emotional interactions

As a CNA for a couple of months I've came across many amazing people. Working in the healthcare field is a humongous responsibility. You are responsible for the health of your patients. You also have an emotional responsibility with your patients. The attitude that nurses and CNAs have towards their patients is important and reflects towards their patients can help them recover faster. click here Negative attitudes towards the patients can harm the patient. The negativity could cause stress towards the patients and cause the patient to recover slower than normal. There are patients who refuse to eat, drink, and take medication. CNAs or nurses with positive attitudes should be able to persuade their patients to do those things. 

Developing relationships with patients is very common in the healthcare field. Working in the nursing home is the most common place to develop an emotional attachment with your patient. Often times patients are lonely from sitting in their small rooms all day; some even begin to miss their families. Many residents tend to carry on conversations with their nurse or CNA about their families or old stories. 

Listening to the stories they share draws you closer to the patients. As a younger CNA many patients look at me and think of their grandchildren. Some patients even call me their grandchild. In a setting such as a nursing home I play a role as a family member because sometimes I'm all that some patients have. Some patients don't have grandchildren or other family members to come out and visit them so it makes me feel good that I can do something small like saying, "Hey, Grandma", or carry on a five to ten minute conversation to give them comfort and feel at home.