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

[fuzzywuzzy, CNA]

Your thighs are covered in ugly bruises from banging into wheelchairs (since I started working in a NH my thighs have NEVER been bruise-free)

Your arms have scars from combative residents.

[Atheos]

You know you are a CNA when you are no longer ashamed of being beat up

Especially by little old ladies!

[ICor9:24]

....when you run up and down the hall a thousand times a shift, lifting completely dead weight all day long, and barely stop to pee much less eat anything...

and yet you still can't manage to lose that last 10 lbs!

[fuzzywuzzy, CNA]

^ seriously! What's the deal with that anyway?

[BowMomOfSeven]

You know your a CNA when.....

-You run behind the nurse's station between residents at bedcheck to grab a quick bite of your dinner.

-Your stories at dinner with friends revolve around what happened when resident X was fighting you to be changed......and you see no problem with talking about bodily fluids while eating!!!

-You get excited as a CNA/Nursing student at the opportunity to see wounds of any kind or anything that is abnormal!

-You come home from your shift sooooo excited about telling what happened during your day because you think it is just the greatest thing that no one had to have MOM or suppositories and your family looks at you like your insane!!!!!

[ICor9:24]

you know your a cna when.....

-you get excited as a cna/nursing student at the opportunity to see wounds of any kind or anything that is abnormal!

:yeahthat:this totally happened to me today i discovered that my pt had a prolapsed uterus :eek:when i was toileting her. of course i had no earthly idea what "it" was when i discovered it until the nurse came... but man of man did i think it was the coolest thing ever!! of course not for that poor sweet lady - but as a nursing student - i was totally psyched!

geez - if she wasn't near 100 yrs old i would have sworn that she was delivering a child - except ...well.....it didn't look like a child.... see.. i am still in awww over it!

[firelyte42]

You use the moon to tell you whether or not a vacation day is in order

[smellyacres, BSN, RN]

when you're eating dinner with friends and one of them gets food on their face, you reach over to wipe it off with their napkin.

[Absolutely13]

...when you can describe poop with the authority of a famous writer...and people listen.

[squeakykitty]

You know you're a CNA when---

You look at the poop in the toilet so you can chart the size, and you then realize it's your own.

You have fantasies about taping a dirty Depends to the car heater of your lazy co-workers who don't do teamwork (such as helping you with 2 person transfers.)

[callmekipling]

You use the moon to tell you whether or not a vacation day is in order

:yeah:completely and entirely true.

[MichaelCNA]

You find yourself repositioning your better half, and regularly encourage them to drink fluids.