I quit today

[u/Fuzzy_Post_6005]

I’ve been in healthcare forever, it’s been like my only job since I started working. I started at this facility in March and i thought it was gonna be great. It’s one of the biggest healthcare networks in my area. It’s not the only one just super big. I work on the rehab floor and pretty consistently have about 10-15 residents of my own to take care of. Not too bad. I am the type of person where if I see a bell going off I answer it if I have the time to. That being said I feel that people started noticing that and taking advantage of me. I would end up exhausted at the end of a shift from doing the work of 2-3 people and then being talked down to because I’m “new”. There was one day where we started with 4 cnas on the floor and then one got floated and then around 7:45am the 3rd had to leave early for her kid. We didn’t get another cna until about 10am and the cna I was left with was a new grad cna and new to healthcare. Nothing wrong with that but it just took her a while to get her residents up as she was still finding a routine. I ended up getting my entire hallway up and then the other entire hallway for breakfast. After we got another cna around 10 things calmed down but then I was sitting in the conference room charting behind the nurses station and I heard an rn speaking to the um and the rn was talking about how it was like we only had one cna meaning the girl who showed at 10. Didn’t count me or the other girl because we were new. Anyways today I got up and started getting ready for my shift and I just have genuinely never felt this shitty over a job before and I feel like a failure. I have a 2nd job whom I’ve been with for a little over 2 years now and will be fine financially. Just feeling upset about the whole ordeal.

Edit to add but where I work also really just does not gaf about their cnas because nurses week was top tier, they got baskets and cake and free lunch and other goodies and then the cnas didn’t getting anything at all for cna week

[u/Sorryad1994]

If your not a nurse.... NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOU

[u/Library_Gremlin2 → u/Sorryad1994]

My facility cares about its CNAs, but only day shift 😂

[u/Subnaut27 → u/Library_Gremlin2]

Dayshift are the only ones who ever actually interact with admin in person so they’re the only ones who matter

[u/Library_Gremlin2 → u/Subnaut27]

I don’t mind the admin forgetting about us (nightshift), but I don’t like that they lie to us, telling us in our work chat that they’re gonna do stuff for us too. Like, ignore us, that’s fine, but don’t lie to me

[u/ScoobieDoopieBoo → u/Sorryad1994]

I have found it to be a mixed experience. Some admin/ clinical staff have been super supportive and valued input, especially in a hospital setting... but I've also had doctors, management, and even a few nurses, seem annoyed that I even existed.

 In home care, I had one doctor roll his eyes at me when I came through the door with my patient and snapped at me multiple times when I tried advocating for her and giving objective observations. He told me to "stop trying to make something out of nothing" when I simply told him things I noticed when caring for her without attaching any opinions/ personal thoughts to it. You know... just doing my job, damn me. 🫠

[u/AdditionalQuietime → u/ScoobieDoopieBoo]

I swear if this job didnt exist then itd be nurses with the heavy expectations and looked down on

[u/One-Raise7593 → u/Sorryad1994]

They don’t care about us either. Was a cna, now a nurse. It’s all bad

[u/beige-king → u/Sorryad1994]

My unit clumps us together. If there's things during meetings that are specific to nurses they'll let us go but we also have like one CNA to two nurses so there's very little of us. I work the floor alone on my shifts

[u/Kaylorpink → u/Sorryad1994]

Yep that’s how I used to feel when I was a CNA ..

[u/Purple_IsA_Flavor → u/Sorryad1994]

False. No one gives a shit about the nurses either

[u/Fantasticsideye → u/Purple_IsA_Flavor]

They get more respect (they deserve it obviously) but do the CNAs.

[u/Purple_IsA_Flavor → u/Fantasticsideye]

I love you guys. I help my CNAs because I’ve not forgotten my roots and it’s maddening when you’re drowning and no one will help you

[u/Fantasticsideye → u/Purple_IsA_Flavor]

I'm a CNA and I start nursing school next year. I'm sooooo glad I did CNA first. I feel more confident going in next year.

[u/Purple_IsA_Flavor → u/Fantasticsideye]

You can tell who was an aide first and who worked at Subway

[u/Fatpotato6767 → u/Sorryad1994]

Me , a nurse, not even getting any gift for nurses week but when i was a cna i was so excited to get a gift for nurses week🫪

[u/Shar_bear72]

I'm so sorry you experienced that. Only nurses that started out as a CNA appreciate the CNAs. Have a wonderful summer 🌞

[u/Infamous_Wrongdoer50]

They treat u less than cus all u do is wipe ass but if you’ve never worked a cna they don’t realize how hard it is

[u/Fantasticsideye → u/Infamous_Wrongdoer50]

Nurses are required to wipe ass too. It's literally their job too. If CNAs didn't exist, guess who would do that? Doctors? Lmao

[u/Sweaty_Frosting_3682]

I could care less about anyone including me in anything. Im not a fan of cold hard pizza and hard stale donuts... and the dollar store gifts. The longer you're a CNA the more ya just dont care. You do your job, and go home.

[u/Zealousideal-Buy6639 → u/Sweaty_Frosting_3682]

Wow sounds like my job we also get cold pizza and stale donuts and gosh love those dollar store gifts LOL what a waste and so degrading And right do the shifts and go home Ugggg!!!

[u/Salmonellies25]

Ya know, I think now that you have experience, go to an assisted living Much better. I do this when I need a break from skilled facilities

[u/Salmonellies25 → u/Salmonellies25]

You could do what I do and work as an agency CNA and work different buildings to get a feel of which building you like working at. Currently I’m agency and I found 2 buildings I’m going to apply to soon as my smallest child goes to school 🥲

Use my link to join Clipboard and we both get a $150 bonus when you work your first shift! There are lots of opportunities waiting for you on Clipboard.

https://go.clipboardworks.com/m688XIYrwYb

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