NicoV

I'm a CNA in Colordo, started in 2014 at $9.50hr and after 1 1/2 years Im now makin $9.85hr. I got a slight raise when our facility was bought buy a new company and then my annual raise was about $.20 cents.

That is absolutely ridiculous and it pains me to see other CNAs or individuals sayin things like "That's just how it is, it's not gonna change." Why not? Because we as CNAs refuse to do anythin about it?? We are LICENSED professionals. Your scope of care and practice is with your residents, not the offices of your team leaders. Most LPNs and RNs would be offended (and would most likely refuse) if administrators assigned those kinds of tasks for the sake of saving a buck but you're expected to just do it because you're a CNA and not viewed as they same professional as your RNs and administrators. I'd bring this issue up at a staff meeting, explain why it's not your responsibility to clean up after an entire facility, that it's beneath your scope of practice and I'd start a petition. We had a program here called the star program. It required a CNA to remain on the floor for an additional 4 hours if someone on the on-coming shift called off. Once the program was implemented there was a serious rise in call offs and CNAs were having to stay an extra 4 hours constantly. Eventually we got sick of it and threatened to start a petition. The admins got wind of it and sat us down to ask us what was wrong with the program. We explained, they tried to convince us it was for the best and we told them we will start a petition and send it to their bosses, we would go over there heads. They cancelled the program the following month.

ALF is "assisted living facility" right?? I'm still learning the different lingo for CNA'S and places that employ CNAs :-) I noticed your title says BSN, RN... Do you do both CNA work and RN?? I'm going for my RN next semester but wondered if there would be any point in maintaining my CNA license.

I know this question gets asked a lot both here and in other CNA FB groups but I'm looking for more specific answers because I feel that this information is often misleading or inaccurate. If you google "CNA starting pay" you'll get a lot of figures like "the AVERAGE pay of a CNA is $13hr" but "average pay" is not the same as "starting pay" and most of us have probably been shocked a time or two when we get offered a low ball pay rate thats closer to $9.50hr instead of the average pay we found on Google. So here is my more specific question about CNA starting pays: how much was your starting pay at a new facility, with and/or without experience? Were you promised a pay increase after a certain period of time like a 90 day probation period? How long before you got your first raise and how much was it? I'll start... My starting pay was $9.50hr with three years of home Healthcare experience but no CNA experience. I was told I'd get a pay increase after a 90 day probation period and I never did. I got my first raise after my one year anniversary at this facility and it was for .15 cents. I live in southern Colorado and we house on average 72 residents while working with the minimum amount possible of CNAs. Our green unit CNAs often work the hall by themselves most of the time because we're so short staffed and our benefits are crap.