Wow it was a stressful week for me last week, and I hope everyone else’s was good.  It was the week of our STNA testing and I am now an official STNA .  If anyone who is interested in nursing, STNA is something that is very valuable in becoming a registered nurse.
What a STNA stands for is a State-Tested Nursing Assistant.  During your senior year you’ll be taking the STNA course.  This course is very time-consuming but definitely worth it.  During this course you’ll spend four days outside of school at clinicals.  The clinicals are held at Heartland, a nursing home in Bellefontaine and it is fun meeting the residents and know that you made a difference in their life.
To become a STNA you must have certain characteristics and derives that  make you want to help others.  The residents love seeing happy, loving, and caring people who can take their own problems off to the side and focus on the residents.
My teacher Mrs. Purcell gave me a quote that everyone should follow if thinking about being a nurse. It is called “I AM THE DECISIVE ELEMENT”

“I’VE COME TO THE FRIGHTENING CONCLUSION THAT I AM THE DECISIVE ELEMENT IN A RESIDENT’S LIFE.  IT’S MY DAILY MOOD THAT MAKES THE WEATHER.  I POSSESS A TREMENDOUS POWER TO MAKE A RESIDENT’S LIFE MISERABLE OR JOYOUS.  I CAN BE A TOOL OF TORTURE OR AN INSTRUMENT OR INSPIRATION, I CAN HUMILIATE OR HUMOR, HURT OR HEAL, IN ALL SITUATIONS, IT IS MY RESPONSE THAT DECIDES IN ALL SITUATIONS, IT IS MY THAT DECIDES WHETHER A CRISIS WILL BE ESCALATED OR DE-ESCALATED AND A RESIDENT HUMANIZED OR DE-HUMANIZED.”—HAIM GONOTT

What this quote says to me is that we as the STNA’s are the ones who determine what our residents day is going to turn out.  So I know when working I won’t bring my problems to work, we are there to take care and make our residences days everything they deserve.
So if anyone of you have questions about anything about the STNA training I would be glad to help and answer everything I can.

peace and love,
Megan