RedhairedNurse2Be

I think it would be better to drop the class now and try again in the fall. You have to make time to study. If there is a tutoring center at your school, go there and figure out what is confusing you. Also talk to the professor. Figure out your learn...

That is odd. Where I live, the MA program is 9 months at a vocational school and LPN is a year at community college and vocational school, and the duties are almost the same. If you do go to a MA program keep in mind there is a lot unemployed right. ...

Another thing I hate is people who use the wrong tense of words. For example, I was watching Lizard Lick Towing last night for the first time, and the repo guy said," that house looks like it is habated". I had to change the channel because I felt my...

I was taking a patient down to the dining room for lunch one day. She was refusing to go. She would only go if my mom and sister agreed to come along. Since she was diabetic and needed to eat I played along. I told her my mom and sister were downstai...

Nursing school and keeping the baby will be hard but if you really wanted to, you could make it work. Being a mom is the hardest job I ever had especially while attending school but I never regretted it. Talk to your director, counselors, doctor, cle...

Both are national exams and I think both would transfer if you moved to another state. The only think that would be different is the skills MA are allowed to perform in their state. In Michigan MA can do a lot such as EKG, blood draws, PFT, injection...

Thanks, but I have given up on finding a MA job here in Michigan. My husband has a good paying job so I don't have to work while attending school. In the meantime I'm focusing on being and volunteering at a hospital until I go back to school July 10....

Congrats on the interview. I hope you get the job. I've applied everywhere in my county and the surrounding areas and only got interviews. I wish you well. I would have lived an OB or Peds job.

I agree, but if the rules of class state everyone is required to do it, they should follow the rules. I also agree this instructor is a little odd in her teaching methods. If you can find another CNA program. This one sounds like the making of a bad ...

Some states have child care assistance. You just fill out an application at the welfare office and verify you are going to school.

Hello. I'm a CMA. I'm currently unemployed but in school for Nursing. Where I live there is a MA surplus and jobs are competitive. I will be volunteering at a hospital next week, and next summer I will be taking a CNA class because my school decided ...

Both certifications require you to sit for an exam. However, both are accredited by different groups. Different states prefer different cert. To sit for both exams a person has to pass a accredited MA training program and provide proof as well as the...

With HHA jobs some of the duties are driving clients around to run their errands and help with shopping, and taking them to appointments. A bus pass would not work for this job. Many companies want you to own the car, have insurance coverage.

I was doing peri care one night with one of my favorite residents, an really nice nice elderly gentleman. While I was helping him get ready we were talking and he asked what my husband does for a living. I told him my husband is an independent filmak...

See if you can transfer to Peds at your hospital. Not everyone fits in with certain things. I worked as a CNA in Assisted Living and even though I loved my residents I don't think elder care is my calling. Not every nursing duty will be glamorous, bu...

When I was in MA training there were a few people who could not do basic Math to save their lives, and it wasn't that hard. It was stuff like Bill has an office copayment of $20, and hands you a $50. How much do change do you give back/credit his acc...

Mine was a crediated, I forget the organzation. My school covered text books, set up my externship sight, covered liability while on externship, covered liability for the class because we used other as guinea pigs, and paid for equipment needed for t...

I actually went to Ross Medical Education Center. They have campuses in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. It was expensive. I paid $13,000, and I had student loans from when I was a Social Work student at a nearby university. I learned a lot though, but I...

I took care of this older lady (over 100 years old). She was one of the nicest people I've ever met. One day a Physical Theripist came to do an assentment on her. The 3 of us walked the halls because he didn't believe me when I said that she doesn't ...

I went to a trade school to earn my certificate, and then I had to pay to take the optional CMA exam. There are programs where you can earn an assoicates degree in it, but most are certificate.

If you go to a community college and received student aid, you can only take so many credits before the cut you off. I wouldn't retake this class because like OP said you will review this in the Nursing courses. In the meantime study what you had tro...

The ones I own are not long enough, and even if they were I would not tuck them in. If you're heavy, tucking just makes them tight around the middle, and does not look flattering.

It's a pretty easy course if your school is anything like mine. If you know the metric system, decimals, and fractions you will do well. I took this course when I trained to be a MA, and it was easier and I'm horrible at math. Pharm is what scares me...

Personally I would go to the Med/Surg floor because you will see more diverse patients, and would be better of you wanted to do a different specialty later.

At my last job the housekeeping staff wore dark green scrubs and the CNA wore khaki pants and a dark blue polo shirt. Families of the patients we'd always confusing us. One time I went to do a check on one of my patients and his daughter asked if I w...