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BECOME A CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT (CNA).  Becoming a CNA is the next step after making the initiative to become a healthcare professional. How do CNA’s differ from a Caregiver? CNA’s are healthcare professionals who are certified as a nursing assistant. As a CNA you have many more opportunities! You have the ability to work in a number of facilities, and/ or homecare cases. CNA’s not only receive a greater level of training, but they also receive a higher pay.  Did you know that at ATC you can even receive daily pay?  How do I become a CNA? Well that’s very simple, just go to the following link http://www.tridgeti.com/  or look up similar opportunities in your area.

1. Patients should always be your top priority.

2. You should never be afraid to ask for help.

3. Committing mistakes is normal. That only means you’re learning.

4. Never forget your pen when doing rounds.

5. Bathroom breaks can be optional some days. Holding your urge to urinate is one vital thing you have to learn.

6. Your shift will end soon, no matter how toxic it is.

7. Learn how to do two things, or even three, at the same time.

8. All the bleeding will stop. Eventually.

9. Empathy is one key to earning your patients’ trust.

10. Respect people no matter where they come from or what illnesses they have.

11. Your intention to help people should be clear and genuine.

12. Always keep notes.

13. Know your holes. We are all different and the urethra is NOT always above the vagina. Enough said. Work quickly while making sure that everything you’re doing is correct.

14. Never underestimate the power of a warm blanket and a few kind words.

15. What you consider an emergency and what the general public considers an emergency are two very different things.

16. If it moves, rattles, shakes, falls down, or won’t stay in place, tape it.

17. Never take it personally when someone yells at you. That’s normal.

18. Never get distracted when you have medications at hand.

19. Invest on a good pair of comfortable shoes.

20. If you don’t know something, look it up.

21. Never apologize for doing your job.

22. Never forget that you are caring for a fellow human being.

23. You must to learn how to walk fast.

24. You must to learn how to eat fast.

25. Take the time to auscultate well.

26. Never take your bad day out on your patients.

27. Get used to not knowing everything. That’s normal.

28. If you are not a coffee drinker, you will be very soon.

29. Nursing is a 24-hour job; do not expect to get it all done in one shift.

30. Listen to what the nurse tells you about your patient and look at their chart for past surgeries. You do not want to go into your patients room and do a head to toe assessment and ask a double amputee about the strength in his legs.

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1. You start answering your own phone with ‘May I help you?’
2. All beds in your home are made with ‘hospital corners’

cna_20_way_sm3._You change more linens than a hotel maid

4. You always knock on your car door before unlocking it
5. Your favorite dream is the one where you leave a mess at a resident’s bedside and tell a nurse to clean it up
6. You never leave home without your gait belt
7. You’ve had dreams involving bed alarms and call lights
8. Anytime you help someone do something outside of work, you subconsciously want to do it on the count of three
9. You can describe poop with the authority of a famous writer
10. You are the only one at the dinner table not allowed to talk about your day at work
11. A pen with blue ink is totally useless
12. You hear call bells when you are alone at home
13. You look at your dinner plate when your finished and you automatically calculate in your head what your intake was
14. When someone asks you for help outside of work, you check their wrist to see who they are first
15. All catalogs that come to your house are filled with uniforms
16. You end every conversation with ‘just hit your call button if you need me’
17. Half of your workday is spent in a shower
18. You want to bathe your elderly relatives, even though they are alert and independent
19. You get excited to go scrub shopping
20. Your heart melts when a resident tells you he/she can’t wait to have you for a shift. 

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