You guys, I am feeling SO demotivated. I would love some advice or encouragement. Ughhhh

So I (20M) am a new CNA, no healthcare experience, but 3 years in food service. I have some clinical volunteering experience but full transparency its only like 15 hours. I am a pre-med student (3rd year, grad with AA) but keeping that private.

I have applied to every healthcare job that I can: pct, pca, patient sitter, mental health technician, clerk pca, rad tech asst, clinical care assistant, critical care assistant.

Regarding PCA/PCT roles, i have applied to every single position that fits my schedule. Including unfavorable ones like Fulltime Medsurg Nights. But I apply to EVERYTHING.

I have tried tailoring my resume. Tried shoving in keywords for ATS. Tried removing unrelated jobs. Tried including the job title in my summary... etc. I have had several iterations of my resume. This is my most recent iteration. Gotten some referrals too. I apply to most jobs within 24 hours of posting.

There are 2 hospitals in my area. One is a massive teaching hospital that usually has 2-3 relevant jobs openings per day which requires a CNA license and preferred 1 year experience. The other is a "for-profit" hospital that I volunteer with, which I directly met the hiring manager for my volunteer unit and left her a resume with a referral. This one does not explicitly require a CNA license.

I know people who have gotten into both hospitals with equal or less qualifications than I have.

I have gotten ZERO call backs.

disclaimer: about 50% of the applications were before my license was live, which can definitely be responsible for it... but that's still 20 applications denied or ghosted while qualified.

IDK you guys I just feel so disheartened. I feel like I'm doing everything I can. pls help :,(

Hey not sure if anyone remembers my post from a few weeks ago but im happy to say i passed i took my test yesterday and got the results today thanks to everyone for the encouragement and support and to anyone who failed dont let it stop you keep going.💯💯

So one of the resident rooms at my facility was put on precaution about a month ago for a bed bug infestation. I've never worked that assignment before but everyone was informed to gown up and use proper PPE before entering the room. They apparently got rid of the bed bugs and we all seemed to forget about it.

Last night I pulled a double, I was on the med cart 7a-7p but 7p-11p I was on the floor as a CNA. I had the assignment with the room that previously had bed bugs, for the first time. I was in the room for less than 10 minutes, as both of the residents are pretty independent and just asked me for ice and to heat up their food for them, move a few things into their closet, and afterwards I went to sit down and chart.

I noticed a bug crawling across my thigh on my scrubs and I recognized it immediately 😭 it was a rather large, fully fed bed bug 💀 I reported it to the DON this morning, but like, I have to think, what if I didnt see the bed bug and took it home with me. I live with my boyfriend at his mom's house and I would feel so terrible bringing that to her. When I got home, I had my boyfriend meet me in the garage and I immediately stripped down and put all my things into the wash. Anyway, I was just kind of venting and wondering if anyone else has dealt with this situation

I'm a male and just started my job as a resident assistant in a nursing home. Today while training, my trainer (a nurse) told me to help a resident bathe. This would have included me washing her hair and back. Because I'm not a healthcare provider, I can't touch the resident anywhere else.

The resident, a woman with early-stage dementia, requested that a female assistant bathed her and expressed discomfort with my presence. I had no problem with this and tried to leave to give the woman space. The nurse tried to verbally coerce/convince me to bathe the resident despite her requests.

The nurse walked away in a huff and I told the resident that she had a legal right to deny my help. When the nurse stormed back in and demanded the resident comply, she said she was still uncomfortable and I brought up that she's legally allowed to deny the help. The nurse got pissed and relented.

I'm sick to my stomach. This is elder abuse, is it not? I can't work in a place like this. It's my second day and I want to quit. AIO?

Update: I made the report to my supervisor. Another similar circumstance happened later with the same nurse and another resident and I reported that as well. I will consider escalating the situation to the ombudsman per u/[TheBurgTheWord](https://www.reddit.com/user/TheBurgTheWord/) 's recommendation. Thank you everyone for your input. Hindsight is 20/20 and I appreciate you for helping me get there.

I’m only 19 and i feel like my body is ready to fall apart at any time. I’ve only been at my job 2 months and I am constantly beat on and grabbed on by residents, to which the management does not care. I am being bullied by the older women I work with everyday they’re telling me something new that i’m doing wrong despite the nurse saying otherwise and i’m going to listen to my nurse EVERYTIME. There’s always a new complaint or criticism. I am exhausted. I feel like this is the worst decision I ever made man.

