nclady31

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1. CNA north carolina???

   nclady31 replied to Danielle21409's topic in North Carolina

   No, I never used the CD or the workbook. The CD has the skills on it. BUT, don't even look at the steps for skills in this book. They will list like 40 steps for one skill and the booklet from the NC community colleges will have 12 steps for the s...

2. CNA north carolina???

   nclady31 replied to Danielle21409's topic in North Carolina

   I'm not sure for the Fayetteville area. In Raleigh, the starting pay ranges from $8-$11 /hr + shift diff. The hospitals in this area start around $10-11. Keep us posted and good luck!

3. CNA north carolina???

   nclady31 replied to Danielle21409's topic in North Carolina

   Danielle, My book was Mosby's essentials for Nursing Assistants. This is not geared specifically for NC, so if you still have your old textbook, that would probably work. I am in the Raleigh area and I must say, I am jealous that both of your comm....

4. CNA north carolina???

   nclady31 replied to Danielle21409's topic in North Carolina

   I think when you say cccc. you are talking about central carolina cc. If you look at the continuing ed schedule, on page 29, there is a class that is specifically the skills portion. It runs from Oct 12 - Oct 26, two evenings a week. They do not a...

5. CNA north carolina???

   nclady31 replied to Danielle21409's topic in North Carolina

   Hey Danielle, What part of the state are you in? Whatever class you decide on, make sure you are not spending a lot of money. Some of these CNA classes are over $400. That's crazy for the amount of money we make. If you took the class a year ago,...

6. Nursing programs near Jacksonville, NC?

   nclady31 replied to hoping2nurse's topic in North Carolina

   There is not too much surrounding Jacksonville. Coastal Carolina Community College is there and they do have an ADN program. UNC- Wilmington is about an hour and 15 minutes away with a BSN program, but that may be too long a drive for you. Good lu...

7. HELP Please! Lost Home - Need FT job

   nclady31 replied to EmilyLucille523's topic in North Carolina

   Congratulations!!! As a life long native of NC, welcome! I am sure you will like it down here. Are you in the triad or triangle area of NC or elsewhere?

8. NC CNA Books

   nclady31 replied to bluerose683's topic in North Carolina

   Cleveland has all the pre-reqs online, including A&P, so it is just so much more convenient. You would think DTCC and Wake Tech would have this option by now. I think since I will not complete my pre-reqs until Spring, I probably will not be co...

9. NC CNA Books

   nclady31 replied to bluerose683's topic in North Carolina

   I had been a CNA 1996 so it had been awhile and the test has changed somewhat. The written exam is common sense. Find a book to study and go through chapters reading and taking end of chapter test and you will be fine. The skills portion is the one...

10. ethical issues or just a case of being new cna (and a nursing student)???

    nclady31 replied to soon2brnangel's topic in North Carolina

    This may have changed over the past few years, but there is not a true staff/patient ratio per shift. It is the number of staff over 24 hours per patients. So even if days has a few extra staff and evenings are short 2, nights are normal, the facil...

11. NC CNA Books

    nclady31 replied to bluerose683's topic in North Carolina

    Are you trying to challenge the exam? If not, your class will tell you the books you need. I challenged the exam in April and used Mosby's Nursing Assistant book. Not sure which area you are in, but I went to Durham Tech's bookstore and found a pa...

12. Advice; new rn student and start nurse aide position-feeling dumb?

    nclady31 replied to skim36's topic in General Nursing

    I think is very normal. Even more so when you are wanting to further your career in nursing and not just looking at this experience as just a job or paycheck. Everyone was new at some point and no one expects you to know everything from the jump. ...

13. Hybid EMT-b training

    nclady31 posted a topic in North Carolina

    Hi, I am currently a CNA 1 in LTC for 4 years. I am starting my first hospital job in a few weeks in the float pool (full time). I would really like to get my emt-b certification and hopefully transfer to the ED at this hospital as a ED tech in 6-1...

14. Should I pay more money to graduate earlier with the economy the way it is?

    nclady31 replied to sixthwannabe's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Kyrshamarks, I don't know what the average starting salary is in California, but if you graduate a year earlier with at least $38000 in loans, that will negate a majority of your take home pay for the first year. That is assuming a start...

15. Durham Reg. Hospital questions

    nclady31 replied to jen405's topic in North Carolina

    Congratulations!! I was watching your other post on the wages, but no one replied. I had an interview last Friday at Durham Reg. as well and an interview at Duke next week, but pay was not brought up. Is it competitive?