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Hi everyone:). I notice you all give great advice so i feel comfortable posting on here. As you all know I started my first CNA job 5 months ago. It hasnt been very easy let me tell you! And it's the co-workers that cause more problems then I can eve...

Hmmm mistakes lets see. These are kinda stupid really. Just the other day, I forgot to pass out clothing protecters durring a meal time. Resident became very dirty with gravy and potatoes spilled down his shirt. Daughter walks in and see's him at the...

There is a lot of that on my shift. There are 3 aides that really do it, and it's so annoying! They talk about our supervisor, but at the same time they are at the nurses station licking her butt. Makes we want to go in there and ring their necks and...

I've been disrespected ever since I took on my first CNA job 8 months ago. Im so tired of people getting mad because I ask for help with the hoyers. When among their clique they happily help eachother! I get talked about behind my back constantly. I ...

Wow! Well at least you had the guts to say it.

Alright that settles it then. Right now I dont care about getting fired or people ganging up on me. Im so tired of being walked on by other CNA's and I need to speak up. I work with him next week, and Im not going to stay quiet the next time he is ru...

To the CNA who wheels my resident up to me, and saids "he smells, and needs to be changed". Well, if he "smells" why dont you be a nice team player, and change him for me. I've got other people to change and a million other things to do. Do you think...

One of my residents did not want to get up in the morning. I went, and told the nurse. Thankfully, she didnt make ME force him to get up! They bug him all week for therapy, and appointments he deserves to have a nice day and relax.:)

an aide told me he was quicker than me, and that i should take 30 minutes getting everyone up! im sorry but i wash my residents up, and do good care. so yes that makes me slow, but i like to take my time getting them all up. as long as i'am in the di...

Agreed, It really does!:)

Sometimes, I go outside to talk on my cell phone. Other times I eat in the breakroom.

The only problem I have with my husband is that he wants some fun time in the bedroom when I come home. I get off from work, and I just want to relax and he gets mad! Oh well! I just worked 12 hours he can get over it.

Yup, yup. I went through this yesterday. I was sitting at the table feeding at breakfast, and another CNA tells me that when he has my side he is able to get up people quicker than me. And that I should take 30 minutes getting them all up. I just res...

Sometimes, some of the workers I worked with can be quite mean to the patients/residents! There was this one incident where I was helping a co-worker put someone into bed. Well, he didnt stand up fast enough and she started yelling at him. And then w...

About 20 minutes if I go the speed limit.

In a messy ponytail, and I dont wear makeup. Im there to work not to find a boyfriend or husband. Some of the CNA's I work with get up too early to do their hair and makeup nicely. Not me.

It really wasnt that bad when I took mine. I literally made myself sick for nothing. I had a nice examiner, and she smiled everytime I looked up because I was nervous! I said everything out loud, and calmed down. Once I got past the first skill It wa...

When I switched to nights at work I went over the new schedule with my nurse manager. I even wrote it all down. And re-checked what I wrote with her and she agreed that was right! Well, oneday I show up for work, and look at the schedule and next to ...

Yeah, I had a nurse tell me to get a resident up, and showered for bingo. Well, I do what she wants. Then 15 minutes later she calls me, and asks why I havent answered my two call lights that were going off in my hallway! I wanted to go and slap her!...

I have been at my new job for a month. And already I am getting complaints from the nurse manager in my unit. Amazing how I haven't done anything wrong, but yet people are complaining about me! She understands I am new, and it takes a while to catch ...

Hi everyone. I just wanted to do an update. I went ahead, and changed shifts and I now work nights. It got so bad that even the floor nurse was desperate trying to find things to get me in trouble. This is because her "buddy" got talked to about her ...

To the girl who makes stupid snide remarks towards me: Grow up! You're older than me, and you make yourself look like an idiot! You started out as a brand new spanking cna at one time, and I am sure you were not Miss Perfect. So back off! And I got m...

Thank you all for your advice. It feels better to talk about this with people who understand. There is also a girl that I work with, and she is very childish! She makes snide snooty remarks when I make a mistakes. Or becomes down right rude for no re...

My facility requires you do use the lifts with two people. I have done it by myself before only to be told by the floor nurse that I am not suppose to do that! Well, either you sit around, and wait all day for help, and be behind or simply do it by y...

Any advice on what I can do to prevent my feet from being so sore, and hurting when I come home. I just started a CNA job working twelves. It is mornings, and I'am constantly running around! Ugh!!! I hardly get to sit, and relax lol! Those call light...