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anyone start sending out resumes before you finish the program? would that be so bad to do? It is really tough to get work right now and I want to let some institutions know that am I eager and will be soon ready for work. Also can anyone share what they wrote for an objecive? thanks

I am going to take it in Boston, my sister did worc, she said it was pretty good and she did well with her first job at an elder home

Just from my experience being in the hospital with my son for many months, having a sister who is a cna at a hospital, and working at a nursing home before... each hospital has cna's do different things, the cna's on the pediatric cardiac floor did temps and bp, somtimes they assisted with weighings, but they don't to a lot my sister works at an adult cardiac floor and is helping out with u/s and ekg's etc as well as other 'usual' cna work at the nursing home I worked at ( iwas in my teens Iwas a bedmaker) the cnas would complain about wiping bums all day, some of them were young and immature... they would assist with the daily care of a person, if you think what it takes to get yourself together everyday and needed help, all those things, also when a person passed on they would help prepare the body to be moved to the funeral home.

I am taking it in MA. What type of work did you get when you finished? Did it take you long to find a position? Thanks for responding :)

I agree, the experience was experience, and that gives you that much more than someone who didn't do the CNA program, If medical assisting is your thing, I think you will have a unique perspective having your CNA experience. I am looking to be a RN. With a CNA I hope to eventually get a job at one of the hospitals ( I know will be tough) as many of the hospitals here have nurse programs where they pay up to $3500 for tuition for nursing programs :-) I am a mom, but my son has severe medical complications, so I need to work at night, which the cna and RN has many opportunities. I am also a career changer, gee it would have been great to have my degree in nursing rather than fine arts but I don't regret it or view it as time wasted. I did some great things and learned a lot! Life experience is priceless !!!

What is their uniform during clinicals? White or any other scrubs? shoes too? how did you find the curriculum? I am going at night, which is 3x week, how is the courseload? Thanks