Your First Day at CNA Job

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Beginning is always tough. The first day at school, first few weeks in a new neighborhood, new classroom and new job; all of these might seem very difficult and adjusting takes some time. It is the same with adjusting as a Certified Nursing Assistant too. When you complete your training to become a nursing assistant you might be overwhelmed with the feeling. But this job is not as easy as it looks, you turn into a person who is responsible for other people and this thought might scare you a bit. You will have a stressful time as you are under the pressure of taking care of someone and submitting the report of that to your supervisors. Then, why not prepare yourself with some advices for your first day or first few days to adjust in the new environment.

 

Planning and knowing are the key factors that will keep you away from panicking. Know about your responsibilities, timing and shifts in advance and prepare for them. Get some information about your patients too, like their health status, their problems, their schedule and things that will help you cope with them. Knowing about them is the best thing; it will help you from getting nervous and blanking out. When you take information on the patients, do not forget to get the report of their medical history, physical abilities and disabilities, meal time, weaknesses and everyday activities. On top of that, knowing dietary orders, test results, behavioral needs, special characters, conversation obligations, safety issues are always helpful.

 

Find out about the patients who need special treatments. There might be some patients who need special supervision or special care. Helping them is the must as a CNA. You also do not want to risk hurting a patient at the first day of your work. Gather all the information possible from the patient’s sugar level, blood pressure and everything possible. You can ask for their charts in advance and take a deeper look at those and analyze.

 

Health care centers always keep a track record of their patient’s health and have all the required information on their patients. The hospitals either have handwritten or digitized information. All you need to do is ask and you will get it. Try getting a digitized form because they are well managed and are easy to look into. You might not want to be lost in the haystack of files.

 

Get help from colleagues, get in touch with them and share what you feel about the first day. Talk about the shifts and the supervisors you will be working under; finding about their nature are equally important. Upsetting them might not go well on the first day, would it? You can also talk to experienced employees and if you know someone personally that will be a plus point. But most of all plan and get information for your first day as a CNA.

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