I am a STNA and i know what you are talking about. I am a hard worker and i take my work seriously, even picking up other people's slack. There are some aides that sit around all day and eat and drink and text on their phones. It is a huge fight every time a patient turns their light on for something, its like they have to play rock-paper-scissors to see who is going to go down there. And getting someone to help you with something? Its impossible. I feel for all you nurses who are going through that. I am currently in nursing school so i agree with the quote that all the good STNA's are in nursing school (well not all but most i guess) or thats what it seemed at the nursing home i worked at.
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