You know you are a CNA when....

[ham272]

I am a DON at a nursing home and I am going to be putting together a power point presentation for my CNA's. I really wanted to start out with something fun to help them realize how much they are appreciated. I was looking for something fun like "you know you are a CNA when..." but I couldn't find anything. Can you help me out?

Thanks

Laura

[ham272]

:yeah:Those are so funny and very helpful. Keep them coming!!

[sonomala]

You know your a cna when you consider fast food restaurants to be "fancy schmancy" because everyone in there is dressed in street clothes, without stains, and they don't ever serve solid foods out of a blender.

[sonomala]

Forget clothes catalogs, all the ones that come to your house are filled with uniforms.

[sonomala]

you know your a cna when putting on jeans and a t-shirt is considered "dressing up", getting dressed for church is like going to the oscars.

[RescueGrrl211]

....You surpress the urge to help that 90 something year old woman wobbling down the isle at WalMart.. Where is that darn gait belt..

....You realize sometimes its a blessing in disguise that you can tell begruntled family members to "Hold on, Im just the aide."

[callmekipling]

....You realize sometimes its a blessing in disguise that you can tell begruntled family members to "Hold on, Im just the aide."

I was gonna say, you blurt out "hold on, I'll get your nurse" when someone unattractive asks you out

Wearing the same pair of jeans twice might take you three weeks.

or, your basket on laundry day contains one pair of pants, two shirts, seven sets of scrubs and 387 alcohol wipes.

[retread71]

this was a funny thread, thanks.

[sonomala]

you know your a cna when your child asks for you to hand them their toothbrush and you check to see if their name is on it without thinking.

[sonomala]

you know your a cna student when while making your bed you drop a clean pillowcase on the floor and put it in the hamper right away because the state could fail you for using it now.

[Atheos]

I know a couple of people already said you hear call lights in your sleep. The next part is when you wake up every 2 hours for no reason OTHER than to turn over.

[sonomala]

Along those lines, you know your a cna when your spouse tells you one of the kids needs you and you instantly respond "Their call light isn't on"

[NM nurse to be]

I read this last night before work and chuckled along, thinking I didn't have anything to add to the thread. I haven't been doing this all that long yet.

But last night was a rough night all around. And on top of that, I hit the trifecta of bodily fluids. Peed on, barfed on and pooped on by a lady digging for gold. But the part that made me laugh was at the end of all that, not only was I still totally hungry, but I never gave any of the grossness a second thought and just ate my lunch . Yep, guess I've been assimilated