something I feel I could advance in..meaning to an LPN or possibly someday, with enough motivation, an RN. Daycare is pointless and I feel like i've done nothing. I cannot wait to join the CNA program and finally put in the 2 weeks i've so looked forward to doing. Thanks everyone :) I'll have to stay on here, from the looks of it, i'll have a million more questions!

Thanks, that's actually helped a ton. I guess I just wanted to hear it from people who have truly experienced it. I am interested and more than anything in the world I want to go for it!

I've read and researched for months upon months on whether or not I should go ahead and enroll in the CNA classes at a nearby school. However, I have a question for all of you experienced CNA's out there. I'm really more interested in doing hospital or clinic work, taking vitals, etc. Do CNA's ever get those opportunities, or is it all changing bed linens and serving food? That's what i've read on bls.gov and such, but from other sites i've read that CNAs do have the opportunity to take vitals and such. There are several hospitals in my area, so I hope i'd get to the chance to do something there, but I wonder if a hospital will even care if I apply. I want to do something productive with my life and have a career that I can be excited to go to and proud to tell people about. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks a lot! Brianna :nuke: