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I am a CNA in the bay area, and am looking into LVN programs. I've found Napa Valley College, Merritt College in Oakland, CSI Career College, Nightingale Nursing School, Western Career College, and Unitek. Has anyone gone to these schools? Pro's or ...

i am employed by a home care company, not the same as home health, but sometimes i do feel more like a maid as opposed someone who is there to help you with personal care. my company recently got fed up with the cna's having to clean out peoples gar...

i'd like to work in dialysis. i am a CNA with a little over 5 years experience in home health. any hope for me? the hemo tech program in my area is $7,500 & there are no other programs avail within an hour of driving. thanks in advance. :)

hi, I am considering enrolling in a LVN program at the end of this summer, I would graduate next december in 2011. My question is how hard is it to obtain LVN employment right now in CA? I live in the east bay. I am thinking I would work in home heal...

yea I know davita does offer training but I'd have to get hired first... :)

I'm a CNA and my ex boyfriend is a RN. he was in his last semester of nursing school when we started dating. I used to read his nursing books all the time. :) I think that one aspect of our relationship that was good was that we both had jobs/caree...

no one in a serving profession which would be nurses, teachers, etc would really be able to put a price on what they do. yes as a nurse you will be exposed to life threatening diseases but you'll be paid more than enough to live on. I don't know of ...

I am not a lpn/lvn but am thinking about enrolling in school this summer for it... anyway I am a cna and I work as a caregiver for home care companies. Most lpn/lvn in my area (ca) work in ltc or home health. Me...i would try to work in ltc to see wh...

bay area california home care 11.50/hr 14/hr if the clients are a couple like husband/wife etc benefits, med/dental after a yr if you work 30 hrs a wk

actually most of them found jobs in davis or sac, and I would be okay with that commute. Not expecting to easily find a job, just thinking that people move with the high cost of living here and that sort of thing....

yea I know the job market is pretty bad. But the lvns that I know found jobs rather quickly so just urious.

i work for a whole bunch of home care companies (i'm a CNA) is it worth is to take the home health aide course? i'd like to apply to companies such as sutter, and the home health agencies...

do you guys know where any programs are in california? i live in the SF bay area.

i live in california, the programs i've seen require CNA before HHA

how is the pay in CA? i live in the bay area. i am a CNA, i work as a home care aide. thinking about taking the HHA course, i'd like to work for sutter hospice or a private home health agency.

wow! thanks so much for all of your replies!! i can't imagine working in a hospital or in a facility because i have been a private caregiver/CNA for the past 6 years. one of the home care companies i work for is opening a CNA/Home Health Aide school...

hi, i am a CNA & i work for various home care companies. i am wondering how nurses get into home health. here's some questions, if anyone can help me out, that'd be great :) 1. are there jobs for LVN's and RN's in home health, or does it more ...

does anyone know how hard it is to open a school? (or, how easy it is?) just am curious...the schools in my area are so unorganized. how do they do this?

sf bay area, home care $11.00/hour

i am 5'3 & weigh 110 pounds. personally, if you learn the right techniques, it'll be fine. if you end up working in a facility, you can always go get someone to help you with a 2 person assist. i know plenty CNA's who are smaller than i am & ...

do you know how to reschedule exams? i didn't keep up with my CEU's & had to take the CNA class again. i arrived to take the exam & my teacher had used my old address on the form instead of the new address/new form i had filled out a few wks ...

if you want some experience, see if you can work part time for in home care or assisted living. they usually only require CPR.

this has already been mentioned, but try home health. or try in home care. you can work for almost all the non-medical in home care companies as a caregiver without being a CNA. or try assisted living.

Haven't really seen a "current" thread for CNA salaries. I'll start. $11.00/hr--Working for home care company in Contra Costa County, CA

i have done private care as a hospice aide. but most of the places around where i live (sutter medical) require a home health aide certificate, which i don't have i actually find hospice very rewarding (not to say it's not emotional)