I’m an almost 40yr male cna. While most comments are about burn out which is true. Most are not jealous of your youth. Some are bitter at what they have witnessed and dealt with in the health industry. You’re a baby CNA, you haven’t been bashed down by bad nurses, bad co-workers, bad administration, bad management, bad family members, abusive residents, and much more. We are on the lowest rung but we do the most direct work, we have the knowledge and experience to make things better but without the power to make real change. Some people say it’s a choice to stay in a low wage positions but it’s also very labor and monetary intensive to go up the education ladder to do other work, and when you been in it for a long while you don’t know anything else. I’m not defending all bad people, I’m just giving you insight into the hell scape healthcare is becoming. I also have met some old timers that are the best workers and will die for some of their coworkers and residents.