What should I expect as a CNA?

IdianaCNA1993 · May 29, 2012

well I myself from expierience thought yeah its going to be hard... wrong its next to near imposible to do your job some times. but I live by the motto if no one in left in poo and pee I think that I have done my job and the rest dont matter. you will come incontact with people that might refuse your care and you will most likely run in to the nurses and aides that make you cry because you forget to do somthing or you do somthing wrong.

I work nights so its very understaffed sometimes call lights are crazy people need checked/changed theres no house keeping or laundry so you have to clean up like your a house keeper and take the trash out to kiss day shifts @$$. and those girls/boys on day shift are real well you know whats. when the ADON used to call me in to cover people on days I always asked who am I working with? because there are a select few on days that I will work with. night shift normally sticks together. you have needy mee mee residents some you understand that they are needy because they never ever have visitors others its like your family was in today and your calling me in to hand you the remote when your 5 inches away from it. you have ones who think that they are the only ones there and will yell and pound on things thinking its going to make you come in sooner when you were in there like 10 minutes ago and spent about an hour in there with them. and they want the same exact things you already did for them plus there are like 10 other lights on or things that you need to get done. then you have the family member that get mad at you because you arent making there relative number one when you have people who are worse of than they are.

You will have nurses and other higher ups get snippy with you because you ask for help or you report somthing like a skin tear or someone needing there trach suctioned or they refuse to do anything about it because well they were in there 5 minutes ago when you know they werent you will have co workers sh!t talk you say omg they suck when in fact you hear from other people you are doing a good job. you will have coworkers sitting on there butts chatting when there are call lights on (I had this happen last night so like an hour before the end of my shift I joined them by setting by myself in the back office waiting for them to answer some of the lights.) but you do build friendships with most of the residents, family members, and co workers. even the ones that give you a hard time.

You will have the resdents that love hearing about your day and love telling you stories. you will have higher ups that help you every chance they can because they greatly apreciate you. you will have residents that only want you to care for them because the other aide is a litte rough with them and refuses to do simple things for them you will have the resident who is really indipendent that only bothers you when they know you have been running up and down the halls and they want you to have a seat for a few moments and talk to them about a "bed bath later" so you dont get in trouble for sitting on your butt. where I work you will have a lot of new comers asking you if you want some one to cover you some time because they need more hourse because they never get any, in some cases it is nice to have some one come in and cover you when you need a day off. you will learn alot about bed side mannor and about medical issues.

The first few months are always the hardest but dont give up.