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The best way around the situation is just to confront him. I am a new CNA and worked as an aide in my facility for 3 months before they sent me for my course. A lot of times you have to earn their respect when you're new. I had 3 months to do this before even becoming certified. It can be tough and the people on my floor were not even as difficult as this person sounds. You just have to stand up for yourself. It's the only way. We have one trouble maker on the floor now who is new (to our floor - not the facility). She came on our floor a few weeks ago and has been trying to run the show ever since. She bosses everyone around and thinks she is our NM or something. We have spoken politely to her, exchanged "words" with her, and even tried our hardest to ignore her. Today she pulled up someone from DON for a floor meeting. I was not there, thankfully, because I was in class orienting for the afternoon. Basically she wants everything done her way and wants the clusters to switch their routine to accomodate her preferences. The DON went for it. :uhoh21: Sometimes you just can't win no matter how hard you try. But yeah... talk to this person and confront them in a nice way. He will lighten up once you can come to understanding. But do watch out because you will run into some evil coworkers sooner or later!

I think the title should be changed to Tech or Aide but for what it's worth CNAs do assist nurses. I think CNAs in hospitals should be called Patient Techs/Aides and CNAs in LTC should be called Resident Techs/Aides. Or how about just "Health Consumer Aide." :chuckle Before I was a CNA I worked as just an aide and one day a resident needed something - I forget what - and she said to them "Come with me and I'll take care of you. I'm the nurse; I'll fix it." :imbar I couldn't believe she said that. It was very dangerous and unprofessional of her. She misrepresented herself and overstepped the scope of her certification, even though whatever care she gave was not out of the scope of her certification. Even though she was otherwise a good CNA I don't think girls like her should be aides because they obviously don't know their role.

Wow... I'm a CNA at the nursing home you mentioned and considered going the LPN route. BTW, St. John's pays their LPNs about $16/hour. But this just confirms that I will take the RN program at MCC. Edited to add: I think Strong would probably pay the best if you wanted a hospital job, otherwise St. John's is the way to go. It does pay better than a lot of other facilities. You are required to work every other weekend and get a shift differential of $1.25 for this, plus the same differential if you work nights or evenings. The benefits aren't too bad. It's a good place to work. Just something to keep in mind once you're an LPN.