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I recently quit this past week my 1st ever tech job as a Nursing student b/c i felt it was unsafe. I had to juggle up to 15 patients, some mentally unstable and some being total/complete care with not much help from the nurses/techs and unsupportive management. I thought i'd be gaining valuable skills but all i did was clean patients for most of the day. This was something i was already taught in NS, so i dont need the additional practice. i felt like i was doing all the grunt work. The nurses were mainly charting and giving out meds, but they too seemed busy but their work is alot less physical. I was thinking of just working at my friends dads company as an administrative assistant until i graduate. It pays more and its a lot less work....It was a nice hospital, id like to go back, but only as a nurse.

What exactly did you think you were going to do as a CNA in a hospital. I work as a CNA in a hospital and while we don't go up to 15 patients in my department your tasks are exactly what I do. Cleaning, vitals, toileting, positioning, range of motion, etc... All those are CNA things to do. I work with great nurses who know I am going to nursing school so they let me observe things WHEN I HAVE TIME. This job is not clinical. The patient's care comes first, every time. If I can't go in and watch them do something, well bummer, but maybe next time I will have time to watch. You would be amazed at how much I have learned working as an aid in a hospital. I work it as a 2nd job on top of my first job and I love it more than my full time chemist job (I have a B.S. in another field already).

I would have loved to have worked with you :)

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OP, As MANY of the other posters have written, what the heck did you think you were going to be doing as a CNA/tech in a hospital?! Is it necessary to have CNA experience if you want to be a nurse? No, but it can make you a better nurse.

Being a tech is far from glamorous, but you could definitely have learned skills that would have been invaluable in the future.

As a new grad that just started as a RN on the floor I began my tech career at, I appreciate the skills gained while in the CNA role. "Tech work" is also nurse's work. Everything in a CNA's scope of practice is in a RN's scope of practice, but NOT vice versa! I hear the techs I work with bi$&@ing about how they can't get help from some nurses, and vowed that, when I became a nurse the only reason I wouldn't help the techs is if I truly didn't have time. While on orientation, I'm still getting used to the charting system, and the medication barcode scanning system, which is making me a little slower than I would like, but I still don't mind "wiping butts," on my patients. It part of the job, regardless of whether you're a CNA or RN. It's not my favorite thing to do, but it is far from below me to clean a patient. Everyone deserves to maintain what dignity they have left after being in the hospital! That includes not having to lay in stool and urine because you, the tech, felt like cleaning them was something you shouldn't have to do.

I have to agree with so many of the previous posters when I say that I hope you find a nice, cushy office job. Because, if you do make it through nursing school, you're in for a rude awakening. You are going to make any friends with the attitude you had on your first post.

My advice to you if you really, truly want to be a nurse, is to get over yourself and try to get another job as a tech in a different hospital. The experience gained can be invaluable to your nursing career, and you'll have a greater appreciation for the techs that work with you if you do become a nurse.

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Seriously. Why would that make you think it was a female. That's extremely sexist against your own gender. All respect lost.

Well for 2 important reasons:

A) nursing is predominantly female to begin with.

B) I have never met a guy who wouldn't get dirty.

So yes. If I didn't know the gender, I would again assume it was a female by the actions. I don't know you to care if I lost your respect. :)

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They aren't what ifs. This is how nursing is. We are constantly short staffed & always have a high census. How long did you work as a CNA? There is nothing wrong or dangerous with having 15 patients as a CNA.

Once again if he thinks that is dangerous, what will he do once he becomes a nurse & has a full patient load? When his CNA is busy or there isn't one & he has to do total patient care himself?

Being a CNA is a great time for him to practice time management amongst other skills important to nursing. For the OP to just quit this job during orientation then believe he can work there as a nurse is crazy. He must not want to be a nurse that badly then.

I'm not the only one who thinks what he did was wrong. You're the only one who thinks he's right.

Your entitled to your opinion. Thanks for sharing.

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Your entitled to your opinion. Thanks for sharing.

And also, you're entitled to your opinion.

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And also, you're entitled to your opinion.

Thank you. I've been wanting to say something but have been biting my, fingers?

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If you work as a chemist, y do you work as a cna? just out of curiosity, dont chemists make like 60-80k on avg? which is similar to a nurses salary.

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If you work as a chemist, y do you work as a cna? just out of curiosity, dont chemists make like 60-80k on avg? which is similar to a nurses salary.

Who's a chemist? Dreamer30 is a lab assistant, if that is who you are referring to.

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We have student nurse interns on my floor- in fact I worked as one before graduating. It's basically a CNA, but there were a few things we could do that CNAs couldn't- I could hang normal saline and pull out IVs for instance. Also, insert foleys under supervision of the RN. We often had 8-12 patients each. It's a heavy load, yes, but even though I was a nursing student, I wasn't any better than the CNAs. In fact, in a lot of ways, I was worse at the job BECAUSE I was in nursing school. My program was very lean on fundamental nursing tasks. I sucked (and admittedly still do) getting patients on and off bedpans. Changing beds on my own, etc. My time as a student nurse intern was invaluable to my practice as a nurse. There are too many nurses graduating today with a sense of entitlement, that basic nursing care is below them. Nursing students also seem to think that you'll be able to go out and buy a BMW with your first nursing check. Keep dreaming. You will not do well in this profession if you think you're too good for caring for and dealing with basic human needs of the most vulnerable people. There are things about nursing that I don't love. But there are more that I do. We don't seem to have that in common.

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If you work as a chemist, y do you work as a cna? just out of curiosity, dont chemists make like 60-80k on avg? which is similar to a nurses salary.

These "average" wage ranges of RNs always make my eyes roll. Around here (Midwest), starting base pay for an RN is maybe $20 and some change? And that is a lot more than the $15 and change I started at as a new RN about 7 years ago in the same system. And this is in a large hospital owned by a corporation who is, of course, raking it in.

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Well for 2 important reasons:

A) nursing is predominantly female to begin with.

B) I have never met a guy who wouldn't get dirty.

So yes. If I didn't know the gender, I would again assume it was a female by the actions. I don't know you to care if I lost your respect. :)

We work with very different types of men then. Maybe it's an area thing, because I know employers who have specifically hired only women because they don't complain about needing to clean a bathroom etc.

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If you work as a chemist, y do you work as a cna? just out of curiosity, dont chemists make like 60-80k on avg? which is similar to a nurses salary.

Never said it was about the money. I don't enjoy what I do, at all.

I got the CNA job to help me get into nursing school, to make a little side cash, and have experience.

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