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  1. Should I accept?

    blwilliams10 replied to AM326's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Congrats!

  2. Should I accept?

    blwilliams10 replied to AM326's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I would give it a shot you might find you love ER, it's always a changing unit. My goal one day is to be either an ER RN, ICU RN, or Psych

  3. Male CNA having troble finding job after being fired

    blwilliams10 replied to jose2010's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Being that I am a male, I can tell you that this has never affected me at all. I work in LTC, we only have two male aids; a day shifter and me a night shifter. We are both valued by our facility, but...

  4. Devastated and don't know what to do...

    blwilliams10 replied to TurtleCat's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I am so sorry to hear of your loss. I know the feeling of being laid off, I was laid off from a job when I was younger do to us not having enough profit margin. I promise you things will get better!...

  5. Advice for getting a CNA before nursing school

    blwilliams10 replied to TKeith8109's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I do recommend doing your CNA license before starting NS. It will help you in quite a few ways, the biggest two things is that you will be over that initial of awkwardness of working with people when...

  6. First Night By Myself

    blwilliams10 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I just got home from my first night of having my own assignment. I was worried about it the last few days because I knew it would be coming this weekend. However it went great! I had three very good...

  7. LVNs going extinct? MAs taking over?

    blwilliams10 replied to kristakay7's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    LVN/LPN will not being going away any time soon. They are an important part of the medical team just like CNA, CMA, CMT, RN, and so on. Where I live at CMA is actually the least in demand position and...

  8. NOC Sleep Schedule?

    blwilliams10 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    How do you handle your sleep schedule when you are off work? My days off are kind of random, like I only get two days off a week and I work five. But one week they will be together then the next they...

  9. Becoming a CNA, where to start?

    blwilliams10 replied to Sgreenleaf's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It really depends upon your area on what will be the best for you to start looking. I had wanted to go into nursing for a while but I couldn't afford to quit my job and take classes so for me it took...

  10. call light being ignored

    blwilliams10 replied to cnastriving2brn's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I would report it to the charge nurse and if it keeps happening to the don. That's not right to you and your fellow care workers. But it really isn't right to the residents, that is a form of

  11. Starting my CNA on the 14th!! Advice please? :)

    blwilliams10 replied to caskey09's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I do agree why pay for the training when you can receive it while being paid. I know what you mean, I had wanted to go into nursing for a while and was stuck doing something I didn't want to do so...

  12. Starting my CNA on the 14th!! Advice please? :)

    blwilliams10 replied to caskey09's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    First of all congratulations!!! Your situation is similar to mine, I worked from day one by shadowing and then jumping in after a few days with class once a week for a month and half. I think this is...

  13. Free time for night shifts for CNA and Nurse

    blwilliams10 replied to flod's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It really just depends on the night. At my facility our DON told us as long as our work is done and no call lights are going off we can relax and watch TV or read a book. But 90% of the time we our...

  14. What is the starting wage for CNA in your area?

    blwilliams10 replied to flod's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It really depends upon your area. Here in southern Missouri it is about $9/hr, with minimum wage being

  15. Why a Nurse?

    blwilliams10 replied to Ant24's topic in Male Nursing Students

    1.) I want to help people, feel accomplished when I go home from work, see my patients being comfortable, job security, opportunity to move where I want, and decent pay to name a few. 2.) 19 yrs old...

  16. Worried about not being able to find a job?

    blwilliams10 replied to helloporcelain's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In my experience with employers in general they don't like to be bothered constantly especially if they don't have an HR dept and it is the DON/Admin your working with. I would let you application be...

  17. Is there a good way to wear a tie with scrubs?

    blwilliams10 replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in Men in Nursing

    I really like this tunic style, for me I wear a white t shirt that is tucked into to scrub pants with a scrub top on top of it. It's comfortable doesn't show off the chest and looks more professional...

  18. Psychiatry Unit for CNAs

    blwilliams10 replied to TheNoviceNurse16's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I would say try it, to be the best CNA and/or a nurse you want to have experience with every group of

  19. work hours for cna????

    blwilliams10 replied to Dcmom's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In my area it seems at LTCs it is 0600 to 1400, 1400 to 2200, and 2200 to 0600 and then the hospitals are 0700 to 1900 and 1900 to

  20. Job interview Monday 4-29-13

    blwilliams10 replied to MommaTy's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Congrats on getting accepted to NS this fall; I had an interview last week and it went great. It will be my first CNA job; I am waiting on my background check to come back still, but the DON told me I...

  21. 20 day CNA program

    blwilliams10 replied to fbrlauren's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It will be a lot of work, but really is manageable. In my state we require 75 hours classroom time and 100 hours of clinical time. Classes for us were two 8 hour days and three 8 hour clinical days;...

  22. New CNA, first CNA job!

    blwilliams10 replied to blwilliams10's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Thank you everyone! AshBrock1091, what I ended up doing was starting by contacting all the facilities LTC and hospital in the towns around me and just asked to speak to the DON at the different...