by Sherry Perry | Jul 1, 2023 | Career CNA, CNA Stress, Get Involved
What’s in a name? Everything! From a very young age, we are taught to show respect to others when we are addressing them. When speaking with or responding to people, we use words such as Ma’am, Sir, Mr., Mrs., or Miss as a display of courtesy and respect. This rule of...
by Sherry Perry | Jun 29, 2022 | Career CNA, CNA Education
Wouldn’t it be a wonderful world if we all had the ability to remember everything we needed to? CNAs in long-term care (LTC) settings have so many people they are responsible for taking complete care of these days, it is virtually impossible to remember...
by Sherry Perry | Apr 14, 2022 | Career CNA, CNA Education, CNA Stress, CNA Week
“I’m Still Standing” is the theme for CNA Week 2022, based on the song by Elton John. We felt this completely represented how CNAs feel after the last two years. On a Facebook post that reached thousands of CNAs, this question was posed: When you think of...
by Sherry Perry | Aug 31, 2021 | Career CNA, CNA Stress
Being a certified nursing assistant (CNA) over the past year has been filled with so many emotions, decisions, and sacrifices. For those who love caring for older adults who are sick and frail in our nation, COVID-19 has caused so much upheaval in the healthcare world...
by Sherry Perry | May 1, 2021 | Career CNA
Career CNAs is the foundation in which this profession is built from. A solid foundation will keep things standing through the most horrible of storms. So why are the older CNAs never talked about? Companies seem to forget about them because they have been around so...
