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I work on the ICU floor from time to time. On that unit the majority of RN's & LVN's are males. I find it to be a huge diffrence working with them, than working with a bunch of females on my reg unit. The male nurses I know are more caring and compassionate, willing to work along side the CNA. You never hear them ordering you around nor do I see them sitting on thier duffs text messaging on the phone or facebooking, like some of the female nurses do on my reg floor. Don't get me wrong, I have met some awesome female nurses, but I noticed a huge diff between the men and women. I would rather work with the men anytime.

I have been working at a very well known hosp now for a year and am now earning, 10.25 an hr (from the 9.75 that I started). Other aides on the same floor are earning, 15 - 16 an hr and they have been there for over a year.

Seeing the residents/patients. Many light up when they see me arrive to my shift. I get hugs and pats on my hands after I have helped them out.

Here where I am at we work 4 days straight and get 2 days off. At a toltal of like 36 hrs of work.

Anybody know what facility pays more in Texas? A Hospital or Nursing Home? I currently am earning, 8.50 an hr at an assisted living place, but have an interview tomorrow @ St Lukes Hosp for thier Ortho/Nuro dept. The shift for the hosp is, 7am to 7pm full time; whereas at the place where I am at, its considered part time (30-35 hrs) with 4 days on and 2 days off.

ALSO....there are many places you can go to get a discount on vaccinations. Like your local health dept

Many employers here where I am at will pay for your vaccinations, background check, prints after you are hired. Mine did. I did'nt even have to pay for the company shirts I wear.

We are forced to take an hour lunch and all shifts are 7 hours here where I am at. (South Tx) FT work here is considered 30-36 hrs. Wage is, 8.50 an hr

Here in Texas, many of my classmates failed the communication and privacy part of the skills. ALWAYS knock and announce yourself before walking in. CLOSE the door and if you are doing any kind of care, close curtains or blinds. One classmate failed to close the blinds and she failed instantly. The written is a piece of cake. The skills is not so bad.

In Assisted living, they don't require certifications for anything.Also, FYI:I have never reported anything to my supervisor but the woman I work with at night has and we were all called into a meeting where our super said she did not like being involved in issues where residents were treated poorly. As she said, "work the problem out amongst yourselves, I don't like tattle tales." She also brought up several HIPPA violations by 2 other girls who are friends. A resident got nervous and reported them to our supervisor. According to our super, these 2 dingbats were bad mouthing another resident and talking about thier health issues in the presence of a residence, while in the resident's personal room. Our super told these girls (while laughing) that what they just did was grounds for immediate termination, but told them to not worry that she was neither writing them up nor firing them. She laughed and said, "just don't do it again and if you are going to do it, don't do it in another resident's room where they can hear." Our super has only been on the job for 3 months and says she is an LVN, yet she told me that she has never, ever, done any kind of CNA work nor worked in a hospital. As far as everything else I stated, its not hearsay because I was present and I saw and heard the way the residents looked and what they have said to me. A few confided in me last night that they were going to ask family members to remove them from the facility immediately. I have seen many rashes and many have infections from not getting wiped or cleaned up. I have brought this to my supers attn once and she said they came into the facility like that already and that it was not the facilities fault. I have reported to the state already and I am seeking employment elsewhere, away from this "Mickey Mouse" place.

I have a resident who is always sad and crying by the time I arrive to my shift. She always tells me she is happy and relieved to see me. Her spouse says they are often ignored. I help his wife and give her my full attn. The staff get upset sometimes, saying that I need to just have them wait later. Why have the wife wait later, when she has been waiting since 11am that day to get cleaned up because she had been left in her soaked bed and clothes?

I applaud you for your sincere comment. You are one of few who actually care about somebody else. I work in an assisted living place and I am constantly having to clean someone up, who had been left in thier soaked sheets and clothes from the "am" girls, because they refused to clean the resident up. Just yesterday it happenned again. Not just 1 resident, but a few. Its sad to see the resident crying because nobody bothered to answer her call button to help assist in going to the restroom. I am off today, so heaven knows what's going on while I am off. Our super does not care and neither does the exec director of the place. All they care about is the 4-6 grand they collect from each resident who lives there. The ppl you help are very fortunate to have you on thier side. God bless you because doing that kind of work is not very plesant but it needs to be done.

I am a CNA. I take my job very serious and have the heart, compassion and respect for the job. I have personal expierence in this line of work. I helped care for my dying mother at home 10 yrs ago and most recently, my husband's mother who passed away at home as well.I also helped care for my aging grandparents and worked in the hosp where I grew up. I work part time for an assisted living place right now. There are several young women who have never worked in the industry and have no CNA expierence nor certification. The place where I work will hire you without any expierence. My first two days was a joke. I was trained by a young woman who knew nothing about the job. She had only been working there 2 weeks prior to me getting hired. Her lack of compassion & respect for the elderly was shocking.Cleanliness did not exist with her.She would change a urine soaked brief or pad without gloves and then walk out the room without washing her hands. She would enter another room and do the same.Going from resident to resident.I kept telling her she needed to wear gloves and wash her hands.She said she hated wearing gloves and will wash her hands later on. It just blows my mind how a place like this can just hire ppl off the streets and refuse to train them the right way. Since I been working there, the neglect has gotten worse. This girl has grown tired of her job and is now refusing to help the residents.I have come into my shift, whereas many residents were left to lay in urine soaked sheets and clothes. Just yesterday one of the residents had soaked thru her bed, clothes and etc. She was crying. She said she had the call light going on since 12 noon(my shift starts at 3pm) and pleaded for help in going to the rest room but they ignored her calls. It breaks my heart watching all this neglect unfold. Reporting it to our super does no good. She calls it as, "tattle telling" on a coworker and wants us to settle the disagreement between each other. Your thoughts?