aaron_j_sutter

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1. cna to rn?

   aaron_j_sutter replied to bianca91's topic in CNA/MA

   I will be attanding my local community college in the spring to get my cna. From what I have heard having your cna does halp with getting accepted into a nursing program. I am planning to getmy cna and work while attend nursing school. I have a frien...

2. CNA Online Classes

   aaron_j_sutter posted a topic in CNA/MA

   I was just looking around online and found a site that claims they can certify CNA's online. I am doubtful this is lagit, but I thought I wold ask about it. Has anyone taken online CNA classes and gotten a job? Here is the website: http://www.cnacla...

3. How much anatomy do CNAs need to know?

   aaron_j_sutter replied to aaron_j_sutter's topic in CNA/MA

   Thank you everyone for the great advice. Can anyone recommend any good medical terminolgy books that I could pick up that would help me get ahead of the curve?

4. How much anatomy do CNAs need to know?

   aaron_j_sutter posted a topic in CNA/MA

   I am preparing to start my CNA training in the fall and I am trying to start preparing now by studying human anatomy on my own. Are there spacific areas of anatomy I should focus on learning over others?

5. What gives with the unsupportive spouses?

   aaron_j_sutter replied to dragonfly414's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I an most likely the minority in the conversation. I am a male who is putting off nursing school because my wife has reservations about it (e.g. cost, school time commitment, cost, being away from home, and the big one, THE COST!!). I have heard so m...

6. Educational Dilemma

   aaron_j_sutter replied to aaron_j_sutter's topic in CNA/MA

   Thank you for all the advice! My wife is encouraging me to go for phlabotamy first and then if I want to get more educaton move on from there. I am leaning much more toward Community College after some of the responses here. Thanks again!

7. Does a CNA have to wipe butts?

   aaron_j_sutter replied to sssssaidthesnake's topic in CNA/MA

   I think you need to read the book "Everybody Poops". You wipe your own, what's wrong with wiping someone elses? Just have a kid, you will get over cleaning someone elses behind very quickly.

8. Educational Dilemma

   aaron_j_sutter replied to aaron_j_sutter's topic in CNA/MA

   Yes it is, but I also want the best training possible. If I am going to get educated I want to do it right. I can get all of the training I need at the Community College, but the For Profit school offers it all in one course. The Community College do...

9. Educational Dilemma

   aaron_j_sutter posted a topic in CNA/MA

   I am torn between community college and for profit school. The dilemma is that in community college I would have to put in 16 wks to earn my PCT. In the for profit school I would only have to put in 6 wks for my PCT and it includes all books, scrubs,...

10. CNA Training at a Long-Term Care Facility?

    aaron_j_sutter posted a topic in CNA/MA

    I am a 30 year old male w/ a family at home and currently working in retail. I am looking to transition into the medical field and I am considering CNA training but what I really want to do is PCT (Patient Care Tech). I found a long0term care facilit...

11. Career changers? What is your previous degree in? What was your previous career?

    aaron_j_sutter replied to spore2008's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Right out of high school I went into construction for ten years. I moved on to retail in 2004 and worked my way up to management and I am still there today. During this time I worked full time and went to school full time and received my associates i...

12. Is an Associates Degree able to transfer into a Nursing Program?

    aaron_j_sutter posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

    I currently have my Associates Degree in Business but I am considering Nursing school. Does anyone know if the prereqs of an Associates degree transfer into a nursing program or do I have to take them all over again?

13. For profit learning centers: are they good places to get your CNA certification?

    aaron_j_sutter posted a topic in CNA/MA

    I am seriously thinking about going to nursing school, but I want to get my PCT or CNA first so I can get into the field and get some experience. I am wondering if places like Ross Medical or Career Quest Learning Centers are good places to get your ...