Have you ever felt overwhelmed by numerous changes happening at once? During the past few months, my life has been a blur of non-stop transitions. Outside of work, I found a new apartment, packed up my belongings, moved into the new place and raced around to get a...
As I was scrolling through my news feed on Facebook earlier in the week, I saw something that STOPPED ME IN MY TRACKS. A friend of mine had posted a challenge. Go an entire day without complaining about anything. Not traffic, not people, not the job, not one...
Scary as it may sound to anyone who knows me, I was doing some math earlier (GASP!). According to my calculations, those of us who work full time spend around 2,080 hours a year at work—not including overtime. In the healthcare field, very little of that time is...
All of us at In the Know are honored to have Corey Anne Rotella, CNA, lend her very special voice to our blog as a regular contributor. Corey has worked on the frontlines of long term care since 2008. As she states, “Sometimes, you pick a career and sometimes a career...
CNA Week begins on Thursday, June 12th. Are you ready to give some extra acknowledgement and appreciation to your hardworking nurse aides? If you need some ideas, please see this blog post on our sister site, Embracing Civility. You can also send your CNAs to this...