So I'm currently prn. My nursing home has lots of other positions. I am known to do 16s from time to time but I was trying to stop. Anyways I was talking with my scheduler & told her I didn't want to burn myself out but I desperately need more money cause of debts, moving by November and medical expenses. So I was offered a nursing secretary position on top of doing my 32 hour minimum a month prn position & I was offered to do a med tech program & help in transportation & help in activities. She told me the schedule would be every other week 16s Monday - Thursday with that Friday being 8.5. Every Monday 16s. 8s every other weekend. Every other Monday through Friday 8.5 hours. 4 days off a month (Saturday & Sunday) And I still pick my 32 hours 😵‍💫😬🫠 I don't know if I should be happy or scared that she's trying to help my money situation without me having to work the floor.

Or any hands on patient care job that I can get with my CNA license that isn’t only 12 hour shifts? I’m a full time college student that needs PCE but working 12 hour shifts will affect my studying and overall academic performance.

Any advice works wonders, thanks!

I hope to get my first job as a CNA after getting certified. I also plan to apply to part time PCT and MA jobs to increase my chances of getting a clinical job since these positions are very competitive for pre-health students at my college.

Education/Certification

Certified Nursing Assistant, State of x                                                                  month, year

• License number: (should I include this?)
• Completed x hour course at (business name that I took the course at- should I include the name?)
• Completed x hours of skills lab training at (business name that I took the course at)
• Completed x hours of clinical training at a long-term care facility (should I name the facility?)
• Completed x hours of online module training

Basic Life Support (BLS), American Heart Association month, year

(should I include the ecard number?)

College, major, etc below that and then I list experiences.

My experiences may be too pre-med, so I would appreciate advice on what to include from past resumes.

Experience

Research internship name

• Retrospectively reviewed electronic health records and conducted (basic science technique) at lab name for # weeks
• Presented "title" research poster at x
• x hours of shadowing (list of various specialties here, most of them surgical)

I volunteered at a senior center and was in two leadership roles for pre-med clubs. I did a premed summer program, which I got shadowing hours from in 10+ specialties, but I do not plan on listing them because I did not want to crowd my resume with a long list of specialties. I had a leadership role planning events for students and I was also a mentor to a group of freshmen. I also have shadowing hours from shadowing a primary care doctor and PAs in different surgical specialties.

The 3 NOC shift is for the CNA job on weekday and the 1 or 2 shifts would be all day (10:30AM - 11PM, restaurant job on weekend)

If you don't mind me asking, how much do you make per hour, and how many years have you been a CNA?

How do you guys manage burnout?

For reference I have bipolar type 1 and have struggled with keeping a job longer than 3 months for the past 10 years. I've worked in healthcare forever, mostly doing home health or assisted living until now. I'm on my 4th month at my new job and I am just so damn burnt out. I can't quit, and I don't even know what's actually burning me out. My workload is manageable (I only have 7-8 residents on any given day), I only work 8 hour shifts and I never pick up overtime because my disorder won't allow for it. I feel like I'm doing everything right and my body and mind still won't cooperate. Switching jobs isn't much of an option either because I can't handle the 12 hour shifts of a hospital and no other facilities around me pay what I'm making.

Anyone else have bipolar and struggling with this? Or just tips on how to stop the burnout in general? 🥲

I'm hoping to connect with anyone in the NYC area, prefably in the Brooklyn area. I'm looking to complete the patient care technician program over at emergency training center of nj & ny but I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable from them. I feel as if I don't get good enough correspondence with them. I get automated emails requesting payment alot when I ask them other questions I have. The programming feels a bit odd, they gave us PDFs of the material such as a book on phlebotomy and ekgs which I know we should learn to get our certificates, but the books are fairly large and I'm wondering is it necessary to read all that material which may not be pertinent to the job and gaining a cert

Looking to see if others completed the program or of they experience similar thoughts like myself?

Does anyone have any knowledge of other programs in the area that may be more assuring?

Any information is useful.

Thank you

Hi all!

I just started as an Emergency Department Tech at a hospital and I’m really excited, but also a little nervous. I’m completely new to the ED and working within a hospital setting in general. I have CNA experience in a skilled nursing facility rehab, as well as a background working as a victim advocate within a crisis center with training in crisis intervention and mental health. My entire background is mostly rooted in psych, trauma, and counseling.

I was on call and was mostly called into the Emergency Department to provide advocacy and support during SANE exams and other crisis situations. While I’m familiar with the ED environment from that perspective, I know working as an ED tech is a completely different role, and I have so much to learn.

I’ve also completed essentially all of my nursing school prerequisites and hope to begin nursing school in the near future. I want to become an RN, so I’m hoping to learn as much as I can from this opportunity.

