Comments on: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective CNA’s http://nursingassistants.net/2008/04/03/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-cnas/ Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lauree http://nursingassistants.net/2008/04/03/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-cnas/comment-page-1/#comment-40263 Lauree Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:40:34 +0000 http://nursingassistants.net/2008/04/03/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-cnas/#comment-40263 Behind every good nurse is a great CNA! This comes fron an RN. The CNAs are the eyes and ears of the facility. You are the frontline of care. If you work as a patient care expert and truly as a pt advocate informing and working inconjunction with the nurse...she will respect you. I don't have a very good job if the CNAs don't work with me. CNAs will only work "with" me if we have MUTUAL respect. Just be a certified nurse assistant and no a job holder. Best of luck in the field. Lauree RN Behind every good nurse is a great CNA! This comes fron an RN. The CNAs are the eyes and ears of the facility. You are the frontline of care. If you work as a patient care expert and truly as a pt advocate informing and working inconjunction with the nurse…she will respect you. I don’t have a very good job if the CNAs don’t work with me. CNAs will only work “with” me if we have MUTUAL respect. Just be a certified nurse assistant and no a job holder. Best of luck in the field. Lauree RN

]]> By: Kathy http://nursingassistants.net/2008/04/03/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-cnas/comment-page-1/#comment-39236 Kathy Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:47:08 +0000 http://nursingassistants.net/2008/04/03/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-cnas/#comment-39236 Brandie, I hope you have a choice of nursing homes to work at. My advice is to shop around. Look for a nursing home that trains new CNAs for at least a week. Even though certification training classes are great, you really learn the job once you get there. If you love to help people, they will respond. Coworkers and nurses can be mean, but they can also be great and supportive. Coworkers will see you are a good worker by how you work with the residents and how well you fit in with the way they do things. Look for a place that lets you get to know the residents by taking care of the same residents. That makes knowing how to take care of them easier. Your coworkers should be able to get together and decide how often you want to switch assignments. And, if you are assigned to a unit and it doesn't feel right (you are not getting along with coworkers, or you don't like working with rehab patients, for example) ask to switch units or shifts if you can. Good luck, there are good jobs out there. Brandie, I hope you have a choice of nursing homes to work at. My advice is to shop around. Look for a nursing home that trains new CNAs for at least a week. Even though certification training classes are great, you really learn the job once you get there. If you love to help people, they will respond. Coworkers and nurses can be mean, but they can also be great and supportive. Coworkers will see you are a good worker by how you work with the residents and how well you fit in with the way they do things. Look for a place that lets you get to know the residents by taking care of the same residents. That makes knowing how to take care of them easier. Your coworkers should be able to get together and decide how often you want to switch assignments. And, if you are assigned to a unit and it doesn’t feel right (you are not getting along with coworkers, or you don’t like working with rehab patients, for example) ask to switch units or shifts if you can. Good luck, there are good jobs out there.

]]> By: Patti http://nursingassistants.net/2008/04/03/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-cnas/comment-page-1/#comment-39232 Patti Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:19:28 +0000 http://nursingassistants.net/2008/04/03/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-cnas/#comment-39232 Brandie not all nurses treat the aides poorly; there are some that do and you have to learn to develop a thick skin in these instances. Trust me- you wouldn't be the only aide on the list. When a nurse doesn't respect AN aide, they usually don't respect ANY aide. Co worker relations can be more challenging though. I have found more trouble in this area than with the nurses. Brandie not all nurses treat the aides poorly; there are some that do and you have to learn to develop a thick skin in these instances. Trust me- you wouldn’t be the only aide on the list. When a nurse doesn’t respect AN aide, they usually don’t respect ANY aide.

Co worker relations can be more challenging though. I have found more trouble in this area than with the nurses.

]]> By: Tracy D. http://nursingassistants.net/2008/04/03/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-cnas/comment-page-1/#comment-39231 Tracy D. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:10:12 +0000 http://nursingassistants.net/2008/04/03/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-cnas/#comment-39231 I agree with amanda. The bottom line is that unless you are a lighthouse keeper, you will encounter rude people. Furthermore, my personal experience is that most of the nurses treat you well if you are hard-working. It's the slackers that get treated poorly. I agree with amanda. The bottom line is that unless you are a lighthouse keeper, you will encounter rude people. Furthermore, my personal experience is that most of the nurses treat you well if you are hard-working. It’s the slackers that get treated poorly.

]]> By: amanda http://nursingassistants.net/2008/04/03/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-cnas/comment-page-1/#comment-39230 amanda Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:54:48 +0000 http://nursingassistants.net/2008/04/03/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-cnas/#comment-39230 Hey Brandie I don't think you have anything to worry about. Wherever you go to work you are going to encounter people that are rude. Being a CNA myself I can see where you are coming from but like you said you want to make a difference in their lives and you are so who's going to make a difference in their life if you don't, not those rude nurses of course. I would just try to avoid them or if you absolutely can't stand it there apply somewhere else.http://nursingassistants.net/wp-images/smilies/icon_lol.gif :lol:http://nursingassistants.net/wp-images/smilies/icon_lol.gif :lol: Hey Brandie I don’t think you have anything to worry about. Wherever you go to work you are going to encounter people that are rude. Being a CNA myself I can see where you are coming from but like you said you want to make a difference in their lives and you are so who’s going to make a difference in their life if you don’t, not those rude nurses of course. I would just try to avoid them or if you absolutely can’t stand it there apply somewhere else.http://nursingassistants.net/wp-images/smilies/icon_lol.gif
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]]> By: Brandie http://nursingassistants.net/2008/04/03/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-cnas/comment-page-1/#comment-39229 Brandie Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:18:09 +0000 http://nursingassistants.net/2008/04/03/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-cnas/#comment-39229 Hi I am currently taking CNA classes and members of my family keep telling me I will not like that work and the Nurses are real rude to the CNAs. quit frankly it is making want to almost quit. I chose to be in the medical field becuse I love people. I want to make a diffrence in there lives. so any advise would be appriciated. Hi I am currently taking CNA classes and members of my family keep telling me I will not like that work and the Nurses are real rude to the CNAs. quit frankly it is making want to almost quit. I chose to be in the medical field becuse I love people. I want to make a diffrence in there lives. so any advise would be appriciated.

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