G8rBucsGirl

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1. Can any Patient Care Techs tell me how much your training cost?

   G8rBucsGirl replied to Miwila's topic in Technicians

   I hope your friend steered clear of this program. I'm in Central Florida and enrolled in a nursing/tech school to be trained as a PCT. The price was $8000, but I signed up thinking that I would get 4 job options rather than just CNA. The tech scho...

2. Would you enroll in a PCT course that didn't include EKG training?

   G8rBucsGirl replied to Miwila's topic in CNA/MA

   I'm currently taking a PCT course that offered EKG, Phlebotomy, HHA, and CNA. They said I would be certified to do all of these things and when I go into the job market after graduating, I would be able to use any of those certificates to land a job...

3. LPN school in Orlando

   G8rBucsGirl replied to slickvic's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I hope you went someplace else. I am currently enrolled at Americare and wish I had gone someplace else. I'm taking their "pct" program and was promised a lot. Now that the class is halfway through, I'm finding out that I won't get the training or...

4. Did you learn how to do a manual BP in your CNA class?

   G8rBucsGirl replied to BreatheFree's topic in CNA/MA

   I'm taking classes now and we had to learn how to take manual BP's. Our clinical site will be at a hospital and they use the machines. Its still a good idea to learn the old fashioned way since not all facilities use machines.

5. CNA/PCA to EMT-B and/or EMT-P, before RN?

   G8rBucsGirl replied to Girl Scout's topic in CNA/MA

   My teacher went this route. He said there wasn't as much competition going the EMT-RN as there is LPN-RN. He also mentioned that he renews all of his licenses and keeps the EMT current even though he doesn't use it anymore.

6. Very Angry, About to go POSTAL!! (long vent)

   G8rBucsGirl replied to hptogram's topic in Geriatric

   UPDATE! Well I stuck it out. Decided I would give it this week and then start applying at other facilities on Monday. Then something blissfully wonderful happened! I've known for a couple of weeks that we were getting a new male nurse manager. I did...