ariel285

Hi. I've started a new job as a CNA in the postpartum dept of a large hospital. It's my first CNA job and I've been off orientation now for three weeks. My question for other CNAs is: do you find some of the RNs you aide to be really... "needy?" Like asking you to retake bp every 10 minutes on a patient and paging you every half hour to get so-and-so snacks? I've noticed that some of the RNs I work with are great and then there are some who literally ask me to do every single thing they can. I'm extremely overwhelmed with it. I really do try to say yes to every request, but sometimes I have to tell them it will be 15-30 minutes because I'm still working on the last 4 requests they made of me. Often this doesn't go over well and they either roll their eyes or tell me to hurry up. It's all really simple stuff that they could do like getting a spoon or refilling water. I know they can do it themselves because other RNs do this stuff without dumping it all on me and most of the RNs sit around and talk a good portion of the time while I am running my butt off! It really irritates me! Is there anything I can do to stop this from happening?

If you want to work as a nurse then yes, do switch to nursing. It's better to cut your losses now than to get your business degree and then go back for a second degree after that. I already have one undergrad in Graphic Design and a partially completed Masters in Business but finally figured out that it's not what I want. Fortunately I have already paid off my undergrad loans and my work paid for the masters classes I took so I'm not going to be too badly in debt. I'll only accrue the cost of nursing school. But trust me, if you don't want to go into business and you know you want to do nursing then switch as soon as possible. It seems scary to have to restart as a freshman and be in school an extra year, but once you graduate it really isn't going to matter. You will have saved so much more by switching earlier than later. But I definitely agree with other posters about going to a cheaper school. Unless this $120,000 is GUARANTEED to get you an abnormally high paying nursing job then just switch to a place you can afford without paying loans the rest of your life.