| I have been talking to a large number of youngsters | | | | Please take all possible step to ensure that you get |
| about CNA training as a viable career option for quite | | | | training of the highest quality. The training impacts your |
| sometime now. If there is one point that I tell everyone, | | | | job satisfaction level as it determines whether you get |
| it is that they need to enjoy the job of a CNA to do | | | | to join a hospital of your choice or not. Even after you |
| justice to their patients. And the quality of CNA training | | | | join a great nursing home, unless you know your job |
| that you get in your school is the most important | | | | well, you shall not get the most challenging assignment. |
| determinant of whether or not you are going to enjoy | | | | Predictable and unchallenging work is the sure shot |
| your job as a CNA. | | | | path to get frustrated with your job. |
| We shall be talking about the role of quality of training | | | | A common problem that I have observed with CNAs |
| in the job satisfaction. That makes it important to | | | | that are not happy with their job is that they did not |
| understand the factors that have the maximum impact | | | | have the basic skills when they started their career. |
| on the quality of training. Based on my discussion with | | | | They they were struggling to accomplish their assigned |
| a larger number of past CNA students, I can | | | | work. As a result they had less time to learn any new |
| confidently say that the quantity, quality of training that | | | | skill. As a result the gap between the their skill level and |
| you get in your CNA program and the level of effort | | | | expectation from them kept on increasing. |
| that you put to ensure maximum learning are the most | | | | I hope I have been able to convince you about the |
| important determinants of the quality of CNA training. | | | | importance of quality of training to your job satisfaction |
| Other less important factors to consider are the | | | | level. I hope you will keep this mind while selecting a |
| experience level of faculty teaching you and the | | | | CNA training program that you may be considering. |
| amount of hands on practice that you get. | | | | |