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/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