Start classes on Tuesday :)

sonomala · May 25, 2009

If you got the Pell grants, I say go for it! MA is really an area by area kind of thing, I'm really lucky that out here its growing so fast. I'm already registered for AandP in the fall, its another hurdle to get over on the path. I'm in an intensive Medical Term class right now, only six weeks. I thank God I took CNA because it gave me a good basis and I knew the foundations of the first couple of chapters. You're going to do great in your class. :) If you ever want some help or need some advice, just drop me a line :)

sonomala · May 25, 2009

Little side note about cnas in my area, salaries are dropping and right now there are way more cnas then there are jobs. Esp for students like me. Every cna class I know about has a waiting list. Exp cnas are reporting getting fired for the smallest infraction. With the applicant pool so big, ltcs are cutting the higher paid staff and bringing on lower paid new comers. They don't want degree students because they don't want to have to work with changing schedules. I feel for the residents of the ltcs, the quality of care is going down.

Girl Scout · May 25, 2009

I think here, they're starting to move away from the CNA license, and move toward just having PCT's. I know I want some experience in LTC, but I don't want to do it forever. My interest is with stuff like oncology, or ER, or even search and rescue, but here it's kind of the same, there's just a real high turnover rate in LTC for CNA's.

However, like I said, the trend has been to move away from CNAs and toward PCTs. And the board at the college I'm going to may make the CNA/PCT set of courses into a pre-req for nursing. I'm not sure if they're doing this at other colleges or if it's even being considered in some places at the state level. But I feel like over the coming years we will start using more technical licenses in LTC than CNA.