It will get better with time. Don't focus on what your coworkers think of you, focus on what you did for your residents that day. When the patient in room 1 said thank you after you gave him a bath,...
CNAs everywhere are underappreciated, not just in LTC. We have the same issues in the hospital. It's just motivation to be an awesome nurse one day and treat your techs better.
Depending on where you live, you can be certified to pass meds, give insulin, phlebotomy, etc. In my hospital, CNAs who work in the ER (they call them ER techs) are trained to put in foley catheters,...
Actually, that's not true. The hospital where I work (in Missouri) has a program that pays up to $4000 per year on top of their normal tuition reimbursement for nursing students. You do have to sign a...