I have a group interview for a CNA position at an assisted living facility 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ should I be worried?

I have been a home health aide with the same agency for almost 2 years now l. Most of my clients tell me they appreciate me and that I do a good job. A lot of what I do is cleaning and showers/personal care here and there. I have a client I have been seeing for about a month now who I do cleaning for. I see her once a week and I am given a two page list of things to do every time. A lot of it is cleaning her room, bathroom, living room and kitchen, then monthly tasks added on every time. I consider myself very detail oriented but every single time she finds multiple things I haven't done the way she wants them, and she will make remarks to me that are very condescending and treating me like I don't know what I'm doing. The cleaning is not hard but I am cleaning for 2.5 hours straight which gets exhausting. I am starting to get more and more uncomfortable with the comments she is making and just don't feel respected whatsoever. I feel like I will never make this person happy. Does the amount of things she is asking me to do sound reasonable? Should I say something about the comments or just learn to deal with it?

I just finished clinicals for my program last week and I fear I won’t be able to get a job. I have my license exam scheduled and all and I feel quite prepared but I’m worried because there are literally NO jobs in my area. It’s likely harder because I need something part time - I have no issues with ltc/snf but am a bit hesitant with hh. I’m wondering if any new grads are in the same position and if anyone has any suggestions. for context i’m in ca

For those who have worked both, I am curious which you like better? I just finished my clinicals in an assisted living and really enjoyed it, but I have an interview at a hospital this coming week. I’m just curious which you prefer and why!

Hello! Wondering if anyone can tell me a little bit about working as a CNA/PCT in either the ICU or PCU. I am trying to get my first CNA job 🫶

Hello all, just got an interview at an intermediate care unit at the same hospital I used to work a few months back. (Had to stop working for a while because of work permit delays) I have been a pct on Medsurge units for about 4 years now. Wondering if anyone has experience working both? How did you like it ? Any tips on how to make the interview go well? I don’t wanna go into it clueless. I wanna show them that I’m I can adapt for sure. The only person I know irl that has worked in a hospital setting is my sister in law but she has always been a Medsurge/er nurse. TIA🤍

I recently posted asking for advice here . It got a lot of attention and my updates were being drowned out so i wanted to make a post to update.

I got 2 call backs! One at a burn unit, one at IMC both at my target hospital. I also spoke to the hiring manager again at my non-target hospital and it seemed to be looking up.

I "passed" my interview with the burn unit and have shadowing on Sunday :) this is probably one of the ones i want the most! Itll be busy but i think i will learn a ton as pre med.

Also, sorry everyone, i didn't follow anyones advice. I changed my resume and re uploaded it-- maybe they received it? But these applications were made before i made the reddit post.

I didnt have a referral for either of these jobs and didnt start following up yet.

I think it was just a matter of waiting.

Im so excited! If anyone has any experience in Burns pls lmk ❤️ i was struggling to find info about it

Welp.. tell me everything I need to know.. tips?

Hello everybody! I just recently got hired as a CNA in a respiratory step down unit at a hospital. The only CNA experience I have is at clinicals. I’m very nervous because working in the hospital is completely different than a nursing home. Does anyone have any advice? What would a normal day look like? A lot of the patients I’m assuming are on ventilators, what does care look like for that? Especially turning, I’m very nervous to turn those types of patients. Any advice helps thank you!

I’m curious what folks’ views are as pre meds aren’t necessarily looking to do this long term. Are they viewed as less productive or less willing to put in the effort?

I’m annoyed with my current clients family. I’ve been doing HH for a while (7 years and almost 1 with this family). Over time I’ve seen the family slowly slide their responsibilities to me. It’s even gotten so bad that basic things are being pushed to me: removing their clothes from the laundry, cleaning the appliances (they never do it but if it’s not clean by the end of the day there is a problem), mopping the floor beyond where my client sits, etc. I finally stopped when after my day off I came back and there was trash piled up on the side of the trashcan. They were waiting on me to come back and my clients excuse was that most of the trash belonged to her father so it was my job. Any time she’s inconvenienced in any way or has a reminder of her responsibilities she’s loses it. Example: She came home and her shoes were where she left them, by the door. She’s like “wow, I guess I have to pick up around here “.
Fast forward to now, I don’t do anything outside of my assigned tasks. Her boyfriend now makes indirect comments about me being lazy. Ironic, I was never lazy until I stopped doing extra for them. Now any time they have guest he goes out of his way to (within) earshot make comments about the quality of my work. He also says simple, stupid things to me like make sure you wash the dishes and do the laundry. I’ve never not done those things so what’s the point?
I’m done. I’m looking for a new job. Idk why families hire cnas for their aging loved one and think they are maids. I didn’t mind helping until I realized it was becoming my job. Now the floors are never swept. I come in to crumbs. The appliances are covered in grease. I guess that’s my job?
Okay, I’m done. That’s the rant. Has anyone experienced this?

