Respect

I am so grateful to be blessed with the CNA's that I get to work with. So many of them are dedicated individuals who are proud of the work they do and care for the residents like they were family.

I understand that some may not show the respect you deserve, but many more of us are thrilled to get to work with you.

Best wishes!

I completely totally respect the CNA as a valuable part of my team, no less important, in fact probably more important since they are more hands on. I can't function without them.

Respect is a two-way street, and it should be earned. :)

Hey Desert Rain :-)

Just wondering.... how is a CNA uniform different from a nurses uniform? i thought they all wear scrubs....

about the respect.... try to remember that all the nurses had to start somewhere, too.

I often feel looked down on, too. Not as a CNA (i am not a cna yet), but in general. But i have learned by now to ignore what other people think and focus on me & my family and the progress that WE are making. When we first started out here two years ago we were *really* poor. Now we still are, but not as bad ;-) and i am starting school and i am working, and we have two little girls (1&3). So I believe i have every reason to be proud of myself, even if i dont have a college degree yet. And once I do, we will know that we really worked our way up and didnt just get everything handed to us.

So if you feel like a nurse is disrespecting you, just remember that either she was once a CNA too and unfortunately forgot about that, or she never was, and then thats too bad ;-)

Hang in there :-)

I think that most people associate CNA's with nursing homes and they associate nursing homes with butt/drool wiping and death. They haven't taken the chance to see what these places are really like or have the slightest clue what a CNA does.

About a year ago I ran into an old friend from high school. Basic convo, what are you doing now.... I got in response "OMG! I could never work in a nursing home with all those dying people! I can't even go into nursing homes they just remind me of death!" I just kind of blinked. "I work in assisted living and I've only had one resident that was actively dying. The rest were attempting to live."