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I am considering going to school to become a CNA in September. :yeah:I was wondering if you can tell me how quickly you found a job, your starting pay and where you became a CNA first. I wanted to work in a hospital, but most job ads say you have to have a yr in a clinical setting.
Basically any advice-the good, the bad and the ugly!
Thanks!
it is a good place for test prep .... but you really have to practice outside of the class to pass the skills exam. the written is pretty much common sense questions. on the skills portion, i practiced every weekend with others from my class and reviewed my notes at least once per day to keep the skills fresh in my memory..... like anything else, if you don't use it, you lose it.
take the refresher course if you can before testing .... it didn't help me because they overbooked, but i've heard it did help others.
Honestly, if I had the money at the time, I would have taken the 140 hour course- basically what Fl Med Prep teaches plus doing clinicals on actual people. Now that I'm in the field and working, it's taking me longer to get ADL's done whereas I'm wondering if I had clinical experience before being hired if I'd do a little better daily.
I like the people I work with, and I like my residents themselves, but this job is no joke. I honestly can't wait until I start LPN school and eventually bridge into RN so I can get out of LTC all together. I can say with all confidence that once I am a RN, I will be SO much more understanding and willing to assist any CNA's/PCT's that I work with!
Miwila
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How often do they give the skills test? Can you take it any time or is it a set time every month or not? And also, if you fail it, how soon can you retake?