Madison MATC CNA Course info

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Hi,

I'm currently a medical transcriptionist who is going to take the CNA course at MATC. I'm wondering if any graduates from that course are here, that I could chat with? Does anyone know of any information on line that I could start to study in advance? I'm not sure if I'll get in for the first winter semester, might have to wait for the next class session. I'll find out Friday after I meet with an advisor. I would appreciate any advice anyone might have to offer. :D

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I took my course through them but it was a couple years ago, so i wouldn't be able to give you specifics about what to study. Good luck

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I'm registered and ready to go this spring. I have my books, so can unwrap those now and start studying ahead on my own.

The course is listed as 120 hours, but is half of that in classroom and then half in clinical practice? I see the schedule of class hours and am a bit confused. I was just looking for a ballpark idea of how this course generally goes.

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Generally you have class twice a week and lab once a week ( i think it is 3 days a week? ...its been a while ;)

During the lab portion you check off on all of the skills. there were only 6 to 8 in each lab group and about 30 to 40 in the classroom portion. Generally there is also a presentation on a disorder or disease at the end of the class portion that you work with in partners. I would browse the book but i would plan on rereading it as well. i was taken anatomy and physiology at the same time and i felt like it was a 'lighter' version of a lot of the different nursing classes you take later. Where people run into problems is if they are slow readers , english is a second language....or they overthink the questions. We had about 10 people fail out of our class....most of those it was a language issue or they missed too many classes but one was a lady that had been a nurse aide for over 20 years and was just having to get the certification. She knew the information she just overthought everything .

The one thing a lot of us did not understand coming in was that the tuberculosis shot had to be a two-step. that left me scrambling to get it done by the deadline. so that is a heads up. Having all of you paperwork in enables you to pick your clincal placement. ask around to what are the good places to go. attic angels, oak park, capital lakes.....they are all pretty safe bets. so get a feel of the places available and make sure you have all of your stuff done because then you have a better shot of picking where you go. Good Luck!!

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Great. This is the kind of information I was looking for. Thank you so much, I appreciate it. :yeah:

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Review your CNA medical terminology such as TID, ROM, BID and basic math for calculating urine output. Otherwise, you'll need hand on with an instructor for learning how to change a bed pan or put on TED stockings.

Good luck! You'll do great.

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Thank you! I know all the medical terminology, so that's not a problem. I know A&P, etc., so I'll be good to go with that.

I've looked at the course outline and see the math conversion page for calculating I's and O's and that's what's going to give me trouble. :eek: I'm already planning to study and practice that part ahead of time.

The rest of it, I'm a little nervous. I know I can whip thru the classroom work, but then I have to practise on innocent, elderly patients and that's what makes me a bit nervous, as I am scared of doing something wrong or hurting someone. I know the supervisors will be on my shoulder watching every move, so I can't do any real damage, but it's just the initial thought. I'll take a deep breath, be patient with myself and be okay. :up:

I'm really looking forward to it, to Helping People.

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