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Regarding CNA or Caregiving: How physically demanding is the job? |
I am very petite and therefore (most unfortunately) not very strong. I am very interested in becoming a CNA or Caregiver but wonder if I can handle the job physically. I can lift a person with someone's help, but not by myself. Also, I an artist and need extra time to draw. Does a CNA or Caregiving job have difficult work schedules/shifts? Thank you for any information! It depends on what area you're going to work in, be it a skilled nursing facility for long-term care, a hospital for acute care, or home health. In SNFs, the patients have many chronic issues but are physically in better health than in hospitals. CNAs are more focused when it comes to assisting in activities of daily living. In a hospital setting, the patients may have heart monitors, IVs, chest tubes, etc., and their vital signs, blood glucose levels, et al. are more important. In home health, the CNA most often assists people in their homes with activities of daily living and the idea is to help out a person relatively quickly but long enough to allow for proper care. As for schedules, I only know the hospital setting because that is where I work. 7A-3:30P, 3-11:30P and 11P-7:30A are the shifts. Anyway, I believe being a CNA is difficult. While being a licensed care giver (such as an LPN or RN) is more intellectually challenging, being a CNA/tech is more physically demanding. What a CNA does depends on the area as well as the facility. I know that in Pennsylvania CNAs are allowed to perform more invasive procedures such as inserting catheters, whereas in Delaware not having a license means that no invasive procedures can be performed, and different hospitals in Delaware allow CNAs to do different things. Overall, when looking into ANY job in the healthcare field, from being a service assitant who transports patients to any nursing job and beyond, one must have a love for helping people. There are days that will make a person cry, days that will make a person curse the world, and days that will make a person laugh. But you must make sure that if the first two happen more than the third, you will still be okay. I wish you the best! In my town they are always short on CNA at the retirement homes, so you have a good chance of getting the schedule you want, or close to it. Most of the girls are skinny little things, they just help each other lifting people. It is a physically demanding job. You are repositioning people, changing diapers, helping them bathe, helping them walk to the bathroom or back to bed, all shift long. The average starting salary here, in Utah is $8.50 per hour. If you like working with the elderly and can handle the diaper smell, then you might really like it! CNA my bf is a cna and shes been working doubles to make ends meet you need to go to school because it more than giving baths and wiping butts it hard and stressful they need u 4 everything u need to be them when they need u its more difffcult yhe people want to say i hope this helps CNA / Caregivers have great jobs, but sometimes demanding. You will be happy when you are helping a patient who needs you! As for lifting and such, you will be fine as long as you use proper body mechanics. I do not see that you would have a difficult time working out a schedule that is acceptable to both you and your new employment. Best of Luck in your new job to be life The shifts are something like around 6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm, 10pm-6am. You will in most places have to work every other wk. end. The work can be pretty physically demanding and there are some back injuries and such from lifting. There are mechanical lifts for people to use on persons that cannot bear their own wt. Make sure for your own and the patients safety to ask for help when needed in lifting. On the upside this can be a very rewarding career and a stepping stone if you wish to become a LPN or RN. |
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