Healing Soul

I'm glad you are working. It appears that you really want to be a nurse so go for it.

I think you just might be a future writer. I know you keep apologizing for your writing skills but if you took time to improve you would be a great writer !!

I was a terrible high school student too!

Hello, I'm sorry that you were terminated. I'm in a different place and I want to share my story. I left nursing for good after approximatley eighteen years of working as a CNA. Today, I work as a caseworker and recently found myself trying to ex...

My certified nursing assistant certificate has expired due to not working in the field. I worked as a certified nursing assistant through my twenties and most of my thirties starting my first job at a LTC right out of High School. If I could go bac...

Hi OP, I worked as a CNA for over eighteen years and like you wanted to study Political Science. I ended up completing my master's degree in Public Administration and was hired by a county to work with the unemployed. I am so happy that I stuck it...

I finally left nursing after working for several years as a CNA. I came to a point where I could no longer subject myself to a toxic and soul crushing work environment. I quit taking care of myself and was sinking into a deep depression. In my case...

Hello, I would stop making fun of the way the Nursing Assistant speaks it comes off very divisive and pompous at best. I worked as a CNA for over 18 years and it is a tough job. In your post you do make some valid points but I see no abuse....

Hello, I am a former Nursing Assistant I prefer to be called by my first name and will address my coworkers by their first names. We are all more than a title we are people and individuals first. That said, there are also White House Aides and Lega...

Hello, I was wondering how you handle a CNA that is to slow and overwhelmed by the work? Are there situations when a cna is just not a good fit and how is it handled. I am talking about the aide who really tries but just can't cut it in their posit...

I worked as cna for many years and was the first to correct patients who assumed I was a nurse. However, I was also the type of CNA who only wanted to do non nursing tasks. For example, dress, feed, change incontinent patients and would try to stee...

Hello, I am a WIA (Workforce Investment Act) case manager for a county. I help people who have been fired or layed off. I was fired myself in nursing a time or two, so I understand how that feels. However, several of my clients are interested in ...

Hello, I am a former nursing assistant and all I wish for you is that you find happiness your job should not make you unhappy. I also think venting and sharing is theraputic and interesting to read.

One other thing, we only have first names on our name tags with no titles at all. However, I do realize in nursing the patient needs to know who is who. I am only saying that I personally quit feeling the need to seperate myself or stand out when I l...

Hello, I worked as a nursing assistant but had earned both a bachelors and master's degree during that time. I remember feeling the need to share my accomplishments or at least tell people that I was engaged in academic pursuits usually to my detrim...

Hello, I just addressed this topic in a previous post "Forgive and Forget" where I shared how bullying can escalate to a crime if left un-checked. In my case, relentless bullying led me out of the field and although it might not have been my torment...

After working as a certified nursing assistant for over eighteen years. I finally found the courage to leave the field. I have spent several hours reading posts about bullying and co-worker mistreatment and would like to share my story. I lived a l...

I have posted before on this subject so I do not mean to drag on. However, I was bullied for several years while working as a nursing assistant. I have always been different and came to my own conclusion that nursing was not a good fit. I left the...

I find it interesting that some healthcare employees are victims of mobbing and several others are never victimized at all. It also appears that some have had to start and stop several jobs because of work environments that breed this type of behavi...

Thanks for all your nice comments and words of encouragement. Having a master's degree did not help my cause in the last couple of years working a CNA. However, now I am paid for that education because my employer values education and my job requires...