what to expect in a few weeks?

[thomasbrooks07]

Hey there everyone. I am enrolled in a accelerated CNA class at the Northwest regional training center in Vancouver. I don't start the class until Feb 15th so I still have some time on my hands. I am pretty nervous about this class since it will cram 3 months of school into 20 days. The first 2 weeks are in school classes and the last 2 weeks are a internship at a a nursing home or hospital someplace in Vancouver.

Other then a 7 hour class 5 days a week what should I expect to see in the classroom? Are there tests and reports to do or is it all hands on learning? I am also kind of wondering what kind of material I will actually be learning. Will I just learn the basics like taking blood pressure, patient temps, and ummm basic patient sanitizing and care or does it go way beyond that?

I have already completed my first quarter of full time college. It is my first time back in school in 4 years since high school and I had the highest grade in all 3 of my classes. I earned a 3.90 gpa and made the Presidents list for my college which is exciting but this is not a English, Algebra and Sociology lol. Am I really stressing more then I need to?

[JGrey]

Hello,

I just finished an accelerated nursing assistant class through the American Red Cross. We had 8 full-time days in the classroom and two 8.5 hour days of clinicals at a nursing home.

We had three tests - a practice exam on day 4, a written final on day 8, and a skills test on day 8. Other than that the instructor went over chapters in the book, we watched videos, and spent a lot of time in the skills lab. We did a lot of skills...feeding, moving a person from bed to wheelchair, blood pressure, pulse, temperature, weight, bed bath, cleaning dentures, nail and foot care, oral care, bed positioning, how to dress a person who has a weak arm and leg, hand washing, and several other daily living tasks that people would need help with.

Our class was fast paced and a lot to learn but nothing to be stressed about, I found a lot of it is common sense. We learned the most important things are safety, infection control (wearing gloves and washing hands A LOT), and making sure to respect the person.

Good luck with your class, I really enjoyed mine :)