If anyone plans on becoming a CNA. I suggest you travel after 6 months. That's the only way you're coming up. You can also get your behavior Tech certification. Put it with your CNA and you can work in psychiatry. You can also work as a preoperative Assistant. Helping with surgeries if you plan on becoming a surgical technologist like myself. They make RN money,

I'm sorry the hospital is the most stressful EVER!!!!!! As a former CNA at a hospital and I cried in my car days and days coming in! The RN's are bullies and you don't exist to Dr's or RT ! The rules are stressful if you just want to work and go home NOT possible you will get stuck on MANDATORY meetings after a 12 hour shift! AND IF YOU HAVE KIDS PLEASE NEGLECT THEM AS THE HOSPITAL DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR FAMILY LIFE AND ONLY THING COMES FIRST IS PATIENT CARE- according to my past employer !

High Bun! I became a CNA in December of 2021 and now work in a nursing home. The things that come with that stress me out (staff, pay etc), but I love love love taking care of people, and the residents that have forgotten their families, remember me, and that's special to me. Makes it all worth it 👌🏿

I currently work in the heart and stroke unit as a CNA in the hospital. I took the position thinking it’d be more manageable then my last rehab facility. Boy was I wrong! I have 18 patients and have to do vitals 3x a shift. That’s 54 total. On top of calls lights, assisting and then my totals. I’m going to join an agency soon. The hospital is going to make me a patient soon lol.

I was in nursing home with 12 residents it’s was a hell . Now I’m working in a home health care with one client . I’m feel very good with the same paycheck 😜

Yep 100% right about hospitals providing extra education & certifications! I actually never thought about becoming a CNA until I was offered to take a CNA certification course (for FREE!) at the hospital I was volunteering at in college!

nursing homes do not pay CNAs what they are worth. you can learn skills but just know the pay is very low

CNA work is awesome for a busy body night owl like myself. I hate going to work and not doing anything. I was always moving around during my shifts and I loved that aspect of things. As long as I have a lunch and enough time to sip coffee.. I want to be doing SOMETHING!! Working on my nursing degree ADN, to become a midwife nurse eventually.

I worked in a hospital for a year,it was hell, even when short staffed they ard more patients to my list, sometimes they float me to other floors so I feel lost...I did agency for a while wich give me freedom with my schedule,but going to dif facilities I founded a lot of jealousy from the workers, so they gave me heavy sets and disappeared ehen I need help, but it was challenging,I learned to be independent,thanks to that training, now  I'm just part time in a  facility  and I have private duty patients so that make my day, my advice is do what makes you comfortable!! But don't give up just because others are jealous!

I love nursing homes they do not sleep at night idk who told you that but I I’ve the fast paste of it. You know your job it doesn’t get confused such as in hospital rns try to play you into doing all of the work when they get paid 3xs as much as you and they are also responsible for bedside care. The downside to nursing home ls is you don’t have much time for free time but you can rack up more overtime through nursing homes because after 8 hrs ot starts to accumulate hospitals are a mandatory 12 hrs so you don’t get it unless you go over that

Overnight shift at a nursing facility, skilled nursing is not as calm or quiet as some think.  We are busy simply because we are dealing with our Sundowners, Fall Risk patients, we do our 6 pm dinners, showers and you have many who don’t sleep call all night, the ones who are on narcotics every 1hr, 3hrs.  Also we assist nursing.  Some just don’t sleep

High buns lol but I must tell you that being a CNA at a nursing home is stressful especially on night shift. Most of our residents with dementia stay up for nights at a time and we don't get the respect that we deserve especially when we basically know them like family. No one in the whole facility actually knows the residents like CNAs do. I worked that position for almost 2 years and I love my job and my residents still but I wouldn't recommend it unless it's your calling

I have work night shift many a time and I have very little time to study. They end up giving you a stocking jobs where you have to put briefs excetra way. They want you to pass out to the residents with clean. There's always a bunch of residents that are awake at least it most facilities. There's always someone out there keeping you busy with dementia. I love how you make it sound so easy to work the night shift you also have a hard time because during the day like most people would normally sleep you don't get asleep but no one seems to care they call you at all times during the day.

In my hospital they will help you get your phlebotomy certification so you can work other places

I always say that CNA’s make the best nurses! I was a CNA, ER Tech then became a RN! Great video to make people aware of getting a CNA certification! ☺️
Being a CNA is hard work seriously and we love our CNA’s! ❤️

Yeah most of your residents are sleeping at night in a nursing home, but you will have to do rounds several times a night. Most if not all off your residents are incontinent and need frequent incontinent care. You will have 20 plus residents that need to be cleaned during the night. Your residents are heavy or immobile. You will have to put people to bed that the the afternoon shift didn't put to bed for you. You will be short staffed and have a neverending amount of work.

I worked in a hospital as a pct  under my cna.  During pandemic  it was starting to calm down. I drew blood did ekgs and checked sugars and reported the levels to the nurse. The hospital trained us to do phlebotomy my trainer taught me hands on she as a good trainer. We had to get 15 successful sticks and 5 successful ekgs to get off of orientation. I was in the pool full time I worked all over icu psych detox telemetry med/surg and more. Now I just got hired as pct at a drug and alcohol rehab .  Ik it’s gonna be tough working with people that have an addiction.  I also have done agency and nursing home on staff. I’ve never did an adult daycare before or home health or hospice

What you are describing in the video is your impression as a second hand observer, which is not synonymous with actual working as an NA!    You dont know and do not have experience what it is to work as a CNA in a nursing home!    After 15+ years I can tell you the work its brutal, unforgiving, and very lousy pay.   Have you've ever taken care of 16 patients in a night shift?   We had to get people up at 3:30 am in order to have everyone ready by 6 or 6:30 to receive their meals in the dining room.     The administration did not care if we got hurt (and we often did) yet of course we still had to take responsibility for the well being and safety of the patients.

Thank you for this video!!! Jesus Loves everyone and died on a cross for our sins!!!

Graveyard is dope I'm a new CNA planning to go to school for my RN.