sassysammi13

hi i am a cna and a nursing student in wv.. during our training i came across alot of rn's & lpns that had the same attitude as yours. i now work in a nursing home, with a much better staff than where i took my cna course. here cnas are responsible for the charting, feeding, mouth care, showers, nourishments, clean catheters, nasal canal & feeding tubes, emptying catheters, transporting res., dressing the res. getting up & putting down the res., i & o charting, nail care, changing the resident, shaving, making the beds, filling & passing out ice pitchers, assisting our lpns & rn's & the list does go on. also ,on top of that any extra tasks our lpn or rn delegates. our lpns & rn's are happy to help out whenever there is a need. i have seen them yes wipe butts & give mouth care as well as clean fingernails. i have also seen our administrative nurses stop in there busy day to help out whenever needed. you need to remember the patients needs come first. maybe i am lucky to work at a place that we do have team work. anyway, i do realize that you have had 4 years of training & i respect that, in the nursing world you think a person would choose this career to help others who maybe can't help thereselves? maybe i am wrong this is just the way i feel. hopefully i won't get that kid of attitude when i finish nursing school. if you don't like resident/patient contact or if you think you are above that, then maybe you should choose another profession.

A friend of mine who is in my class to be an lpn has 2 DUI on her record will this prevent her from getting an lpn license? also eventually she wants to be RN could those DUI prevent this in anyway?