Dr. Deborah Lee & Dr. Cathy Cooper join host, Dr. Christy Hall, in Part One of a two-part conversation discussing a valuable and necessary research project with a focus on Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) in the state of Tennessee. This episode dives into their motivation for a study on the necessity of CNAs, their infinite value to the healthcare system, and touches on everything from recruitment, acknowledgement that CNAs make up as much as 80-90% of direct care provision for long-term patients, the difficulties of their tasks, and more. The study reveals the physical and emotional challenges of CNAs but also their deep dedication to their patients.