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Florida CNA's

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! :D

Thanks!

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hi im takin my classes there too at med prep is it easy? is the school good? and how was the state exam and what is the wriiten part based on?

Hi I do private duty thru a agency I am 60 years old. I love it my agency pays great I am in the clearwater area

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!

I'm so excited. I got a job offer today, at a hospital no less!!

That is wonderful tpanative are they having training at the hospital ? Good Luck to you

i'm so excited. i got a job offer today, at a hospital no less!!

what hospital? pinellas or hillsborough

@classykaren- yes they are going to train me.

@flg8r- hillsborough.

well congrats ... i know in pinellas, baycare hires and trains cna's too.

I live in Northwest Florida. I went through prep class by a hospital and was immediately employed in their nursing home branch. Starting pay for me because I work 3-11pm was 13.25/hr

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