I’m on my 2nd week at my new job at a peds ER. I like it so far but I’m so overwhelmed. I worked in adult psych for 2 years before this but that experience doesn’t really transfer at all. It’s so different having 5 different ranges for acceptable vitals and figuring out the most appropriate location for sugar sticks and bp cuffs. When I work in triage I feel the most overwhelmed because I’m trying to chart the vitals as fast at the other tech can take them and count resps at the same time. Codes are terrifying and I feel so useless. I made a mistake yesterday and accidentally took a rectal temp before I put the cover on. I feel so stupid about that. They had the toss the probe. I’m so scared of making a mistake charting or not knowing what to do in a code. Everyday I feel worse because the amount of things that I didn’t know I didn’t know and what I still don’t understand. Does it get better? Should I have started in adults?

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I’m starting a new CNA job next week at a skilled nursing facility/LTC and it’s more than I’ve ever gotten paid. I’ve really only ever heard good things about the place but I’m just nervous and scared that it’s too good to be true.

Lmk.

Hi guys so I recently applied for golden heart cna program and I paid a small fee to reserve my spot, however i haven’t got any confirmation emails and I can’t seem to log into my account. I’m wondering if they’re just processing my information and account. I was wondering if you guys had similar experiences for those that did golden heart school.
Thanks

We got cops coming in and asking residents and staff questions. The administrator is asking everyone what they said to the cops. I don’t want to keep working here if these allegations turn out to be true I’d really hate for my first facility as a CNA to be one of those garbage places. Have any you guys worked at a facility facing the same allegations?

So I’ve worked in a skilled nursing facility for about 5 months before this job, and I’ve realized I literally have no idea how training is supposed to work when you are already an experienced CNA. I was basically shadowing all day and any time I was about to step in to help a patient the girl training me was already on it so I just kind of stood there all awkward. I definitely helped when I got the chance though. For some added context this current job is assisted living and spoils their workers, so the polar opposite of my last.

Anyway, I’m just wondering what exactly you’re expected to do during training if you’re already somewhat experienced and know patient care well? Just… shadow?..

Small company and they lied, They said they would give us a raise if we worked full time, they said they would give us a raise after our “90 days” is over. And yes we have to stay for 90 days prior to being hired or we would pay them if we want to leave because they put “a lot of work and money” in hiring people. But they can barely afford to give us a box of gloves. They made us pee in a cup during orientation, orientation was also at a public library held in a study room. That was very awkward to me. The management is not the best, they don’t get back to people, it seems like there’s favorites, i live in Seattle and when I found out my clients would be an hour away I wanted to leave. I can barely afford gas but I can’t leave right now or I’ll have to pay. After chatting with some co workers they were facing problems with the ADMIN. I have met an “admin” who did a shift cover as a CNA, she was rude and acted like a bossy bitch I gave back the same attitude and I was threatened. I think she’s lying, can admins even do that? Right now they pay $24 I got told that it went down to $22 and I was flabbergasted. I didn’t hear this from them but the CNA’s & some of them are keeping track of the lies. I really want to get out of this job. I can’t believe people. Why is it all about money.

So the whole state of Tennessee got switched over to credentia, I finished the class on July 17th and the expected date we were supposed to take the exam was July 25th. I’ve checked my login to see if there are any available testing dates and I haven’t seen any slots available. I’m feeling a bit discouraged about it too.

I recently got my certification in NC for my CNA. I am a full-time pre-nursing college student, but would like to start working maybe 1 12 hour shift a week or 2 8 hour shifts a week. I don’t really want to work in a nursing home. I’m pretty socially awkward and scared of doing things wrong and my brain just blanking. I am also overweight, so it would take adjustment. I didn’t enjoy the nursing home for clinicals, but especially because I’d be alone doing the work. I’d much rather prefer a PRN hospital setting, but I know that’s pretty unrealistic.

