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My father just died last week from complications related to multiple myeloma. My mom and I were in the room and watched him pass away. I have to go back to work but I am afraid I won't handle it. His death was awful to watch. He started bleeding from...

Thank you everyone. I ended up going back for 1 day and had an anxiety attack not even 2 hours into the shift. Told them I wasn't coming back in until at least friday. Have an appointment with my doctor tommarrow. So nope, couldn't handle it. I haven...

My husband has kind of said the same thing. "Maybe you should go see a doctor. I would say you're out in left field but you are out of the ballpark." He thinks with the way I'm acting I'm going to end up making a big mistake with someone if I go back...

I feel like I'm being pulled in a hundred different directions at once. First my dad was diagnosed with a bone cancer back in November. I was doing good at driving the 2 hour trip at least twice a month until March. I've been twice since then. My g...

I turned in my 2 week notice which included my last day I would be working. Turned them in to my unit manager, Human Resources, ans staffing. (Policy was to turn into the unit manager but I turned it into the other two because of the tendency for thi...

Does anyone know the minimum CNA staffing requirements for LTC facility in Tennessee? Just curious. I tried looking it up but I can't find it. Probably not using the right wording.

Wow. There is no way I would work for $10 and hour. I'm having a hard enough time working for what I do now.

When you actually have something planned to do after work (Dr. appt) someone will fall at shift change.

Surveyor came to check my cart. I've been off for 3 days but had just cleaned it and all before I left. Of course now it's a mess. Things together that shouldn't be. Then I guess I was so nervous after that I left my cart unlocked. Had to do my walk ...

I applied and was hired 1 month before graduation. Worked as a cna until I passed boards. But that was 10 years ago.

I'm thinking about going back into private duty. I worked with a client for two and a half years. Teenager with multiple problems. Family was a nightmare. The mom was very micromanaging and how she would want you to do something changed week to week....

Oh no I didn't go into detail when I had to explain why I left. I pretty much said we mutually parted ways. I wasn't what they were looking for and I wanted to use more of my skills than I was. So I told LTC.

Since she said she was going to sue the company with her cell phone pictures it was either get fired or resign. I had been written up once in the two years I was there for not keeping the house clean enough. Another time I was talked to because the h...

Union? That's a dirty word in my facility. But I sure do miss it.

A nurse I worked with blew up at every worker on our 2 halls. In the middle of the hall with visitors watching. Then turned to me and said "we need to get on the same page with these CNAs". We were working one short and everyone was trying to get it...

Thanks. I wasn't sure how to word it. I'm thinking I need a change from LTC before I get burned out. I love the LTC population but the workload stresses me out so much. When I'm not putting in for private duty I find it makes some curious and I got i...

Congrats! Hope we do that well.

Same problem. But one side they're telling me to do something and then when I do I get reprimanded in front of the CNA I was trying to disipline!!!

I wouldn't know what number to give where I live. We have moved to a smaller area and apparently I automatically became worth 4.50 an hour less. If it was somewhere I knew I was going to love I would lowball a bit. But not so much that it would hurt...

Usually I try to just "remind" them now that something hasn't been done. But we had state walk in the building that day. I don't want to get chewed out because I know it would have happened. I'm not doing the writeups anymore. From what I've been tol...

Depends on the month. Sometimes 4 days a week. Sometimes 5 days a week. Usually 7-3. The days change every month. Whether you get your every other weekend off depends on the month. I worked christmas and New Years last year.

I give little pats on the back and an occasional hug when there is a resident that is upset over a death in the family or just plain depressed because they want to go home. I smile, joke with certain ones that like it. Every resident is an individual...

I would have said "I'm the charge nurse for this hall. What can I help you with". Where I work we are all "charge nurses".

I am trying to be understanding since most of the CNAs are new that work on my floor. And I mean like just out of class and got their certification new. It's been a few months now and I have tried individual talks and group talks. Another nurse and I...

Out of 8 CNAs 6 are new. One of the older ones busts her hump. The other you have to track down. 2 of the new ones follow her. Out of the other 4, 1 wants to help everyone else at the cost of her assignment, 1 wants to socialize with the residents to...