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I interviewed today at an assisted living facility and I think I am going to get the job :) I only even considered the assisted living because I was talking to a girl I did my cna class with when we...

Thank you all for your encouragement! I interviewed today at an assisted living facility that is wayyy closer to home that the LTC facility I was at. I also passed my state test today! :) i think I...

I passed today!! :):)

Mine was 3 weeks, Monday-Friday, 8-4. One week of classroom, two weeks of clinicals

And I think I mean its the physical part of the job that's really hard, and also how sad it is these people live normal lives like us then end up with dementia and broken bodies :(

I'm a very new cna and I got a job where I did my clinicals, a nursing home. When I was in my clinicals I loved it, but that was because I was only working a few hours and with a partner. Now,...

I start a 3 week cna course at a ltc facility in a couple weeks. The first week is classroom and the last two are clinicals. I've not been given really any info on what to expect. Can anyone describe...

Federal regulation at 42 CFR 483.152(c)(1) states that "No nurse aide who is employed by, or who has received an offer of employment from, a facility on the date on which the aide begins a nurse aide...

I'm starting my cna training next month at a ltc facility. I have friends that work there, and I know that once you secure a job there you get reimbursed. I think you get half back upfront when u get...

I'm going to be 18 next month, so I am young, admittedly. There is a LTC facility here where I can take a 3 week CNA course. The problem is, LTC facilities scare me to death. I feel so, so bad for...

So until today, when a nursing student friend of mine told me, I never knew that a MA could would outside of a Dr. office. So now I'm wondering what an MA does in a hospital? I know that they do...

Thank you all for your comments. The CNA course I will likely be taking would be on the continuing care floor of the local hospital. (Continuing care is just like a LTCF) It's not where I want to...

So I am graduating high school this May, and I know that I want to get into the healthcare field. What I really REALLY want to do, is become an OB Tech. My problem is, I don't know if that's an...

So I'm just wondering, people keep telling me that I don't want to be a CNA, all they do is change sheets and bedpans and and help people bathe, and just talk about the not so fun stuff. What I want...

This is my last year of high school, and I am really struggling with algebra. I want to be a CNA, and I am just wondering if CNA's use algebra at all, or even on a day-to-day basis?

I know that where I live, you can get training at the hospital. I was just wondering: 1. How long something like that takes 2. What you learn 3. How much it costs 4. How intense the...

Do CNA's work in psych? And what do they do? What does the job entail?

What's your favorite department to work in? ER, Peds, Continuing Care, Surgery...?

I was just wondering what your normal day is like...What department you work in, what your responsibilities are, what you do all day, if you ever have a lot of slow moments, how the nurses treat you,...

Yeah that makes sense...Hope your cousin is ok now. Thanks for the info.

I'm interested mainly in hospital pediatrics, but then again I don't know much about pediatric facilities like you mentioned. What's wrong with the rehab patients and what do you do for them?

Are there any CNA's out there who work in Peds or OB? I would really prefer to work in Peds or OB, but I don't know if CNA's actually work in those departments or not. Does anyone know? And if...