I will say from personal experience that being a CNA is tough. You do need to have “thick skin” in a way to get through the shifts. I currently work in the hospital and I’m trying to see how I’m going to pursue nursing RN or even LPN. It’s great to hear other express their experiences. Don’t give up.

I became a CNA and it is tough, The pay is super low and the drama is too much. The workflow is intense so I'm just going to pursue RN school. I lasted 3 months.

I currently work in an AL facility & I am getting tired of it! I’m about to become certified in a few weeks. I have 14 years of caregiving experience, but if you’re certified, your pay goes up BIG TIME! My school director told me CNAs aren’t hired just at hospitals or nursing homes. They’re also hired at dialysis clinics & rehabs. Plus, she said she that you’re not doing any back breaking work, as you would do in SNFs or ALs!

Hardest job.... trust me... I am RN.. always appreciate CNA...

Nice video 🥰🥰🥳 your video is so cool, honestly CNA is such a difficult test man , really don’t know what to do but I’m never losing hope.🎉🎉

Starting my cna classes soon. Not passionate about it but it doe’s interest me. i just have to get over the fact that ima be changing patients. plus working in a restaurant is not it right now.

This is so true. Some LTC environments are so weird.. Hopefully everything works out and we all reach our goals. 🤞🏽❤

I am starting my first travel assignment in 3 weeks as a CNA. It's overwhelming already to me

Geriatric long term care is the worst. Skilled nursing is too hard. Assistant living is back breaking because most should be in skilled care. Doesn't matter what facility high end low end all the same low pay over worked treated horribly. Drama is par for the course from the top down. The bodily injuries from combative residents and lifting people will ruin your body. I can compare it to indentured servitude.

Omg, I feel like healthcare facilities are hostile in general. I use to work agency as a caregiver and I got sent to a facility that was extremely hostile and I’m like no wonder why there’s only two people covering the whole building. No one wants to work here with hostile co-workers. Like my gosh! Now I work as a Sitter in a hospital and just the way nurses talk to CNA’s and us sitters is downright disrespectful. Just this past week, I’m like enough is enough. I will no longer be ordered to do things. You don’t order people first off and from now on I’m only going to do what’s part of my job requirements. I won’t be cleaning people, changing there beds or hospital gown. I will no longer be taking vitals. That’s not my job. I’m not a CNA. I was only doing it from the start because I am use to doing it as a caregiver, but here at the hospital? Nope. Not here for the disrespect. Not anymore. It completely turned me off from the nursing field. I’m going for Respiratory Therapy now. 😂 Anyway, I hope everything works out for you and you find a traveler position. That would be exciting!

Thank you kindly for sharing! ❤

Health care is one of the toxic places to work in even if you are a nurse it can be challenging for you when you are new. Other nurses feel they can remote you around like they're tv at home., you definitely have to have thick skin.and pray your E D is not like those nurses who think they can boss you around anyway they want. If you are a CNA is best for you to make friends at work if you work with an agency make friend with the staff of in facilities but, be careful what you do when you are around them. They will give you a great ideas and most of the he times I'm good friends with the nurses and that helps me. Because if you work in places where you don't get along with the nurses. You have no choice to survive there. especially when you are from the agency , health care jobs requires a lot of patience and learn to ignore. Because of everywhere you go there's always a jerk around.

Hospice aid ( field) 20 years, we need speak about corporate greed. When firefighters and police get pensions and better benefits, for what work a aide is wrong. The medical business is just that, it feels like a bank anymore. State and fed regs etc.. is it really worth the stress. You are pushed so much harder also, when the company you work for has a public stock.

thank you for this video

Thick skin, and stay calm is the only way to do it. It’s hard but I do it ALL the time cause no one wants to work and I understand that but people gotta work🤷🏼‍♀️

I’m Canada, CNAs are called PSW or Personal Support Workers. Some hospitals will call them HCA or Healthcare Aides. The pay for that role has increased dramatically in hospitals, usually around $25-28 and up. They earn almost the same hourly as LPNs. What is the CNA wage in the USA?

Also try applying at a hospital

Nah, it’s the opposite in health care soon as it’s the holidays all of sudden everyone wants to come out of the woodwork

Rue, you are so beautiful! I wanted to know are there any facilities in LA? I work for All Shifts, in Pennsylvania.

Cna for almost 3 months on Feb 28 I'm in facilities

No start saying stuff back to them far as the workers cuz you’re human

Sometimes the higher the pay the higher nonsense you have to take from them . Can never be trusted. I had a boss that would offer new comers higher pay to hold them until she fined someone to replace you.

It’s best to just do other things in health care fields because these nursing jobs especially the cna is horrible

You can work with patients unless they have sundowners dementia

Do yall wipe 👢 y. I couldn't stand what nurses do!

who could be hostile to her? she's so damn cute.... if I were her patient I'd get well just to show off .... unfortunately i'm a CNA myself and can relate.