Will I learn to like being a CNA?

Question

My first night was tonight as a care giver and it was...well, different. Lots of lifting and butt wiping and I'm afraid I chose the wrong career path...I didn't necessarily think it'd be exactly like this. Will I learn to get used to it and like it?!

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I being in this field as well for 11 yrs and yes ma'am there is a lot of butt wiping seeing alot of old weenies and old cats, pushing and pulling and turning. But you'll get use to it. But truth is if you don't like taking care or helping people than this might not be the field for you.

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It is hard.  Yes there is alot of lifting and wiping, that honestly is the easy part.  The hard part is the depression most of the people you take care of face, that and the pain.  The other hard part (the most difficult for me) is your going to find a lot of coworkers who have stopped careing, and cut corners.  The management creates an environment where you are expected to get as many people cared for with the minimum amount of staff, it is all about chasing that dollar.  
One piece of advice that took me several years to learn.  Don't give in to management, take pride in doing everything right, and giving the person you care for as much dignity as possible.  The staff will get annoyed with you for taking too long. The nurses might even yell.  But if you can work carefully but quickly you will earn respect.  You will also enjoy your job more if you care for your patients, if you listen to them and talk to them.  They will become friends.  
It isn't an easy job, but it can be a rewarding one if you let it.
Finally take very good care of your back.  Always use the lifts, ignore those who want to just lift quick.  Take it from someone who has dropped to the floor screaming more then once, a healthy back is a precious thing.  That pain is worse then child birth.  You really cannot move at all without your back.

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It goes deep... some of the best advice and people I have met, have been my residents :) its a rewarding but hard job, it is not for everyone, good luck!

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I help with my grandma 2 days a week. In my eyes anyone who is a CNA is a very special type of person. I know I wouldn't chose to do it as my job but she's my grandma and I do it out of love for her.

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I've been in patient care/case management for almost 10 years. Being a CNA is exactly what you experienced in class. And where I live it pays abt 9.50, 10.00 an hr.

Will I learn to like being a CNA?

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