joonil.choe

I think as long as you have the motivation to do it, you can take on that workload. Just try to keep a balance in your schedule and not take on more responsibilities you can commit to. I don't know what your other obligations are (if you have kids for example), but you should be able to attend CNA school while working full time as long as the school is willing to give you their schedule for the clinical portion of the course, where you have to go to a healthcare setting where you can shadow a CNA at work. I've had people drop out of the CNA class I attended due to the clinical schedule interfering with their priorities.

Hey guys, Been a while since I made the study guide handbook, but wanted to reupload the file for those who are looking for one. http://www.adrive.com/public/WTT3c5/CNA Skills Handbook.pdf Best wishes on your career. Joon Il Choe

Hey rose, CONGRATULATIONS, jjic told me about you passing. I don't have PM in allnurses since I don't have enough posts, so sorry if I missed some mail. Good luck in your job search! Keep us posted.

What everyone else said.

Write them a letter explaining your situation (the corporate). Try to show that this was temporary and you will be back in business soon. I'm sorry you are going through tough times, try to keep your head up! Just tell yourself that your a good person in addition to your positive attitude at work. Depression can be challenging, but just keep your self-esteem up and look at the glass half full. If worst to worst happens, it isn't the end of the world. There is always a place for you and there is always a way through things. Keep us posted, I wish you the very best.

Remember, Red Cross varies by state and perhaps have different divisions in one state. Call your local Red Cross and verify the skills. I took mine at Southern California.

Let me know if you have any other questions. Even for those of us who attended school, it was hard for many of us to prepare for the test since we did not know many details of what the examiners were going to look for. However, we did learn that the opening and closing procedure was not listed in the book, so remember it well for the exam. Know the opening and closing procedures by heart, then tackle the procedures (the yellow pages in the textbook).

Also is your Red Cross in California? All in all, if you practice the Six Principles of Care, you should be fine.

Hey Rose, If the patient is lying on his/her side, and your task is to change their position to supine, it is best to log-roll them to supine then after realign them. I got most of the information from what I've seen in class, and also from what made sense to me. As the handbook states, I advise you to use the handbook as a guide, but the text book that you have is what you should refer to most.

Congratulations!

Got me too

Hey don't feel that way! Like everyone has said, size doesn't matter! As long as your willing to work hard. Also it is very common to have help in transferring patients.

Hey linamtob1, Glad it helped. As for your question, I need you to rephrase it since I do not understand. But from what I read, you are taking off your gloves after the closing procedure (raising the bed, closing curtain...). You need to take off your gloves before you touch the CLEAN stuff (like the curtain and bed in this case). The key is to be aware of INFECTION CONTROL (1 of the 6 principles of care) and the examiners will be very keen of this during your exam. We wouldn't want harmful microorganisms to spread, right? Hope this helped. Ask me more, I know how it feels to be in your shoes right now! Hang in there!

https://allnurses.com/cna-nursing-assistant/cna-skills-handbook-635547.html Here you go! This should increase your chances by far. Best of luck on the exam!

Hey Linamtob1, For the gloves question, it is best to understand why we need them in order to know which skills need them. During my exam, I could always leave the "patient room" to get my gloves if I needed them for the skill. Hence, if I needed to touch body fluids or anything that I shouldn't be touching, then I would use the gloves. REMEMBER, it is always better to use gloves rather than not using them (except for back rub since rubber rubbing against skin isn't pleasant, but again the instructor won't fail you for using them). Also, for folks like you who are getting ready to take the test, I posted a handbook that has most of the skills for RED CROSS Examiners. I'll brb with the link.