Re: Assisted Living for Resume
I don't think so. Any healthcare experience is good, and if you're passing meds and evaluating residents, you are probably also doing blood-glucose monitoring and insulin administration.....all useful and important skills which will give you a head start in the acute care environment.
In fact, NAs in assisted living are generally permitted to learn and practice more skills through a state's nurse delegation statutes than CNAs in LTC. The nursing home CNA's scope of practice is actually very narrow---they are mostly limited to checking vital signs and performing ADLs, and perhaps putting creams and lotions on intact skin. If you want hospital experience, however, you may want to consider becoming a CNA II, which, in my state (OR) allows a broader range of duties and skills, such as accu-checks, Foley insertions, simple wound care, and even phlebotomy in some places.
Good luck to you!
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