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

[ParkerDarling]

Your a cna/cma when you go to write your rent check, and after you write your name also put Cna/Cma.

I can't remember how many times that has happened.

[CoffeemateCNA]

Your a cna/cma when you go to write your rent check, and after you write your name also put Cna/Cma.

I can't remember how many times that has happened.

I swear I always do this at the store when I use those credit/debit machines that require you to sign on the screen with the plastic pen. I always run out of room and then it hits me that I don't have to list credentials.

You know your a CNA when you wear gloves to clean you own bathroom/kitchen.

I do this, too. I also wear gloves when I am putting a cream on myself (Aspercreme, Neosporin, etc.) -- HABIT!!

[CoffeemateCNA]

...when you see the new sign in the break room for the Employee Assistance Program and just BUST UP laughing when you see the part that says how "your coworkers can help you with your problems." Uh, my coworkers ARE my problems!! DUH!!

[Jenny_07]

When your door bell rings you look down your hall to find a call light.

When your at the store and see an old lady fall you run over to help her while yelling for the nurse

When you go to your friends apartment and you knock on the door and open while saying " Hi i'm jenny and i'll be your aid today"

Your favorite dream is the one where you leave a mess at a residents's bedside and tell a nurse to clean it up.

You've told a confused patient that your name was that of your coworker and to holler if they need help...lol.

You believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if the phrase, "wow, it is really quiet" is uttered.

You are the only one at the dinner table NOT allowed to talk about your day at work

You would like to meet the inventor of the call light some night in a dark alley.

You have seen more moons than the Hubbell telescope

[hearts895, RN BSN]

-You are no longer grossed out by a stuffed up toilet cause you see & clean up way worse on a daily basis.

-Getting a severely demented & tight lipped resident to eat their whole dinner feels like winning the lottery. You think "I'm such a champ today - I got him/her to eat/drink it ALL!"

-You have nightmares of having too many call lights to catch at once.

-You vow to never let your own parents go into LTC and hope with all your heart you can stick to that vow

-When your volunteering on the Cardiac floor at the hospital, you wonder why the heck they don't have any gait belts around, since its "a part of mandatory uniform" at the LTC

-You gripe about the flavorless lame LTC style food available at work... till the end of your shift and then your insanely hungry self gladly scrounges about for such delectable goodies like 'ground bologna and pickles sandwich" leftovers in the break room

-You don't really understand why your roommate is even remotely bothered by the idea of having to change diapers at the daycare

-You find it ironic that your doing all this in the hopes of achieving the big dream: Being a Nurse!...... yet, most of the time, you are so relieved to be able to pass everything on to said nurse at the LTC, by saying "I'm just the CNA, I'll go get the nurse" LOL

-You adore some of the residents as if they were your own family members, and you know you'll cry when they go. You also have some residents that seriously get under your skin (though you don't show it of course) ... just like your own family members lol

-You feel like a big achiever when your CNA team is able to get everybody up or down before the assigned time

[*4!#6]

One time I had this dream where I went through my entire group of residents toileting them. One at a time in my dream. While I was having the dream my boyfriend shifted in his sleep and I said, "Hang on a minute, I'm almost done with my toileting" as I was helping this lady off the toilet

[blue cna]

...when you're secretly excited (yet saddened for the resident) when someone has a heart attack/stroke/seizure and EMS is called because it's the most excitement you've had all month except for the time when Ms. Smith showed you how she can take her dentures out and spit them into the cup without using her hands (which is AMAZING!!).

:/ how morbid lol. thats just wrong.

[Poi Dog]

When you walk to a public restroom and knock on the door before entering. Oh heck, I knock on all doors. I've even knocked on my car door before unlocking it.

[CoffeemateCNA]

...when you think thickened orange juice really doesn't look that bad -- more like an orange slushie -- and you consider going back to dietary to make one for yourself.

[LaterAlligator]

... when you get home at night and need to shower off all the ick from your shift, but think "I don't want to give another shower, that'll be my 4th today!" even though it is just to yourself!

[mrstisback]

You know you are a CNA when... You are NO longer enthused with "body parts"

[mrstisback]

I already do the whole glove thing.. haha.. way to many years growing up and debreeding body parts, giving shots of some sort, cleaning messes such as turds or runny feces or blood or bile or secretions lol all in a days work I say!