Catholic Eldercare

Back during nursing school, 2005 and 06, many of my classmates - and several teachers - spoke highly of this place after doing their LTC clinical there. i would say go for it. Word of mouth means everything in LTC. Good luck.

Thank you! I'm hoping to call them after the holidays and find out what their NA situation is. Where did you go to nursing school? Somewhere here in the Cities?

Lola

I second that- Catholic Eldercare is one of the Clinical sites for St Kates Minneapolis, and the people who are at that site seem to like and think well of it.

Hey Lola,

I had the pleasure of completing my CNA clinicals at Catholic Eldercare on Main about 2 years ago.

I agree with the other posters. It seems to be a great place to work. The CNAs that worked there (when I was a student CNA) were very helpful and said they enjoyed working there. The facilities were clean and the staff seemed to get along.

At that time, Catholic Eldercare provided tuition reimbursement (not sure how much), so some of the CNAs were also attending nursing school.

You should check it out.

Thanks bittersweet! Where did you do your CNA training?

:) Lola

No prob, Lola!

I did my CNA training through MCTC (downtown Minneapolis).

The class was super easy (A lot of common sense). The tricky part is the skills test. You have to memorize the order of the skills in the exact order or you don't get credit for "knowing" that skill.

Good Luck!

Thanks bitter sweet! I actually did CNA training through the Red Cross 3 years ago, but then fell off the registry because I was not able to work the required 8 hours. So, I'll be taking the training again next spring. I don't think there's any way I could test out; the first skill would probably get me on the skills test! I'll probably have to go back to the Red Cross, since they offer a Saturdays-only CNA class...Anyway, thanks for the input!

I totally understand! My certificate expired as well, so I'm hoping to challenge the NATO exam in Summer 09.

I'm using these websites to help me. Maybe they'll come in handy for you, too!

MN Nursing Assistant Skills Booklet and practice test

http://www.asisvcs.com/indhome_fs.asp?CPCAT=0624NURSE

Online videos of CNA lessons

http://deptets.fvtc.edu/nursing/index.htm