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OK here is a quick synopsis. Started "training" (loosely put). It was my second day today. Yesterday I worked the Alzheimer's unit. It had let's say 25-30 people. There were just 2 aides. They called another PRN who was not much help, he took about...

I have been working for 4 months at an LTC swapping from the Alzheimer's unit to the long term unit to the hospital rehab floor which is where i work on most nights. Most of the patients I tend to come from the hospital I am interviewing with . I am ...

OK SO I WORK AT a LTC . ONly there for a month. Certified a month. Learned a lot there. Don't enjoy the setting the one CNA per 30 residents the hundreds poopy briefs each shift. Just a regular nursing home but the pace is wearing me out rapidly and ...

My advice is do way more listening than talking. Listen listen listen. And don't come off as rude. Just be yourself and learn what you can from the people that have been there. Don't say "in school they taught it like this" etc that is annoying. I ha...

oh i forgot you will be making $17 as a CNA? where abouts Anyways I did not mean to scare you but for myself I had 10 lb babies LOL so maybe this is why I would never think of working while pregnant.

I DO NOT RECOMMEND it at all. First, it is all grunt work, wiping bottoms, messes and such. The most important thing is you will be exposed and your fetus to many things you wnat to be nowhere around while pregnant. That being said where I work there...

fuzzy I did what you said and it went off without a hitch I was done at 6 am!. But I have to say that it was just me and not me and another orientee. Some people say it's easier to work alone at my facility. That is true until you need to lift a resi...

I will actually try this tonight and report on it tomorrow to see how it went. The residents always ask what time it is though LOL. I guess I can lie yeah it's 4:30 am not 3 am how would they know anyways as long as I leave them in their rooms. The n...

fuzzy thanks!

one day. I actually started looking for work a month after i became certified. I applied at night online, that morning I was hired at a LTC. Not ideal but a job

dang man I guess i will have to get used to it Hey you know they say once you have done the hardest job, it can only get easier somewhere else right? There are CNA's that have been there 5 years and stick together and when you ask for help they don't...

I feel as if there is no way I can give quality care to 20 plus residents being new. How can i get all the 5 people up and to the nurse's station and dressed and doing my last round at 4:30 am while changing sheets, briefs etc. Yes they use those w...

Just wanted to know from already working CNA's I am being trained or shadowing a person for 2 days during the day and then 2 days at night The facility is real nice the people seem cool and down to earth. Anyways, I was told mostly it's doing rounds,...

ok so basically i started on the wing I will be working on. It was crazy busy. As a test, they put a new orientee (who was very good, male) with me. We had our own hall. did the charting, call lights, two rounds, emptied garbage and 5 morning get ups...

Drew thanks for the answer I just did my 2nd training day in rehab and will work the LTC wing. I have been told scary stories about the staff. Mostly scared of doing a 2 person lift if no one is willing to help. I want to be able to have a good attit...

LOL your first day sounds just like mine LOL yeah i felt like throwing up as well and was hot as heck Stick it out and do your best PS I got peed on pooped on too. LOL

thank you for all the responses. They have given me insight. I was told there are 3 CNA's on the night shift. Yes people did call in sick and the PRN's did show up when called. THe training nurse made a huge deal of calling in 4 hours or at best 8 ho...

i wish you tons and tons of luck set your alarm, get a good breakfast, put on some good sneakers and go for it Don;t let anyone ruin your first day at work. It won't be perfect but try to do the best you can. Remember to listen more than you talk LOL...

update: I just spent my first of 4 days training. I was there from 7am to 3pm on the Alzheimer's unit. It was pretty much nuts and as long as I got down and helped when someone needed a hand, it was pretty much job well done. I asked if the other CNA...

today we had a resident who did not have her glasses, bra on ant TED hose on when her daughter visited. This was just a training day in the Alzheimer's unit for me i don't usually work there. She had a CNA come in point these things out and then poi...

wow guys thanks for all the great answers I really appreciate it, off to bed for now. Up and at it early in the am.

AM I going to follow someone around or is HR going to have us sit down and do paperwork and chit chat with the group? let me know please thanks

thanks to all who took the time to respond to me. So yes, it was business attire. One gal came in jeans and a tank, which was not frowned upon. The orientation was simply signing paper work, touring, tests on various things like Alzheimer's and readi...

thank you! you will

I am thrilled to say that all my hard work and the state test was worth it. After one week of serious searching, I applied for a job that met my driving criteria and schedule. It is from 11pm to 7 am at a nursing home, LTC. It was fast. I printed an ...