ChrisCNA

well in the pass i had cna interviews, but long story short i took it last time did not pass and did not take a retest; after 3 moths i retook it and passed and now i am trying again. i just opened up my schedule to all times, anyways what they ask you. first thing is first you will interview with 2 people, generally the don and the nurse manager or hiring manager(aka hr) as last time what the don or hiring manager asked me was what dose race stand for(that one is important). they will ask you scenarios with the resident and yourself and what you will do, on top of ur regular interview questions like; times u can work, etc and you also talk to a an actual nurse and they will ask you about like b/p question and like respiration how long and etc. i dont know where you live so it might be a very different to where i live, but i believe that would be a majority. good luck in your first job interview(for at least nursing homes)

it can be scary first time, I was more nervous first time; but now I guess the scene is more better in sync with myself in a nursing home

I did fail my first time for my written test and for some reason I didnt take it for the 2nd time till 3 months later and than for some reason I retook it and than passed it with a little amazement, as far as the skills test we got it validated at school so I got pretty lucky there if I may say so myself.

I dont know if I want to engrave mine

i wonder why the ear pieces where just missing

congrats from what I know when I asked my CNA when I did my rotaions she said we do rounds and check diapers and change them in they are soiled, but that is far as I know; maybe I can be wrong.

it seems alot of ppl like the Caribbean blue with the rainbow head

hmmmm intersting

i like a rainbow head, but not so sure about the tubing color; I am still going to think about ti

I am going to think about Caribbean Blue with the rainbow Finish or All Black which one do you think is better?

well no it didnt work like that for me My clincal skills test was taken at school by the verification of my teacher, one so that no could realli fail; I mean they could but less chance. so its been about 5 months and i also took my written at my college but it was like any old written exam so I got lucky in the skills part

yea thx for yall all input

well being a CNA is realli great, I think if i cant get a job for the mean time I will go back to school for my clinicals and all that Thx for all your input, makes me even appreciate CNA more

nursing home is the best place to start to bulid up exp than we can move to hospitals.So look into nursing homes or even rehab centers even tho thos are harer to get in without exp because they are faster paced than nursing homes, so they want a bit of exp.

i mean a cover letter much helps you get a job, but just as much another person without one could have gotten one that another one did not have. Everything helps as far work exp/non-paid, volunteer

i actually would like to hear from recent grands if preferby from the glendale heights campus

well I went to harpers CNA course, but my freind LU(yet this was like a couple years ago) he went to Nursing School at harper and from what I know the teachers are great at least the CNA teachers not I cant say that about all the teachers, but I dont know if you know about the Live in Virtual Hospital since feb since they built it. As far as clincals from what my freind told me you will be randomly be sent to a clincal, like one of my freinds clincals where like 1 hr away(it sucked, well for him) now that may not all be true, but from what information I got from him when i asked him questions. but just give it your all during and after nursing school

Littmann all the way

now I did my rotations a while ago maybe like 6 to 5 months ago I failed the first shot at the written exam and didnt decide tot ake it till 2 months later which than I did and I passed dont ask me why because I realli dont know why myself do you yall think I should take the CNA course again for refresher well not as much refresher but to pretty much update my rotations and stuff what you all think?

I would go myself the classic II S.E. or the lightweight because like you said breath sound are pretty hard to tell for beginners. If you have the money I would hit the Classic II S.E.even if you dont I would make the investment in it, at least for through nursing school.

well when I start my work as a CNA I am prob going to get a classic II S.E. just because the ear pieces dont hurt as much and realli nice hearing too but anyways I am prob going to get Navy blue, Black, or Brass edition, or maybe rainbow edition

I was wondering, most of these CNAs I would think that would go on to nursing soon after being a CNA but for those that are thinking to work longer.Some CNAs i know will do this for life, some will do this to get into nursing or to get there foot in their foot in the healthcare field. WHAT ABOUT YOU ALL!!!!

awesome job, feels good to pass; took me twice to pass, the written part but the 2nd time was very unexpected for me too

anywhere from 7 bucks an hr to 12 depending on location and experience

I would say loudness is the difference, you got nurses and doctors coming on and off phones and people conversing; which in a nursing home it tends to be more quieter since most of the times the residents are sleeping too.