You know you are a CNA when....

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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

Specializes in Geriatric, Hospice, LTC.

OMG!!! great ones!!!

You know your a CNA after you have just cleaned up a person who is incontinent and you immediatly go on break and can eat your lunch.

You know your a CNA when someone asks you "What is that smell?" and you respond "What smell?"

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Specializes in LTC.

You will bend over backwards, sideways and upside down when leaving a room so you don't set off the motion alarm.

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Specializes in LTC.

You are not embarrassed to admit that you got beat up by a little old lady.

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You've seen more memberes than a prostitute.

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Specializes in LTC.

A pen with blue ink is totally useless.

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You know the problems associated with a person not using their bowels but are secretly thankful when you manage to get through a whole shift without doing any 'cleaning'.

You laugh at your coworkers who try and reorient people with dementia with no success. If a 90 year old wants to pack their bags to go home you say your goodbyes and let them wander looking for the exit then distract them with the evening meal.

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ALong the lines of the last one... when the old retired rail road worker is obsessing on a tanker full of contaminated water at night, you play his employee and 'report' what you did to fix it and that it's quitting time and he can go home now. And it works!

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You know the problems associated with a person not using their bowels but are secretly thankful when you manage to get through a whole shift without doing any 'cleaning'.

You laugh at your coworkers who try and reorient people with dementia with no success. If a 90 year old wants to pack their bags to go home you say your goodbyes and let them wander looking for the exit then distract them with the evening meal.

But then you do get a little irritated when you realize YOU will be the one unpacking all their belongings and putting them away again! LOL

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I had a resident who wanted to leave, but we told him his (dead) wife had taken it to go grocery shopping and that their (also dead dog) had gone with her to get some running around accomplished while he napped and we weren't supposed to tell him she had a surprise for supper. He quickly jumpped into bed and "pretended" to be asleep until he really did. This failed to say he had been on that light every 5 and he was a high risk fall...oh, and he had been a priest for 27 years after his wife had passed.

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Specializes in Alzheimers and geriatric patients.

-when A "difficult" resident passes away and you cry your eyes out all day.

-when you have deep conversations with the alzheimers patients

-when you empty your pockets at the end of your shift and find 7 bandaids, 11 packets of a&d ointment(gotta keep those feet greased!), 6 orange nail sticks, 3 ink pens(all black of course), 2 pairs of nail clippers, a gob of alchohol pads, and one single latex glove.

-when no matter how stressful, and thankless your job, you couldn't quit even though you want to. (you'd just miss all those residents)

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Specializes in LTC.

You enjoy getting horrified looks when people ask you what a CNA does.

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You enjoy getting horrified looks when people ask you what a CNA does.
...or when the gravy stain on your scrubs is really gravy...sorry, but I do eat every once in a while.
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