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Hi all, I am planning a move to Las Vegas in July/August and am wondering how hard it is likely to be for a brand new CNA with 0 medical experience (but 15+ years of tech support/help desk/training background) to land a Unit Coordinator job. I was a...

Thanks for the feedback, all. I will keep after the HR people I guess and keep looking for any type of work I can get in the meantime. :)

I know this will probably sound silly, but I actually found feeding a little tricky. Not the mechanics, but drawing the line between encouraging and pushing against their wishes to eat or drink more when you know they need it. The classes make such a...

Congrats! Enjoy the classes (wow, about 3x more $ than my CNA+BLS class in MI, but includes more training than just CNA...nice! Good thing you have a grant!)! :yelclap:

Maybe try making a list of all the departments with their floor numbers and write it over and over (and over and over)? That technique helps me when I have a lot to memorize. Or do flash cards with department on one side, floor number on the other. ...

I just finished my CNA clinicals at a nursing home and I don't feel great about how it went. I was really nervous as I have never done any kind of health care work, and I know how fragile those elderly residents are. I'm normally pretty confident; I...

A fustercluck, lol, good word. It does sound like yours didn't go quite as planned...but I like how yours was planned, anyway. We had a couple of times where we'd go to do something and find our Rs. had been put to bed, or had their care charted b...

Thank you all so much for your responses! I am so glad to know I'm not the only one that had such an awkward clinical experience...and to know that doesn't mean I can't do the job. I have learned from the experience, for sure (and will continue to l...

Congrats!!

That's fantastic! Congratulations!! :)

I didn't know anyone to ask for recommendations in my area (SW MI) so I just looked on the MI BON website for approved CNA programs and chose one from their list. (Advance Medical Training, Inc.) They have small 4-week classes (6-8 students) and prov...

Thanks! Love "Slow down, trigger happy!" lol I have a free app on my android phone called Speed Anatomy. Good for starting out at least. I haven't gotten too far into it yet.

Prayer said! Good luck! :)

Ooh, that's exciting! Good luck to you. I hope you get it!! :)

No problem. I'm taking it at a local medical training center (Advance Medical). They were listed on my state's board of nursing's approved training list and their class schedule worked out best for me.

I'm a pre-nursing student too (still have to finish a couple gen ed/start nurs. pre-reqs this fall). Since I'm going to have to work FT while I'm in school, I'm doing what you're thinking about. My CNA class starts on the 18th of this month, and I'll...

Yay! Glad to hear it. :)

I've been waiting since 3/8 to hear back from my doctor. Isn't that a bit much? I need his written clearance to get into a CNA class because I have scoliosis and the school is possibly paranoid about liability issues. I'm long since done growing (a...

Thanks all for your supportive posts! I found another school to take my CNA class from (their schedule actually works much better for me too) and they were not asking for a doc's statement in order for me to take the class, so I enrolled there. I sta...

Welcome! Congrats on getting started! How's the training going so far? I'll be starting mid-April and I'm really looking forward to it too. :)

This is great to know and will remove some of the pre-test nerves, lol. Thanks for posting it. I just got enrolled in a CNA class (yay!) that starts on April 18 so it won't be too long before I'm testing.

Thanks. That's 3 votes for going in and none against. I'll do it.

LOL, yeah I've typed some doozies with my autospeller, too! Thanks for the reply. Someone else I was talking to today suggested that too, about just going in and telling them: I'm here to get my letter (and I'm not leaving until you give it up!! ). ...

I'm sorry you're feeling so discouraged, but don't give up on health care altogether, if nursing can't happen. There are lots of other roles than nursing that involve patient care. I am not a nurse, but I've spent a LOT of time in the hospital with ...

Hi there, Here's a crack at it...not a whole lot of change, but hope it's at least a little help. :) *** I am interested in the position of medical nurse intern with (hospital). I will graduate with an Associates of Science degree in Nursing from (...