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So I have this client.... Had her since I started working for this agency in July. She's nice (to your face) but when the other CNAs come in she will complain about you to them. Her grandson lives with her and he is a lazy fool. He is in his early 2...

I understand that. Somedays I'm like if you call me one more time....and having two aides assigned happens a lot. I realize there's a lot of people to care for but what does the office do all day? And why do they always need u right then?! Like reall...

Supervisor just said that our company's policy would have to be for her to report things stolen and file police report which she obviously doesn't want to do. They asked if I was requesting a new client and I said no not right now, Probably in the fu...

Didn't really wanna say it, but I think that could be a big part of the issue...

That's exactly why I'm worried about. It has escalated even since July. I don't want to be around for it to get much worse

There are 3 other aides, 2 are as fed up as I am and the other I dk. I don't think so. The notes are too ridiculous and detailed for someone who isn't there all the time. The other aide only works Nights.

YESSSS. If everyone would just HELP each other instead of refusing and just doing their own thing and leaving you out to dry.....

Woah! I started at 9. the people that had been there 5 years made 10+

That's why I quit LTC and went to home health. It's not fair to the aides or residents to have one person caring for all those people at once. And for all the aides that are more experienced than you to be acting all high and mighty like they are per...

Tell yourself that you know what you are doing. You know your stuff. You are good at it. Act like it's a normal day at work. You will be fine. :)

And also again, as far as schedules go, LTC is 5:30-1:30, 1:30-9:30, 9:30-5:30. Strict. But home health is more 7-5 (not straught!!) broken up. Of course there are overnight clients you may be offered. Just depends on your availability

And also I was making $9.00 per hour in LTC (which is not fair for the amount of work you do) but in home health the aides start out at that or more, at least. Hospital start out around 10 I think depending on experience

LTC is the hardest job you may ever have. Sweating, litteraly- dripping all day. Never getting everything done. Rudeeee aides who won't help you when you need it. 8 hours straight of changing briefs, showers, and call lights (most of the time means m...

I'm a very new cna and I got a job where I did my clinicals, a nursing home. When I was in my clinicals I loved it, but that was because I was only working a few hours and with a partner. Now, working 8 hours, responsible for people, I hate it. I'm ...

Thank you all for your encouragement! I interviewed today at an assisted living facility that is wayyy closer to home that the LTC facility I was at. I also passed my state test today! :) i think I am going to get the job :) but I will probably end u...

I passed today!! :):)

Mine was 3 weeks, Monday-Friday, 8-4. One week of classroom, two weeks of clinicals

And I think I mean its the physical part of the job that's really hard, and also how sad it is these people live normal lives like us then end up with dementia and broken bodies

I start a 3 week cna course at a ltc facility in a couple weeks. The first week is classroom and the last two are clinicals. I've not been given really any info on what to expect. Can anyone describe to me what I'll be doing both in the classroom and...

Federal regulation at 42 CFR 483.152©(1) states that "No nurse aide who is employed by, or who has received an offer of employment from, a facility on the date on which the aide begins a nurse aide training and competency evaluation program may be c...

I'm starting my cna training next month at a ltc facility. I have friends that work there, and I know that once you secure a job there you get reimbursed. I think you get half back upfront when u get hired, then the other half over a period of time. ...

I'm going to be 18 next month, so I am young, admittedly. There is a LTC facility here where I can take a 3 week CNA course. The problem is, LTC facilities scare me to death. I feel so, so bad for those people who can't take care of themselves, who d...

So until today, when a nursing student friend of mine told me, I never knew that a MA could would outside of a Dr. office. So now I'm wondering what an MA does in a hospital? I know that they do everything a CNA does and a little more, but I'm just ...

Thank you all for your comments. The CNA course I will likely be taking would be on the continuing care floor of the local hospital. (Continuing care is just like a LTCF) It's not where I want to stay, but I can handle starting out there. I want to g...

So I'm just wondering, people keep telling me that I don't want to be a CNA, all they do is change sheets and bedpans and and help people bathe, and just talk about the not so fun stuff. What I want to do in a profession is help people. I thought tha...