CNA Life

What is a CNA? A CNA is a Certified Nursing Assistant. CNA Life, is amazing and extremely stressful as well. I've been getting so many questions about it lately so I thought I'd write a post about it that'd cover all the questions I've been getting asked. As a CNA you're lucky if you get to sit down for a few minuets in a 12 hour shift. 99% of the time you don't have time. In order to be able to sit down for even 5 minutes you have to hid in a bathroom or some place. We have to force each other to take our lunch break cause most of the time we all will work right through it. It's not that we don't want to take it but there are days we are extremely busy to where we can't take it. A CNA is the eyes and ears for our nurses we work with. If anything happens then we are the ones who have to tell the nurse right away. We have to do vital sign and keep the nurse updated if there is any slight change. If a resident is combative then we must tell the nurse. If someone is combative then you have to be extra careful cause you can become a punching bag. I've actually been a punching bag once ore twice. Ok, a lot more than that. They don't know their own strength anymore. I've walked away from a days work with bruises cause I've been hit hard.  There are days where we will be cussed out for no reason. It can be cause we aren't getting to them quick enough, noting doing something the exact way they want it done, or even just taking our break cause your co-worker forced you too. So it can be frustrating as well. You have to have a tough stomach for the job as well. I won't go into details but the job isn't all glitz and glam. In fact no part of nursing is. There are 2 things I've learn while working on the job is always have your co-workers back and always work as a team and then make time for your friends and family outside of work. The day will always go much better if your work together and not against each other. There are days when I want to just quiet but then I remember I'm here for a specific reason and God opened the door for me to be a CNA for a reason. I'm here to take care of people who can no longer take care of themselves. At the end of the week which a normal working shift for me is a 42 hours a week I'm exhausted, but then there are weeks where I'll work 50 or a little over 50 hours. When I first started working in 2 weeks I work 108 hours. That's 54 hours for one week. So I was extremely exhausted. So needles to say I never have nor will I ever work those hours again. As a CNA each one of us connects who each person differently. Like some of us get close to a specific person and their family. Even though there are week that you won't get your days off you never work a full shift but you still get frustrated cause you had stuff planed already so you have to postpone what you had planned and go to work. By the time you get there it's almost like your attitude changes completely and as it should cause you have to think of your residents and their safety. If you have the wrong attitude going in then you  don't think of them and their safety and can make a big mistake that can put them and their lives in danger or even yours in danger.   So needles to say I love my job and even though I'd want to quiet on the challenging days I wouldn't. 
The Bible verse I'm gonna add is very true to this job. 

Romans 12:15 " Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep."