Summary: A Career As A Nursing Assistant
It’s amazing how much time is given to elder care but without it many older adults would suffer. With the number of older Americans growing there is an increase need for care but the appropriate funding is required on both ends financially and more support and education is need among staff and administration to actually supply the proper essentials to the aging population. Being a CNA goes beyond caring for sick patients and keeping their patients healthy in a variety of setting as Ai-Jen Poo mentioned in the audio interview incorporating those attributes of dignity and value into the work and allowing the geriatric population to be surrounded by love care and connection is vital to getting older. Nursing aides are the backbone of these health
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The position of nursing assistants may be underappreciated compared to registered nurses, physicians, etc. When you think about the lack CNA’s, and the growing number of older adults there is a need for more nursing aides. Pressure is placed on the remaining population of trained individuals to work that nursing aid position. To work X amount of hours a week and still come up short is mind bottling especially when it’s such a demanding field. What would Nurses do without there assistants- they make the job so easy for them. Whenever the workload is not equal to the pay you have to reevaluate your situation. Sometimes the love for the job and making others happy isn’t enough because all the love in the world won’t pay the …show more content…
It brought her joy to care for patients and give them life but she said she took on task as a registered nurse, cared for 10 plus patients a day, not only assisting the nurses but the doctors and other health professionals. So much more comes along with the job aside from keeping the patient healthy and at the end of the day she was burnt out and still wasn’t financially stable, she felt like she was giving more than she was receiving. She put in long hours as needed and felt as though she had a workload of 3 people. She could no longer work the job because the workload was over demanding and it paid little to
The position of nursing assistants may be underappreciated compared to registered nurses, physicians, etc. When you think about the lack CNA’s, and the growing number of older adults there is a need for more nursing aides. Pressure is placed on the remaining population of trained individuals to work that nursing aid position. To work X amount of hours a week and still come up short is mind bottling especially when it’s such a demanding field. What would Nurses do without there assistants- they make the job so easy for them. Whenever the workload is not equal to the pay you have to reevaluate your situation. Sometimes the love for the job and making others happy isn’t enough because all the love in the world won’t pay the …show more content…
It brought her joy to care for patients and give them life but she said she took on task as a registered nurse, cared for 10 plus patients a day, not only assisting the nurses but the doctors and other health professionals. So much more comes along with the job aside from keeping the patient healthy and at the end of the day she was burnt out and still wasn’t financially stable, she felt like she was giving more than she was receiving. She put in long hours as needed and felt as though she had a workload of 3 people. She could no longer work the job because the workload was over demanding and it paid little to