missmonkey

Do a Google search for North Orange County ROP. I took my certification exam at their facility. ROPs often offer lower cost classes than American Red Cross and community colleges (though those are also good options). The downside is that they fill up...

Finish your science classes first. The clinicals for the CNA are time-consuming, as noted above.

I'd recommend CNA on the way to something else, especially if he's considering nursing school. If he wants to stay put in a position with a minimum of training, he should choose phlebotomy.

What's the saying about the journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step? Don't worry about how long it's going to take. That time is going to pass whether you do something in nursing or waste it settling for something else. All right, now ...

Doing my job search in Southern California. Most employers are coy about posting pay and I don't know any working CNAs. However, I searched job listings for County of Los Angeles. If you have a year of experience in a LTC facility or in acute care, a...

California CNAs, I need a little help. I got my paperwork back from Sacramento with the certificate I need to take the written and skills exams. Here in So Cal, the two vendors who provide the tests are the American Red Cross and NNAAP. The ARC turne...

The return address is from the CA Dept of Public Health/Licensing and Certification Program/Aide and Technician Certification Section in Sacramento. It's the same department to which I sent my applications and various paperwork requirements. It's a ...

I passed my exam on December 12 and received my certificate on December 31. Yay! I was very surprised. work&play had mentioned in another thread that California took up to 16 weeks to get them out. I was resigned to getting a horrible service jo...

Congratulations! I took a 9-week class and I'm grateful for the compressed time frame. It was intense but the time will fly by and you'll be working before you know it. As a guy, your biggest commodity will be your physical strength. Pay attention to...

Asking why things are done a certain way is good nursing practice, whatever level you're on. Why harsh on the OP?

Woot! I passed my exam today. I was so nervous! It was a piece of cake, though. Anyone who wants to take the course at Long Beach City College (CA) should do it because the prep and instruction are great. Besides the hand washing, I had occupied be...

Just as encouragement, have you seen this thread? One of the posters talks about how s/he prepped for the exam: https://allnurses.com/nclex-discussion-forum/got-pop-up-439464.html

Anyone can call the MD's office. What's outside the CNA scope of practice is to take physician's orders or messages.

Hospitals here in Southern California have student nursing positions open for those who have completed at least the first semester of RN school. You don't need your license for these jobs and you can practice your skills for pay. Try searching for on...

#1: Call the physician. Even CNAs know that that BP is low, DuluthMike. It doesn't require a CNA to do any assessment. All CNAs have to do is to report unusual changes. The call to the MD is to let him/her do the assessment. I'd call 911 if the patie...

Update! So I spoke to the NNAAP office in Huntington Beach. The person who answered the phone didn't seem to understand what I was asking but didn't seem overly concerned about the name matching business either. She said that my application for the e...

So NNAAP has the same name-matching policy as ARC? Bummer.

Sixteen weeks!? Are you allowed to work as a CNA while you're waiting for your certificate?

If you don't have much experience doing them, bed baths take forever. Patients have to be cleaned daily, though, so do a partial bath: face, hands, underarms, back and peri care. Team up with another RN to finish faster and that person can also help ...

Vapo-rub or any other menthol ointment works. My instructor recommended it and my classmates and I never looked back. Just had to second this motion.