by Lori Porter | Apr 15, 2024 | CNA Education, CNA Stress, Get Involved, Stories
My family and I were recently blessed to bring a puppy into our home. Paul Anka is adorable and fluffy, and he has already brought so much joy and energy into our lives. Cuddling and playing with him, I am reminded about how much pets mean to us and what role they can...
by Sheena Bumpas | Dec 16, 2023 | CNA Stress, Get Involved, Stories
The holidays are here. Time for family traditions and remembering happy holiday memories. Unfortunately, many of our residents no longer have family to help them do this. This is one area their CNAs step in. A simple yet powerful gesture this season is touch....
by Karren Ganschinietz | Oct 29, 2022 | Career CNA, CNA Stress, grieving, Stories
When I began helping my family members with my brother-in-law’s care at the end of his life, I was honored to help and take on this role, and to utilize my experience as a certified end-of-life CNA. As our time together progressed, he told me about how he had...
by Dane Henning | Jan 15, 2020 | Stories
by Dane Henning, NAHCA Contributor AdvoCAT is a group of CNAs and caregivers across the country that advocate not only for the profession, but for their residents and themselves. It is really unlike any other advocacy groups where it mostly focuses on legislation....
by Lori Porter | Jan 7, 2020 | Stories
by Lori Porter, NAHCA Contributor If someone were to ask me to pick one word that best describes any success that I’ve had, it’s easy for me to come up with that one word. It’s perseverance. There have been a lot of potholes, a lot of roadblocks, a lot of...
by Lori Porter | Dec 22, 2019 | Stories
by Lori Porter, NAHCA Contributor What’s my value? What am I worth. What are you worth? Chances are you’re worth far more than you ever thought you were. I never thought I was worth much. I was JUST a nurse’s aide. And then along the way I met JUST...
