by Lisa Sweet | Jul 13, 2022 | Career CNA, CNA Education, Uncategorized
The pandemic has taught us much about the danger of viruses. We know that we can’t ignore infectious diseases or potential signs of illness. You no doubt have been hearing about monkeypox lately. While there is no cause to panic, it is important to understand what...
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 Karren Ganschinietz | Apr 22, 2022 | Career CNA, CNA Stress
Have you ever read a book or watched a movie that you had an unexpected connection with? I recently found myself connected with a movie I was watching late one night. To set the scene, it was a battlefield. There was a lot of death and devastation, along with fear....
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 Celeste Wooten | Apr 7, 2022 | Career CNA, CNA Stress
I entered a long-term care community, showed my badge, and told the receptionist who I was there to see, as I walked toward my patient’s room. I could feel the glare of eyes that said “who are you and what are you here to do?” and “are you the nurse?” I introduced...
by Branden Fillbrook | Mar 20, 2022 | Career CNA, CNA Stress, Uncategorized
Have you ever arrived at your job in a great mood and ready to work when, minutes later, you are ready to scream into a pillow and run away never to return? If you ask yourself “what happened?” I am willing to bet that while it could have been a multitude of things,...
by Lori Porter | Jan 31, 2022 | CNA Education, Uncategorized
When Betty White passed away just short of her 100th birthday, I thought – like many people did – that she was gone too soon. This is because she lived such an amazing exemplary life. So I’ve been thinking about what we can learn from Betty White and adapt in our own...
by Sheena Bumpas | Jan 24, 2022 | Career CNA, CNA Stress
As I spent some time watching my son play his video game today, instead of enjoying the precious time that we would never get back I found myself thinking that I have four more days of work this week. That’s four more days of waking up to darkness and air so cold you...
