Personal Narrative: My Life As A Certified Nurse Assistant

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When I run into challenges in life I treat myself and others with friendliness and kindness. I treat others and myself with friendliness and kindness by attending to the moment and listening attentively. For example, when I worked at Borgess within a couple of months the manager changed the structure of work. The change of the structure of work was challenging, but I did not let it get in the way of helping and taking care of patients. However, shortly after the change of the work structure a couple of certified nurse assistant were injured, including myself. In this situation, my back injury lead me to be out of work, which was difficult because I wanted to be at work to help patients. Nonetheless, the company made sure I got the care in order

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