Are there many overnight CNA jobs in NYC with lots of free time? (credit)
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When I was a CNA I worked for a home health company, and some of the overnight companion jobs allowed TONS of free time.
One job was come in at 10pm, sit in a dimly lit room (with book + book light) and monitor an Alzheimer patient during the night (in case he tried to get up). Only a few times did he wake up confused, and I redirected him back to bed or called staff to help him (the facility was responsible for changing him, we just prevented falls). That lasted about a year.
Another was an elderly paraplegic - I would arrive at his house at 8pm, watch TV with him until 10pm, do a twenty minute routine to get him to bed (bathroom, transfer, etc), then I went to my room (I had a private bedroom/bathroom/shower etc) and monitor him via baby monitor during the night. I was allowed to sleep (just turning the radio up high incase he yelled for me),,,usually I brought my laptop and talked online to my wife each night, then sleep at around 2am, wake up at 7am, shower, wake him up and the next shift would arrive and begin cooking breakfast.
Another had me driving someone who was post stroke to the gym each day for rehab - he got me a temporary membership, but I preferred bringing books and studying.
It was a very nice gig while it lasted (I became a nurse), base pay was $10 but went up to $15 depending. I worked with that company for about a year and a half.
I don't think I'll ever get paid to sleep again though.....
About 20 years ago, I was doing 2nd shift maintenance at a local manufacturing business. The building was huge-like 10 acres huge-and my shop was at the southwest end and the work was being done at the northeastern end of the building. During the day, several hundred people worked there, but only a few of the best welders and a supervisor worked during my shift. It was so laid back, I was literally reading a novel a night and when I got bored I would mosey over to the Safety guy's office and watch Star Trek reruns (he had a VCR).
On the rare occasions that something broke, I would swap it out with another piece of equipment or shrug my shoulders and tell them the day shift would take care of it.
CNA is a brutal job. You're at the absolute bottom of the health care totem pole, doing the gnarliest, most thankless jobs for next to no money and no respect or status. The pay is extremely low. God Bless the CNA's who put up with Walmart wages to wipe our bottoms and empty our pee jugs.
I have a friend who does petsitting and makes $75 per night each night he stays overnight at the client's house with the pets. His only role is walking and feeding, and occasionally administering medication. He has to know the signs when a pet needs medical attention, etc. The problem with this type of work is that it requires a good deal of networking in order to find the wealthy Manhattan clients who can easily and willingly shell out $75 a night for someone to stay with their pet.
And if you're not good at the networking part of the business, you end up with clients like this:
How do you do good at the networking part of the business?
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