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I recently completed my CNA class and just got offered a position as a rehab aide. I'm very interested in this b/c I think I eventually want to go back to school for OT or PT, so I think that this would be good experience. Has anyone here worked as...

$12/hr day shift at hospital; $1.25 weekend diff Massachusetts

Congratulations Nobhill! It's such a good feeling to pass...I think I was more nervous for the CNA exam than the bar exam! (because I know I can take written exams, but this is the first time I ever had to perform skills for a test). Have you start...

I have not found that having a degree makes any difference in CNA pay - the only thing that seems to matter is CNA experience.

I wrote all the steps to the skills on big index cards, which made it easier to practice and just review them when I had time. As for the written tests, just keep up with the reading, review your notes, and you should be fine. And for supplies - I a...

Hi everyone, I have my skills test coming up and there's something I can't figure out -- I don't remember learning it in class and can't find it in the book, so I'm hoping someone can help me. When you give a pt a bedpan and toilet paper, where do y...

Sorry, I'm not from Florida. Maybe you could contact the Board of Nursing or Red Cross in your area for information about the exam. Good luck.

It sounds like you had a great interview! Can you call or email the DON and give her the correct number of your reference? I think this will be better than her calling the reference and having it be a wrong number. Also, you may want to send her a ...

Yes, I do have an orientation for a few days. I have to go in for a physical next week and HR told me I could pick up the scrubs then, so it sounds like I'll be able to take them home. Thanks, I'm very excited about the job! But very nervous too......

I have a new job as a CNA in a hospital that will start in a few weeks. I emailed HR to ask if there is a certain color scrubs that I am required to wear, and was told that they will be provided for me by the hospital. I'm assuming this means that ...

Just passed yesterday, phew! I was fine for the written, but was a nervous wreck for the skills - I thought for sure I failed and was shocked when she told me I passed! Starting a job at a hospital in a couple of weeks, so I'll be getting nervous so...

Thank you!!

Floridadreamer, I'm in the northeast. I found the job just by looking searching "rehab aide" jobs on indeed.com, and I applied online. I didn't have any related experience (and just finished a CNA class, so no CNA experience either), but I expresse...

Mindy, Happy 40th! (I'll be there quite soon myself) Just think, you have exciting new changes to start your 40s!!

That's a good idea about shadowing in different settings - I actually have a friend of a friend who is a school OT, so I can definitely spend some time with her. I've also seriously considered PTA, and have been having a hard time trying to decide b...

Hi Mindy, It looks like we have the same plan, as I am also thinking about going for OTA next fall and then hopefully OT. I'm hoping that this experience will be helpful for getting into school, and eventually getting a job -- also I think I'll be a...

DolceVita gave great advice. I definitely agree to go in person to drop off your resume and fill out an application, and dress professionally, not in scrubs. This is what I did, and a few places interviewed me right on the spot and gave me an offer...

It's actually the rehab dept of a SNF, so it's pretty nice that it's no weekends (although hopefully I'll be able to find another job for weekends).

Thanks for the info! This position is actually working in the rehab dept, and not on the rehab floor -- if that makes sense? My boss would be the director of rehab (she's a PT) and I'd be down in the gym and in the rehab office. I think I'd be goi...

Is she really 102 years old??

As a member of the general public (who has started considering nursing school), I can confirm that I had no idea what a magnet hospital was, and I was fairly knowledgeable b/c of my own health issues and time spent at different hospitals. It was only...

I just finished my CNA class and have a potential offer for a FT home health job (I'd have to take the course first). For those of you who have worked in home health, what are your thoughts? Do you enjoy it? I'm especially concerned with the safety a...

Good luck!

Yes, that's how it's done in my state. You are not permitted to use another student for your patient.

Hi layne228, I know this is a fairly old thread, but I'm wondering if you've made any further progress toward a nursing career? I'm also a lawyer, and recently left my job and am about to start looking for a CNA job to see if this is really what I wa...