justus4

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1. Year Off And Cna Certification Necessary?

   justus4 replied to gkbroaro's topic in Student Assist

   It depends on the facility/type of work if you need to be certified or not... I live within 10 miles of two huge hospitals that hire NA's and having your CNA doesn't matter. Most long term care centers require certification Many hospitals do not, s...

2. Kirkwood TEAS test

   justus4 replied to Newstudent08's topic in Iowa

   what does TEAS stand for? As a student at the end of my second semester ( a month away from LPN degree) that sounds interesting.... there were a lot of students last semester that made it through A&P, etc but couldn't cut it when it came to the ...

3. Our government made it so I can't take out private student loans....

   justus4 replied to justus4's topic in General Students

   Kirkwood CC in Cedar Rapids... second semester of clinic:)

4. Our government made it so I can't take out private student loans....

   justus4 posted a topic in General Students

   Because of our crappy economy, I can no longer take out private student loans, which I have done for a few years now.... I get a little bit of money from FAFSA, but obviously not enough. I work as much as possible, but with 8 hr clinics twice a week...

5. Funny nursing stories

   justus4 posted a topic in Humor

   As a home health aid, my job was to travel to people's houses each day and assist with several different cares. I was at the house of a basically comatose older gentleman and my duties were to provide him with a bed bath and then transfer him from t...

6. CNA hospital or nursing home?

   justus4 replied to raom915's topic in CNA/MA

   I MUCH MUCH MUCH prefered being a CNA in a hospital.... In a long term care setting, you do learn a lot about basic patient cares like bathing, feeding, etc, However.... in a hospital you learn so much more anatomy, testing/results, computer skill s...