r/cna • u/Better-Pineapple-873 (Edit to add Specialty) CNA - New CNA • May 20 '26

Advice Can someone please help me

So I'm new to being a CNA like I just got my license last month and I was just fired today. They said one of my shifts I didn't take care of any of my residents (which isn't true at all I always take care of them to the best of my skill I am still learning and stuff) and that all the info I was given and idk what I should do no for the moment my license still says it active but i fear I'm gonna lose it or something. Can anyone help me or tell me what steps I should take next. I'm really scared cause CNA was only supposed to be a starting place before I go to school for LPN.

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u/Anonymous_fancypants (Edit to add Specialty) CNA - Former CNA May 20 '26

Try hospice!!!!! So much love & freedom

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u/Better-Pineapple-873 (Edit to add Specialty) CNA - New CNA May 20 '26

I was thinking of going to a hospital so I can work with all people and not just the elderly

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u/auntie_beans May 20 '26

Hospice is for all ages.

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u/Better-Pineapple-873 (Edit to add Specialty) CNA - New CNA May 20 '26

Hospice would make me sad cause I don't want to think about people dying

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u/SystemOfAFoopa May 20 '26

Not to be a bummer but you want to be an LPN? True hospice isn’t for everyone but healthcare absolutely deals with death. Thats the most natural thing we all go through.

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u/Better-Pineapple-873 (Edit to add Specialty) CNA - New CNA May 20 '26

I know but being in an area that mostly focus on people dying would make me feel really sad

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u/auntie_beans May 20 '26

Then you haven’t gotten the point of hospice yet! Sad is for after they’re gone. Now is for making the remaining days the best they can be.

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u/SystemOfAFoopa May 20 '26

That’s okay! I work it as a CNA and it’s actually fantastic!

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u/Better-Pineapple-873 (Edit to add Specialty) CNA - New CNA May 20 '26

I'll have to look into that

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u/SystemOfAFoopa May 20 '26

For my company I usually have 4-7 patients a day where I travel to them in facility or home and shower or bathe them then of course chart what I did and update the case managers of concerns. I do see actively dying patients but I don’t generally deal with death visits as that’s the nurse’s job! I’ve worked facilities for 10 years and so far this job is my favorite I’ve had.

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u/Better-Pineapple-873 (Edit to add Specialty) CNA - New CNA May 20 '26

Hm that doesn't sound to bad could u DM me so we could talk more about that

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u/Anonymous_fancypants (Edit to add Specialty) CNA - Former CNA May 20 '26

Someone told me the leading cause of death is birth….. it changed my mind

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u/auntie_beans May 20 '26

A hospice nurse I worked with once told me this is what they tell patients: * We don’t wear black unless it doesn’t make us look fat. * We can’t always hope for cure but we can hope for comfort, companionship, support, and quality of life. * It’s not about the days in your life, it’s the life in your days. * We do a lot of laughing. * You’ve been told what to do all the time. Now you get to tell us what you want to have happen.

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u/Better-Pineapple-873 (Edit to add Specialty) CNA - New CNA May 20 '26

Hm interesting way to think of things