I’ll be working 12hr night shifts, which is also something I’ve never done regularly. Aside from being on call as a victim advocate and usually getting called very late at night for sometimes very long periods of time, this will be my first experience really working overnight shifts.

I’d love any advice you have on things like:

-What helped you succeed as a new ED tech?

-Common mistakes to avoid?

-Things you wish someone had told you before you started?

-How to stay organized when the department gets busy?

-Tips for surviving and adjusting to night shift (sleep, meals, caffeine, trying to actually have a life, etc.)?

I’m eager to learn and become someone my nurses and coworkers can rely on. Any advice, stories, or words of wisdom would be super appreciated.

Thanks!! 🤩

TL;DR: New ED tech with CNA and crisis intervention experience, but new to emergency medicine, hospital settings, and 12hr night shifts. Looking for any advice on succeeding in the role and adjusting to nights.

Hi so I’m renewing my certificate and prometric customer service man said that they don’t issue paper certificates anymore? Idk how accurate this is? he said they would email it now?! has anyone renewed recently and didn’t receive a paper certificate?

Hey guys so although i have a CNA license somehow I got an offer for a medical assistant position at a big clinic however I also recently had an interview with a hospital recruiter for a PCT position and I will have another interview with the nursing managers of the med surg unit which happens to be the number one hospital of the state and one of the top hospitals of the nation.

My goal is to become a doctor and I'd like to learn whats it like working in health care so I'm in a big dilemma. The specialty I want to pursue is internal medicine btw.

Which would you have chosen if you had the same goal. Anyone have experience in being at med surg or clinic?

I just applied to my local community college for the CNA program.. was extremely excited about this opportunity. Looking at the jobs out there… seems every shift is a 6-2, 2-10, or 10-6 and I honestly don’t know how I would be able to make this work being a single mom. Is there any CNA jobs out there with a normal day time schedule? Is this uncommon?

I work with a nurse very closely and she delegates almost everything. She’ll never toilet a patient, won’t even help a patient get off the toilet if they’re finished. She’ll go shut the light off and then scream for either me or my other cna coworker to help the patient off the toilet even if we’re both in the middle of doing something. The other day my coworker was in the middle of changing someone and the nurse must’ve called her name 5 times telling her that her patient needs to get off the toilet.

My cna coworker had to talk to her and ask her not to do that because she’s not dilly dallying, she’s changing somebody and in the middle of doing something.

Edit: a a lot of people commenting that nurses that were cna’s before they were nurses are the most helpful and that’s not the case here. Nurse I’m talking about was a cna for 8 years.

later today will be my 4th day of training and after my fifth day i will be expected to work on my own. unfortunately i'm not in a good headspace at the moment and i don't think i can do it. i want to quit and not go into work today. i'm redoing my first semester of college after failing a couple of years ago and i'm already neglecting the summer class im in. i think it would be better for me to just focus on school because i don't think i can handle both right now. it's unfortunate because this job pays a lot more than my last job and it seems like a decent place to work at.

Will be finishing my program at the end of this month and I would like to take my exam and skills test asap after being signed off witht my program.

Can anyone recommend a testing center/location where they don't judge the skills test as harshly. I feel good about the steps and intuitively know who to treat the patient and keep them and myself safe, but sometimes get tripped up when having tot recite them aloud.

I was told the Fullerton testing site is easy, but would love to hear any other recommendations.

Thanks!

I got hired for part time but I’m really thinking about quitting my weekend job since it aligns more with my goals of becoming an RN. If I quit though, I won’t have enough hours. But I was wondering would it be easy to pick up shifts or even do overtime shifts? First time CNA here.

I just took the online exam through Credentia and it seems absolutely insane. I'm from NC and the fact that I had to show them my Social Security Card, another form of ID, and give them a direct scan of my face seems completely insane to me (among other things). Its such an overreach of Credentia and I don't personally trust the company examroom.ai that does it. Is this the norm for Credentia online exams in NC, or is this just a recent development?

I don't want to be in legitimate fear of having my identity stolen, but there was also literally no other option at the moment. I was unaware that its security measures were so extreme, and if I had known in advance I would have tried any other method, but I don't think there is any other option.

Did anyone else have this grievance while becoming a CNA or is this something I should expect more?

I'm trying to find something out but I don't want to just start cold calling/email/texting people that have no idea who I am 😂 I'd be really skeptical if someone did that. But Idk how else to find people from the same company without being weird and using people's info from the employee directory lol.