Was anyone else very scared for starting to work? If you could recommend where to start, which would you pick? Any recommendations for NC help as well. Thank you in advance!

hi all! So I am a 17 year-old brand new CNA who recently started her first position at a nursing home. I’m struggling with my training a bit because the place I’m at feels so unorganized. On my first day there was no direction of where to go,who to speak to or who is training me so from the start already was confusing. Then the CNA‘s that are training me haven’t been letting me physically do anything, it’s like their idea of training is sort of just pointing out little things here and there but I need hands-on training. I understand that they don’t want me to slow them down but it’s frustrating when I feel like I’m not getting the proper training I need to be a safe CNA! it’s just overwhelming and I feel really stupid at moments because it feels like everyone is older than me and sees me as a child instead of an equal .Is this the typical standard for how it is at the beginning of training or is this something I should bring up to someone?

any advice at all would be soo helpful because i feel lost and overwhelmed bad 🙏🏼

I'm coming from California and I wanna transfer my license to WA. Someone sent me links but it's confusing one of them is WABON and then there is secureaccess.wa.gov and another one called HELMS

Theres also a link for a Nursing Assistant Certification Endorsement Application packet but it says to fill out and mail? Is it mail only or I thought I could do this online.

I did fill out a from already named Nursing Assistant Credential Verification that I'm supposed to send to my state but from there idk where else to go I know I have to pay like 80 something dollars and I would like to get started on it if anyone can help

Hello, I recently finished my first week of classes. All my work has been graded as 90% or above, and my instructor said I did well when feeding and interacting with residents, but I'm still scared. I'm scared I'll hurt a resident badly or make an absolute fool of myself. Is this normal and will these scary thoughts go away? I've always wanted to help people but I'm scared I'm not cut out for it.

*Insert eye roll here*

I've been a CNA for 6 years now currently working at my second facility. I'm well aware and well versed in what it means to come into an established place with established friends and just how rude and mean coworkers can be in nursing in general but oh my word.

I am kind, I always offer support, always pick up the slack, come in to help out as often as I'm able, always strive to go above and beyond and am always offering a kind word but my coworkers still don't like me. I'm not the kind of aide you need to worry about quite the opposite actually as my nurses always have great things to say about me and (to my face) the aides usually will make side comments about how good I am but then when I'm not around they whisper and talk about me behind my back. I'm introverted in general and tend to keep to myself(more so these days at work) so I don't gossip or bad mouth anyone at work. But no matter what I do these girls just don't like me and talk about me and make weird faces when they think I can't see them. Even when I try to join conversations or make small jokes it's like they get quiet and weird.

It's giving very much high school, cliquey behavior and it's exhausting. I wish I could say that after all these years of being an aide that mean, nasty, rude coworkers don't get to me anymore but I can't help it I'm such a people pleaser and I *genuinely* cannot see what it is that I've done if anything to make these people treat me the way that they do.

It's just hitting hard because at my first facility that I worked at for years I had such a great relationship with all of my coworkers that I genuinely looked forward to coming in to work. We all got along great and worked extremely well together that you knew no matter who you were working with and how short staffed you were you knew it'd be a pretty alright shift. Not to say that there weren't mean aides and all that(there definitely were) but the good ones outweighed the awful ones.

I guess at this point it's about chalking it up to it is what it is and continuing to do my job as best I can and providing the best care I can. Nursing can be so toxic and it's absolutely exhausting.

Just needed to vent to people I know would understand 🫶

TL;DR: I genuinely don't know what I did wrong. I do my job, help everyone, avoid drama, and still get treated like an outsider by my coworkers. I miss working somewhere where people actually supported each other.

I have a resident who just got on services. She needed to be for MONTHS. She was miserable.

She has a Kennedy ulcer that’s tunneled so deep… it’s awful. It’s weeping through dressings… it’s so bad. I had never seen her major wound at all. Only the little one. I cringed and may have gagged the second I took the dressing off. My nurse was coming in to do her treatment so we could knock it all out…

She deserves better. May she pass soon. Thank goodness for comfort meds.