r/cna

43K archived posts · May 2011 – Sep 2026

A Community for Nursing Assistants and Technicians

r/cna

At r/CNA we share stories of caring for patients/residents and advice on how to best accomplish our mission of providing the best possible care for those in our charge. Come join us!

Created May 10, 2011

56KMembers (last snapshot)

43KArchived posts

Here we share our stories of caring for patients/residents and advice on how to best accomplish our mission of providing the best possible care for those in our charge.

r/cna has been dormant since its creation in 2011 up until recently. Please bear with us while we make the necessary changes which will make this community more user friendly. Thanks!

Subreddit Rules

Breaking any of the rules listed above will result in one of the following: a) removal of the post/comment in question, b) a temporary ban, or c) a permanent ban. How these rules are enforced depends on the severity of the rule broken, and ultimately, is up to the discretion of the moderators.

Abide by HIPAA and the sitewide rules of Reddit by not releasing personal or confidential information.

a) Remove any identifiable information from posts and/or scenarios by: renaming patients/resident to Mr. or Mrs. Smith, obscuring any written information (names, DOBs, diagnoses, etc.), and omitting any information that is otherwise protected under HIPAA.

b) Please abide by Reddiquette.
No personal health situations.

This includes posts or comments asking questions, describing, or inviting comments on a specific or general health situation of the poster and their friends, family, or acquaintances. Please use r/AskDocs for these types of questions instead.
Meme's are now allowed and encouraged!

All meme submissions must be in good faith. Any memes that are blatantly, off-topic, or that make light of serious subjects like sexual misconduct, abuse, neglect will be subject to mod approval.

Useful Links

r/nursing’s Scrubs and Shoes Master List

r/prenursing

The Reddit Health Network (inclusion is currently pending)

Other communities

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