I'm sure that you will have a training session. Most things will get easier with practice. Depending on your facility, there are certain skills that you will use daily. Here are some common things:

*Monitoring vital signs: checking temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, and O2 saturation. It's important to know the normal ranges, so you know when something is wrong.

*Turning a patient every 2 hours (to prevent bed sores-- this is VERY important)

*Oral care

*Toileting

*Showering

*Changing linens, with or without patient in the bed

*Assisting with ambulation

*Assisting with feeding

This may sound daunting at this point, but you will be surprised how easy it will be in only a few weeks. Your co-workers are there to help you, and when you get more comfortable, you should be sure to help them. Working together makes things much easier.

You will find that success comes to those with a good attitude. If you think something is disgusting, or that you don't feel like doing something because it's hard, you will have a much more difficult time. But if you smile, and make yourself available, and just try, you will get very far.

Congrats on your new job, and I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say "THANK YOU" for dedicating yourself to helping others.

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I'd say just take it slow, nobody expects you to get everything perfect the first day. Don't let anybody rush you, pay attention to what you are doing. Ask the other staff for advice,tips, and tricks that they use but be sure that that advice is correct under the facility's and the states rules. Don't be discouraged if getting Blood Pressure is still tricky, just practice (even on the other aides) in your down time and have someone check your results. Don't be afraid to ask questions MULTIPLE TIMES you'd rather get it right than put someone in danger.

It takes a while to learn all your patients preferences from how they like their food to who likes getting up first in the morning, you'll get it eventually so don't feel bad if someone gets a nasty attitude with you. Everyone assumes older people are sweet little grandmas or helpless and stupid but they are just like anyone, if they were sassy in their younger days they're probably still sassy today lol.

Lastly, treat all your patients/residents with respect don't talk down to them or use baby talk, most of them still have their wits about them and can understand you just fine even if they are handicapped, disfigured, mute, etc. Good luck