blackdragonfly

I'm a cna in a LTC facility, and they allow us to use the digital wrist cuff. In fact a lot of us have our own that we use. I work with the same residents every day so I'm familiar with their vitals. If I get a reading that may seem a bit off I'll take it again. The digital is a timesaver especially when there are 2 CNAs for the 22 residents on my hall! And our O2 sat monitors are always in use or you can't find them when you need them! That's next on my list to buy but those are a bit more pricier.

Angel in Hand, Hand to Hand, Light of my Life

I am sure a LTC facility will hire you on. I got my CNA in May and started working at a LTC facility last month. I waited till it was a good time to leave my old job. But I had no prior experience in any healthcare field but they hired me right away since I got my certification. You will probably go through an orientation with them first, where you are basically buddying up with the CNAs there already. Orientation can last from 3 days to 2 weeks depending on the facility. This gives you enough time to see how they run things, get familiar with the place and the residents. I've been doing it for a month now, and I'm getting the hang of it! Good luck!

Good luck! Probably have at least your A&P and Micro classes? Stick to it!

From what I've heard and seen on the UNMH careers website-new nurses start at about 21/hr and goes up from there. I did hear from a guy I worked with that his wife was non-benefit and so she made about $37/hr with a BSN. Not sure how accurate that was but that's what he said!

I just got on the waiting list for the RN program this past January and my start date for clinicals is January 2010. I'm hoping to get bumped up on the list which is possible because some students transferred over to UNM,Pima, Apollo, etc. And I've talked to other students who were bumped up a semester or two. I have talked to a few people who went the LPN route and then will go on to RN. But I do think that's a wait too! There's a gal there, Jen Cooke? I believe that's how it's spelled but she might be helpful, she's the one that does the whole petition/wait list process at CNM.

I have been going to CNM for my nursing degree and some time ago I decided to try out Apollo. After a semester and a half I sucked up my losses and went back to CNM. I was not happy with the teachers there, one of them just hired a day before the semester started! With the high tuition I thought it was sad that we were using the medical assistants classroom and when they got a new room they stripped the room of their stuff including the clock! So we sat in a bare room! Anyways they said they were accredited and that the University would take their credits, which was never the case. The A&P classes are 4 theory/lecture credits and no lab, at least here it is, so I don't see how that would even transfer over. I guess it just wasn't for me, I'm happy I went back to CNM!