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Geezz; what if your confused resident started telling you "don't choke me", even if you did not choke her/him, and someone heard it and reported you to the supervisor? I am starting to realize that this career is not worth our hard work, let alone the small salary, but degrading work, and CNA's are always put down. You don't have to be a CNA in order to make a difference in the lives of others. Don't risk your life; start finding another field or career which is less stressful, but rewarding.

I never said the nurse is unreasonable by asking me to refrain from wearing gloves in the hallway; I just thought before reporting me to the supervisor she should have spoken to me first about it because I had no idea that wearing clean gloves in the hallway is a big no-no in their facility. It was my first job; and it was my 3rd day at work and I only had 3 hours orientation but I was assigned to different area. It was the charge nurse who instructed that the resident will take a shower before 9 pm; this resident is so damn persistent in not wanting to take shower. I did not force her; it's unethical to do that anyway. I told the nurse about the resident's refusal and she went to the resident's room and kept insisting that the resident had to take shower. The resident kept refusing and said she wanted to sleep instead. They didn't stop trying to get the resident to take a shower until around 10 pm; finally the resident agreed to take a shower. I don't work there anymore. I feel better now; not mad at the nurse anymore. It is not the end of the world.

Maybe she/he is just very proud and wants to show it to everyone in social media. Some are even use RN with their fullname attached to it in facebook account.

I had this resident which I like very much; she is always happy and thankful for everything that I have done for her. one day she's telling me she is in great pain and needs to take pills for it, so I quickly come to the nurse about it. the nurse told me she will come after she finishes her rounds with other residents; the resident keeps calling on the light and when I come to her room she keeps asking me when a nurse is going to see her, and that she is in pain. it took 30 minutes before the nurse came to see the resident who is suffering from pain. I just thought the nurse is somehow too slow, and is supposed to see immediately to a resident who is suffering from pain.

I wasn't able to explain well to my supervisor I was very tired that night, I know this shouldn't be a reason. I just know the following morning that I can't return for work there. I guess this served me a lesson. Thank you everyone for the input.

The trash can for dirty linen and dirty pads is in the hallway, how can you take off the dirty gloves when leaving the resident room. In this facility you cant leave or put the dirty pads in the trash can resident room.

I always wash my hands before and after and wear clean new gloves to every resident. some of you did not understand my point.

Well,,, if the clean new gloves I wear in the hallway is considered dirty already; I supposed we CNA are also dirty ourselves since we came from dirty resident room even though we took gloves off in the resident room. this is the same logic. Doesn't make sense to me .

Thank you everyone for your good input.

Hello my Fellow CNA, how do you deal with difficult resident and difficult nurse? I have this resident suppose to take shower before 9 pm but keep refusing no matter how I try to convinced her. I report it to the nurse and they help me but even them have a hard time of convincing her; but finally the resident agree to take shower at 10 pm which is too late because she supposed to be in bed at that time but I shower her anyway. The other issue nurse accused me that I did not remove my gloves after done taking care of the resident and use the same dirty gloves to other residents in other room. I always remove my gloves and use a new clean gloves to every resident. while I was walking in the hallway coming towards to other room I wear new clean gloves in advanced; maybe when she saw me she thinks I use the same dirty gloves to other resident;The nurse report me to the supervisor. I am angry at the nurse I just think I don't deserved any of this thing; the nurse is being unreasonable. Well, I just pray her to the Lord. By the way I work in agency; perhaps they don't like working with people from agency? I don't understand why.

Use the thing you learned from school correct body position or body mechanic; do not transfer the super heavy resident by yourself make sure ask another CNA for help and use hoyer. And adjust the bed position if it to low for your body.:)

What kind of questions did you ask during job interview? I am always speechless when the interviewer ask me if I have any questions in mind. I only ask if I can see the facility or when I will know if I got the job.

And do not be shy to speaking up or ask a necessary question to your fellow CNA OR a Nurse at work when you need help. You will overcome your shyness once you used to interact with different people. coming from a former shy person;)

Thanks everyone

Barb-H, That is a good advice!... Thank you for the input.:) Thank you everyone

I am a new CNA. it is a CNA job responsibility? because when I took CNA class I do not remember that my clinical instructor train their students to perform one. I did not know how to put one so I called the Practical Nurse to show it to me. it is very easy how to do it anyway and learning new thing is a good thing.

The most important point of this state exam is: you know exactly what you are doing; safety of you and the resident, prevention of contamination. try to relax and be calm. I reviewed for the CNA Skills Exam by using youtube videos like forUCNA; but I'm aware that not all of those techniques apply in my State, Pennsylvania, since every State is different. And yes it helped me big for my second attempt of skills exam. Good luck girl, you can do it.

Yes, being a CNA is not easy, sometimes I wonder if this career is really meant for me but I'll give it a try at least a few months. during my first day I saw the manager of the facility and she came to me and thanking me for helping them.

Hi everyone, first I love my job as a CNA but having 9 or 12 residents to cared for how I am suppose to do my job finish all on time without injuring any resident. the thing I am scared for is when I transfer my resident into wheelchair and back to bed, they are heavy even using trolley and I cannot always ask other CNA for help since they are busy also. the trolley alone I don't trust it. am I over reacting to this. perhaps I need to switch a new career? Any opinion or suggestions will appreciated. thank you in advance.

You can get your cpr certification here www.icpr.com cost $19.00 only. personally speaking learning and practicing it in actuall setting is much better than in online. I just renew my cpr certificate online and it was very fast I got my certificate right away.:)

Yes, I worked in a residential care setting and it was very busy, I suppose it is like that in some places. Yes, that's a good idea to skimp on the less important aspects of the job. Sometimes I am hesitant to ask help for co-workers some of them are not willing to help you especially you are new. good to know that having 9 residents to cared for is not that bad at all. I just want to give the best care as much as possible.

When I was taking Cna exam some are just wear loose-fitting clothing with rubber shoes(including me) some was wearing scrubs. It's all depends of you. if you like to wear scrubs wear it.

OK, I was in shock, and the RN expect me to do all my job finish before 12pm. do you think 9 residents is too much or just reasonable? how much is too much and how many is reasonable?

Well, I guess I am lucky, after I received my license, there are many agency calling me for job interview; I refused some of them, I chose and got the job I like in TLC 10 minutes drive where I live. I think having a CPR certification is a plus. Don't lose hope op.