09/26/2024
REGARDING CNA: If you have never zipped up body bags on a shift, you shouldnât be deciding how much CNAs make.
If you have never watched a person suffocate to death from their own blood or sputum, you shouldnât be deciding how much CNAs make.
If you have never been punched and kicked for trying to assess your patient, you shouldnât be deciding how much CNAs make.
If you have never had someone beg you to not let them die, or to let them die, you shouldnât be deciding how much CNAs make.
If you've never had to look into a loved ones eyes or hold them while they crumble when you tell them of the death of their child, mother, father, sister, aunt, gran, papa... you shouldn't be deciding how much CNAs make.
If you have never told your family your shift was âfineâ to spare them from what you saw that day, you shouldnât be deciding how much CNAs make.
If youâve never felt ribs breaking from doing CPR on someoneâs family member, you shouldnât be deciding how much CNAs make.
For years CNAs have been underpaid and undervalued and no one seemed to care.
Now that healthcare is on the brink of a collapse, everyone is concerned.
CNAs are leaving the profession at rapid rates.
Perhaps itâs from the years of getting 1% raises and barely being able to pay bills. Maybe itâs because CNAs are asked to do more and more with less. Maybe itâs from the terrible staffing ratios. The reasons are honestly endless.
Letâs start caring about CNA retention, CNA training, fair wages, safe staffing, etc.
Letâs not get to the point where you need a CNA and there isnât one to spare.
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