Julie19 CNA

Hi! Okay, so I have been working in an Alzheimer's unit of an assisted living facility for nearly a year now and sometimes it still blows my mind how assisted living differs from nursing homes. We aren't allowed the use of lifts (you can imagine what...

I'm a CNA at an ALF. I went in Sunday night for my shift and the new day shift nurse was still handing out her evening meds. The night shift nurse had just arrived and began helping her get finished. Next thing I know, day shift nurse walks out of a...

Yes, I would think so.

You just wrote the story of my life! My sweat even sweats at work. I stay pretty much miserable in the summertime and you're right, management doesn't give a damn.

You're in the home stretch!! Just keep up the good work and you got this! :yelclap:

4 days? There's no way you can learn everything you need to know in that amount of time.

I work Fri, Sat, and Sun 7p-7a. Thursday evening I take a long nap so I can stay up most of the night and sleep all day Friday. Then on Monday mornings I sleep until around 11a and make myself get up and get back on schedule. Some people can't flip ...

Since you already work the night shift, it should be pretty easy to adjust to this schedule. I work three straight twelves and I can't do anything on those days except sleep, eat, and work. At least on eight hour shifts you could get off that morning...

Congrats!!

It sounds like they did you a favor. No one should have to work in a toxic environment like that. Pick yourself back up and move on. :hug:

1) You are grossly unappreciated as a CNA and highly underpaid. It's also easy to injure yourself if you don't use proper body mechanics. 2) Getting to take care of patients! I love my Alzheimer's patients dearly. Also, gaining invaluable experience ...

This was a refreshing post. You can only read so many posts about how much people hate their jobs before you feel like gagging. Congrats on your new job & I hope you continue to love it.

I'm getting all my paperwork together for my LPN program and it only just dawned on me how having my GED instead of a high school diploma might affect my chances of getting an acceptance letter. I've got my mind on it and now I can't stop thinking ab...

I know this probably doesn't sound like a huge feat but it is HUGE for me! I was so scared I wasn't going to be able to conquer that dern math but to my surprise this morning, I finally passed. Now I have to turn in my application packet and wait for...

Thanks, everyone! I'm feeling a little better now.

A technology center here in eastern TN. It's a 12 month program.

Get your CNA.

I took the compass exam. It's used widely here in TN at the technical schools but I'm not sure if it's used anywhere else. On this particular exam, you have to know how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions, decimals, percents, also solve ...

You'll do just fine, PinkHoyt! I don't think my interview is until Aug. 8th so I have time to worry about that later, haha. Keep us updated on how you do. Good luck!!

At my ALF, the nurses (all are LPN's including the DON and nurse manager) basically just push meds. They don't utilize most of the skills they've learned. There's no trach care or anything like that. They cant even give injections with the exception ...

Oh, how I would hate working M-F 8 hour shifts! Just the idea of it makes me shudder. I work strictly weekends, 7p-7a. I love having the weeks off because I don't have to deal with the weekend crowds.

I loved this. Thank you for sharing! :hug:

20 minutes, tops. One of the few pro's to my job. 45 minutes isn't bad, though.

I work three twelve hour shifts, strictly on the weekends. When I get off Monday mornings I sleep until around 11a then make myself get up and stay up. It's a struggle and I'm usually groggy for a couple hours but then I'm good for the rest of the we...

I work 7p-7a Friday's, Saturday's, and Sunday's. I love it. It was really easy for me to get this position because, as someone else said, no one wants to work weekends especially not night shift. Everyone is under the impression that night shift is e...