Kids2Feed

Hello.. I just got my first CNA position in a nursing home. I was hoping to get into a hospital but they said that I do not have sub acute care experience. The nursing home will not count as sub acute care experience apparently even though one of my patients is g-tube and cath. Anyway.. that patient weighs over 200 pounds and cannot move. They have me lift her with another CNA without using a lift. I am low man on the totem pole and not allowed to make waves. We also don't get breaks because chop chop the state is coming too much to do. I am trying to get out before I get hurt. I am good with the patients, kind and smart. I just don't want to be out of work with a back injury. I have years of office management experience in another field and was hoping to get a unit secretary job or something without so much lifting.. or in a better facility that lets you use the lifts. It is possible that after I have my own patients I can use the lift.. but I won't make it to that time if I get hurt this week. The reason I took the CNA course is I hoped to get a shift conducive to picking up my kids at 3pm after school. How do I get EPIC training without being an employee of a hospital that uses EPIC? Any suggestions? I have even applied for file clerk jobs and not gotten an interview. I have kids to feed and an X who is not helping. I nearly have my business degree. I definitely immediately need work.

Hello- New CNA in California. I just started at a Convalescent Hospital and it really is not enough money to pay my bills and feed my kids. I tried for months to get into a hospital but they said no .. no critical care experience. So apparently my Nursing Home work won't get me in either? How do you get your start? Are there some hospital non-nursing jobs that are easier to get so I am at least applying as an internal candidate? I may have to work two jobs to do this.