doglover87

Its not the whole story. its a lot more but i just dont wanna give too much of the story away cause i live in a small town. I just appreciate the cnas alot more now.

Hi, i have been following this forum for a few weeks and i just wanted to tell you guys i appreciate the hard work you guys do. I was working in a nursing home and taking care of 18 residents from 2-6pm and putting 10 to bed after supper. Many of the nursing aids also got trained as a med aide. After 2 weeks of training, which was quite an experience in itself since my trainer was younger than me and rolling her eyes every time i asked a question. My first day alone was yesterday and it went fine but i clocked out an hour late because i couldn't finish putting the residents in on time and was yelled at. My 2nd day was today and i was in such a hurry that a resident fell when i was with them. It made me so angry at myself and i made sure the nurse knew and while she was taking care of it. I went to go cry in the bathroom for a bit. I been up all night and realized i cant do this. It made me realize that i was afraid i might of killed the resident. I have always wanted to be a nurse when i was younger and to have hurt someone makes me feel like im not cut out for this career path. It seems to me that a lot of cna's are overworked and underpaid. I was getting 9 dollars an hour for this and they were so set on not giving overtime that if you were half an hour later clocking out, they would call and be angry. Its just overwhelming and a lot to take in. A lot of the cna's will only answer their residents call lights and noone elses even if they walked by one. I just appreciate you guys for all the hard work you do and to keep it up.