MY LIFE AS A CNA (certified nursing aide) Before I became a tow truck operator, I used to be a CNA… yes I used to be… I did it for three long years… many says, doing this kind of job needs to be: loving, caring, gentle and so on… good characters… who could tell I have those… ☺ I believe I don’t have it… that’s why I don’t work as one anymore… to clear out some question for my old co-aides, why I left that job…. I became an aide coz I lost my driving job in walnut creek, California, roughly 8 years ago… moved to Sacramento area… but why here? I will keep that private for a while… besides, I think this writing thing will go on for a while… maybe till I feel confident or if I already know what I’m really aiming to do… oh! good times being an aide… I enjoyed it… I was good at it, as my friends said I did… but do other people know what we really do as an aide? Maybe not… here are some details from my own… I have no knowledge of being a nurse, no medicine history, I can’t even stand my own blood that’s for sure… (that’s before I became an aide) honestly don’t know what to expect when I apply for this job… but I did it anyways, with the help of our GREAT GOD… yes I always ask him for guidance… the place I used to work with got a program that will teach you all u need to know about this job… I did a classroom thing, and then internship on the floor… guess what? I’m being paid while going to class for my red cross certification… awesome right? Oh yeah good times… on my first day on the floor, I didn’t really know what to expect… I know for sure I’m not a nurse type person… but that day I told my self, if I didn’t feel sick seeing stuff I haven’t seen before, then I could do this… u don’t need to guess… ☺ but, I passed that personal test and I became an aide for 3 long years… what do we do as aide? Nothing really, just caring for people not related to us… yeah just giving our love, care and gentleness to people that we don’t know… yes, u can say “your getting paid to do that” that’s for sure… ok… was it worth it? Well, its CNA, not a registered nurse… it’s only a partial of what nurses make what we make… some say “its not about the money” yeah sure… I did love working as an aide… I gave my 101% perfection to it… i personally wipe somebody’s behind, change their pads, give them shower, and some personal stuff they can’t or not able to do anymore… oh to those who wants to be one, if you don’t wear eye glasses, be very careful, especially using bi-polar and bifocal words…. Lol! English is my second language sorry…. ☺ I told you I have no knowledge in medical… being gentle, caring, loving to anyone not related to you is hard… your giving them everything, your best, your time and you could get attached to them too… well, some… not to mention singing for them while giving them a shower… what do you get in return??? $$$ partial of what nurses get… you get yelled at, spitted at, peed at, pooped at, vomited at, scratched at, slapped at, kicked at and so on… that’s how this job works… not to mention having a problem with authorities… should I say nurses and supervisors… I don’t have any problems with nurses or so on to let you guys know… writing this is just my personal stuff… this is only a part of my life story … and not against nurses… in my three years being an aide I have a personal argument with nurses, and all of those three are my own race…(Filipino) I been called, lazy and so on… one said, “Pilipino ka pa naman, nakakahiya” which means, I’m a Filipino and embarrassing… what did I do? I can’t recall… well, thanks to the authorities who is in my side… that very next day, I wore a American flag handkerchief as my wrist band… we aides work on holidays… when our love ones is sick, we still go to work to care for someone who is sick not related to us… crazy right? and if we don’t feel well?, we still need to go to work coz that’s life… we need to earn money for the family… there is my “not about the money” thing… yeah… after 3 years working as an aide, I’ve been called in the office for some complaints about one resident who has a bruised… they said I may have did it… hmmmnnn!!! They asked me to be very careful with this resident… always asked help before handling em… well, one night, since I don’t like asking for help, cause I can manage it by myself thank you… accident happen… I’m so stressed out… and as a good aide do when those stuff happen? get some fresh air and be calm… I sit in the hallway silently, and shed a tear while my co-aides finish the job for me… I asked my self, can I still do this job the right way? wait… I did not hit the person, promised… not as such other nosy people think I did… I know for sure I can still be good, being an aide… I have the ability to tackle tasks like this…. Later that night I have a message on the home phone asking if I’m still interested for a towing job? You already know what happen… I went for an interview and they said I’m hired… when do I start? I said next Monday… don’t burn bridges they say… no two weeks notice? Nope! Nada! Zipped! The very next day I went to work and verbally quit my job to my bosses… (owner and D.O.N) for my surprise my director of nurses replied to me, “will you be finishing your shift?” awesome… ☺ I didn’t get fired fellas, I quit… the memory of working with you all in that hospital will be a treasure for me… you know who you are.. now I’m feeling same old feeling I felt 3 years ago… deja vu? and the story goes… all about me and my job… thanks for reading… again, this is my personal experience and a little story in my life… I got nothing against nurses… some CNA’s have a different experience…
Posted on: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 04:34:09 +0000
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