From what I understand, each hospitals just have different names for nursing assistants. My hospital calls them Nursing Technicians, but other hospitals I did clinicals in called them Patient Care...
Thanks to you both! I'm still up in the air on which way to go. I'm taking a free practice NCLEX at a Kaplan center next month and I heard that they give you $100 a class for taking it, so maybe...
Hi all! I will be graduating in December and I am looking into study tools for the NCLEX. Through my school, we are taking an online review course through NCSBN, but I heard that it's crap and that...
I am currently an extern and I am so thankful for the awesome opportunity! I heard about the externship because I was working in the hospital as a CNA (another great way to get your foot in the door...
I think working as a CNA while in school is a great idea! I did that for the first 3 semesters of my ADN program and even though I worked on a low-acuity med-surg unit, it helped connect everything...