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  1. I was originally going to have to wait until March to take a CNA course through our community college because nobody else was giving the class. I found out today that a local LTC facility is offering...
  2. Average Cost of Insurance

    Insurance through my husbands work costs us about $50/month for a family of four for medical, dental, vision. It costs his work around $900/month to cover us. Through Regence Blue Cross. $150...
  3. Sex in a LTC...is this ok?

    Should any effort be made to make sure the couple is practicing safe sex? After the deed is done, next day? I have read studies that show STD's are spreading faster amoungst the older crowd then the...
  4. I tried the family doctor route one time and won't do that again. I thought the whole family could see one doctor but not when I have to wait 45-60 minutes past my appointment time to see him. I...
  5. Applying to CNA Program on Monday

    The only place to take a CNA class in the southern half of my state is the local community college and they only take 16 student each class and only 3 classes per year. The only way to get in is to...
  6. A means to live?

    Nope, not crazy. I quit a good paying job in 2009 so I could go back to school and finish my Associate of Arts Transfer degree. I finished that and I am going to take a CNA course this spring and...
  7. Where to find good short term health insurance

    I would just Cobra your last plan because by the time you get an approval on a new policy you wouldn't be needing it for long. You can also forgo the insurance and if a catastrophy does happen you can...
  8. RN thinking of going back to school for dental hygeine?

    The ads I have seen in my locat paper only want RDH for maybe two-three days a week and a couple I know only work 2-3 days a weeks so they aren't getting 40hrs/week. With the economy teeth come last,...
  9. ER. A Clinic?

    I live in a small rural town and after 7pm pretty much your only option is the ED. I have kids and they tend to get hurt after the urgent care clinic closes. Thankfully our hospital just opened an...
  10. Could be blunt like the hospital I delivered my two boys in. They had no nursery and told me that they wouldn't take the baby because there was going to be no nurse around to take the baby when I got...
  11. Pell grant approved but...

    I would look into this further because last year when I was finishing my AA I received Pell Grant money and later on my husband decided to return to school and he got more money than me to go only...
  12. That sucks, when I am done with my CNA course I am hoping to get into the hospitals. The ones where I live live start at over $11/hr and go up to $16/hr. If you have to get some experience then move...
  13. I am thinking of becoming a CNA and I am in Southern Oregon. I have looked around and there is only one place to get licensed and they only allow 16 people in 3 time a year so not that many people can...
  14. State license (Oregon)

    In southern oregon there is Asante and Providence. Not many jobs in Southern oregon, I live in a rural area and we have a 16% unemployment rate. Can't get called back for anything and I mean
  15. Should I take the job?

    You said you didn't need healthcare benefits so why don't you ask them to waive those in exchange for a pay hike? All they can say is