To all the Wonderful CNA's and PCT's

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Specializes in ED, MS, CC.

To all the CNA's and PCT's that I work with on a daily basis that I forget to tell thank you for all your hard work, THANK YOU! I appreciate all the extra's that you do, the time that you spend with my patients, the reminders that you give me to turn the patient in room 212, the nudges you give me to get room 232 out of bed, the wink you give when you have room 240 in the hallway with her walker and her oxygen tank, and her wheelchair, I can't tell you how invaluable that I find you "auntie" when my patient gets the wrong tray and you take the initiative and call to get her the correct one and I don't even know about it until its delivered! What would I do without,not only you but ALL the great CNA's I work with? I don't want you to think that I go one minute, or a single day taking you or your hard work for granted- because I don't! Your work is hard, its unforgiving, its thoughtless, and thankless, but I want you to know, because you and the other CNA's at our hospital come to work everyday and you make my job possible, because of you guys YOU make it possible for US as a TEAM to get OUR patients home where they belong with their families. And I thank you for that, and I cannot thank you enough, so I owe you one, a candy bar, a soda, lunch, a drink, whatever you want its on me. I love my :redbeathe CNA's and I appreciate you guys! And I Promise I will ALWAYS get off my butt to help you clean an incontinent patient,bathe,shower,or to reposition an obese patient, and to get someone out of bed, because they're our patients not mine, not yours, OURS and we're a TEAM. :redpinkhe

And I issue a challenge to all the other nurses out there to thank their cna's and tech's, and pitch in to help them and remember it makes the job get done faster when two people do it! And the patient feels special!

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Well said!

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Specializes in LTC.

Thats great that you work with CNA's who are team players. Very important in this profession. LTC or in the hospital.

My CNA's are downright awesome. We don't need to tell them that. They know it. I hate seeing their faces when they are told they have to work short. Because that means they can't give their residents top notch care that they are used to giving.

I like to help them out. I am not using any mechanical lifts because(they freak me out) lol.. but I don't mind toileting a 1 assist or getting a 1 assist into bed or putting someone on a bedpan. I like to help feed.. I have to be in the day room anyway during mealtimes. I feed a resident who is time consuming so they can feed more who aren't time consuming.

CNA's can either make or break your night as a nurse.

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Well, I posted it here before, that I told a patient when he addressed the DON, calling her "nurse." I told him in front of her, "don't you you know that CNA's are the real nurses? They are just pill pushers and bureaucrats." I am a nurse now, and so thankful for good CNA's, but gotta say, I wish I could really just dump some bad ones that think that nurses are their aides. Anyway!!! Pat on the back to those good CNA's.

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Specializes in ER, progressive care.

Thank you for this - I am a nurse tech (like a CNA, only not certified, but I can also do a lot of other things - pretty much anything I have learned in nursing school except for assess & pass meds!) and this means a lot. Sometimes I feel like myself, the other techs and the other nursing assistants are all taken for granted where I work. But don't get me wrong - I LOVE my job! :D

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Specializes in Mostly geri :).

Thank you for your post-I printed it and read it when I have a particularly lousy day :)

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:yeah:Thanks so much for this. Im a nurse tech now soon to be working RN and Im so grateful for the expereince of helping out the nurses and learning so much from the CNA's too. I wish that all nurses would have worked as CNA's or tech before going out on the floor.

Im so happy when nurses thank me for my hard work. Its good to feel appreciated. I have some nurses light up when I walk in and ask me if im working today ( I work on various units) because they could use my help. Im going to miss being a tech and I will make sure to appreciate all of my TEAM-MEMBERS. :redpinkhe

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This is so nice. I love being a CNA, but there are so many people who take for granted what CNA's do. No, it may not be the most challenging job in some aspects but it is not easy work! If all nurses could have your attitude, being a CNA would be a lot easier in my place of work. Thank you for your words, I'm going to post them in our break room!! =)

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Specializes in ED, MS, CC.

I worked as a tech on a Cardiac Step down unit for 2 years while I was in nursing school, it taught me A LOT about teamwork, and when the CNA's or the extern's or the PCT's are out for any reason, I feel it, and so do the patients! I don't mean in the way of not getting the bed made or getting a bath, I do as much of that as I can, but the tech's are WAY better and believe me- the patients are not shy about telling me, the patients also love the time and attention they get from the CNA/tech (lets use it interchangeablely here, ok?) that some of them don't get from me, I see them every 2 hours but I don't get to spend good quality time with each and every one of them, unfortunately.

Being a tech prior to graduation made me appreciate my job THAT much more, but it makes me appreciate my associates as well, because in all honesty they really do make or break my day! When we're having a particularly stressful day I like going to the cafeteria with them and paying for their lunch without them knowing, or stopping at the store on the way in to work and stocking up on chocolate candy bars (only for the tech's- none for the nurses) because I want them to know that I appreciate them, and its not much, but a little bite a chocolate after a bad patient can make the day better! And - they are so appreciative, and sweet and they don't expect every day and this is why I love working with great CNA's!

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Wow! I am really happy to hear this. It is encouraging. I just finished my schooling to become a CNA. Thanks for the posts! :-)

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Specializes in LTC, Home Health, Hospice.
To all the CNA's and PCT's that I work with on a daily basis that I forget to tell thank you for all your hard work, THANK YOU! I appreciate all the extra's that you do, the time that you spend with my patients, the reminders that you give me to turn the patient in room 212, the nudges you give me to get room 232 out of bed, the wink you give when you have room 240 in the hallway with her walker and her oxygen tank, and her wheelchair, I can't tell you how invaluable that I find you "auntie" when my patient gets the wrong tray and you take the initiative and call to get her the correct one and I don't even know about it until its delivered! What would I do without,not only you but ALL the great CNA's I work with? I don't want you to think that I go one minute, or a single day taking you or your hard work for granted- because I don't! Your work is hard, its unforgiving, its thoughtless, and thankless, but I want you to know, because you and the other CNA's at our hospital come to work everyday and you make my job possible, because of you guys YOU make it possible for US as a TEAM to get OUR patients home where they belong with their families. And I thank you for that, and I cannot thank you enough, so I owe you one, a candy bar, a soda, lunch, a drink, whatever you want its on me. I love my :redbeathe CNA's and I appreciate you guys! And I Promise I will ALWAYS get off my butt to help you clean an incontinent patient,bathe,shower,or to reposition an obese patient, and to get someone out of bed, because they're our patients not mine, not yours, OURS and we're a TEAM. :redpinkhe

And I issue a challenge to all the other nurses out there to thank their cna's and tech's, and pitch in to help them and remember it makes the job get done faster when two people do it! And the patient feels special!

AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH your making us cry! thankyou for your acknowledgment!..:yeah::redbeathe:redpinkhe:yeah::redbeathe:redpinkhe:yeah::redbeathe:redpinkhe:yeah::redbeathe:redpinkhe

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Specializes in Critical Care, Neuro, Cardiac, Step Down.

A good nurse assistant is what makes the world go around!! We nurses cry about under appreciation, you guys definitely don't get your kudos. All the credit in the world to you guys, thanks to the originator of this post allowing us to voice our appreciation!!

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