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School Writing Assignment: Experiences and Lessons

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hi there this is my essay my personal essay for a nursing school.
the school asks a question that has two parts, what was your experience and what did you learn from working as a CNA. for the essay and they need the answer in an essay form. i will provide you the answer but feel free to add and modify it. i got the answer from the internet so you can look it up too. that's why i choose the nursing under the subject area and paid extra. 
HERE IS THE QUESTION ; briefly explain your experience and what you learned? 
MY ANSWER ; for the experience part, i have been working as a certified nurse assistant for about 3 years in a different health care setting such as Restorative and Rehabilitative Care ,Dementia/Alzheimer's Care, Long term care, skilled nursing care ,Hospice/acute care and worked as a med tech at Assisted Living care. 
when i was working at these above mentioned setting i was preforming the below listed duties. please add some if you think am missing some duties of a CNA.
- Bathed, dressed and undressed patients.
- Changed bed linens, ran errands, directed visitors and answered telephone.
- Recorded temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration rates, food and fluid intake and output, as directed.
- Cleaned, sterilized, stored, prepared and issued dressing packs, treatment trays 
• Provides patients' personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals, perennial care, oral care, shaves; assisting with travel to the bathroom; helping with showers and baths.
• Provide activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary; ambulating, turning, and positioning patients.
• Maintains patient stability by checking vital signs and weight; testing urine; recording intake and output information.
• Provides patient comfort by utilizing resources and materials; transporting patients; answering patients' call lights and requests; reporting observations of the patient to nursing supervisor.
• Documents actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records.
• Maintains work operations by following policies and procedures.
• Protects organization's value by keeping patient information confidential.
• Collect information about conditions and treatment plans from caregivers, nurses and doctors
• Lift patients into beds, wheelchairs, exam tables, etc.
• Examine patients for bruises, blood in urine or other injuries/wounds and notify RN of any abnormalities in skin integrity
• Clean and sanitize patient areas
• Change bed sheets and restock rooms with necessary supplies
• Demonstrates appropriate knowledge for safe use of medical equipment (cane, crutches, walkers, Hoyer Lift, side rails, brace, splints, oxygen).to assist on ambulating 
• Collects and labels specimens (urine, stool, sputum).
• Weigh residents using upright, chair and bed scale
• Maintains patient confidence and protects the hospital by keeping information confidential.
• Pass medication as certified medication aid(med tech)
and as to what have i learned , ill list them below.
i have learned to be;
1, culturally sensitive; getting global and background awareness about patients and not assuming and judging by their physical appearance.
2, advocacy; being a voice of patients , learned to speak up to meet patients needs.
3, follow instruction; such as care plan, infection control, dietary plan and medical professionals so i can avoid and prevent future incidents.
4, detail oriented; recording patients temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration rates, food and fluid intake and output accurately. and following the five rights of medication when am admistrating a medication
5, communication; good interaction skills to be able to communicate effectively, clearly and assertively to nurses, patients, patients family and colleagues to promote a better health care 
6, deliver sound clinical judgment; ability to make correct and quick judgment incase of emergencies such as CPR, chocking, falls etc..
7, emotional stability; learned to remain calm and continue performing my duties professionally in difficult and under pressure situation 
8, providing emotional support; in addition to physical support i absorbed patients react to their physical issues emotionally, so its critical to to give care with dignity, compassion, respect, integrity and patience.
9, I have also gained multiple skills including ,Multi-tasking, Medical Teamwork, Bedside Manner, Infection Control, Nursing Skills, Health Promotion and Maintenance, Creating a Safe, Effective Environment 
I have spoke with Vicky on live chat and she had assure me ill get this essay by Friday 2pm pacific time because i have to summit it by Friday 4pm pacific time. so please pay attention to my instructions. i look forward to the essay 
thanks 

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Experiences and Lessons
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Working as a certified nursing assistant (CNA) for three years, there were some significant experiences and lessons. During the three-year period, I had a chance to work in quite a number of settings, among them are, long term care for patients, rehabilitative and restorative care, hospice care, acute care, med tech and dementia/Alzheimer’s care. The various setting allowed me to experience a number of aspects of providing care and further build on my skills as a nurse. The different experiences carried valuable lessons that further build on my theoretical knowledge acquired in class.
As a CNA, I had quite a number of duties that I performed quite often, with some of them taking on a daily schedule. Some of the duties include undressing, bathing and dressing patients, especially in the acute care settings. I had a chance to record patients’ vitals such as blood pressure, respiration, fluids intake, pulse and recording the temperature, this also included changing the beddings of the patients. From time to time, I would also be involved in the sterilizing, cleaning, preparing and storing lab equipment.
When caring for the patients who were bed ridden, it was my duty to ensure that the patients were given their bedpans, giving the patients oral care, assisting them to travel to the bathroom and back to their wards, assisting them with baths and personal grooming and offering perennial care. This also included assisting the patients with their meals, changing their position in bed and ambulating. Part of the care also included offering the patients comfort, through the utilization of the hospital resources and materials. Some patents would make calls when they need assistance, this was also part of the duties that I assumed along with assisting them with their medication.
To ensure that the hospital kept quality records, part of my duties involved the accurate completion of forms, logs, reports and p...
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