Online BLS Recertification?

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So, I need to get re-certified. I hold a AHA CPR card but the hospital requires I re-certify my BLS one too. I don't have to the time in my schedule to goto a class right now. All the ones near me seem to fall on a when I am busy. Will a hospital take a BLS certification from an all online course?

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I've been able to do that for the written test part, but still have to go to a practicum to demonstrate that you know the hands-on part. You can check with our hospital to see if they will let you do the demonstration with someone in a shorter period of time than the whole live class and hands-on would take.

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In my experience no. The AHA online recertification is really easy to speed through if you are familiar with the material. I was able to sign up for a skills check the very next day. There was no further written exam and the skills part took less than 15 minutes.

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Thats what I want to do but the every skills within two hours of me is serious at a time when I have exams or am working.

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Have you spoken with the education department of your hospital. One small facility I worked at allowed me to come by the education office and one of their instructors did my skills check for me during our lunch break.

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Thats what I want to do but the every skills within two hours of me is serious at a time when I have exams or am working.

Is one of your nursing instructors also a BLS certified instructor? Maybe you could ask if that person would test you for the skills part during a time that works?

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