I worked my ass off to get where I am, after a series of delays and personal losses. CNA. Huge delays on getting into prerequisites, then I finally made it at age 32, getting into 3 programs the...
You can be all kinds of book smart and capable when it comes to school, but patient interaction is something you can learn first as a CNA. It also gives you perspective on what is happening with your...
ACLS involves medication administration and the delivery of shocks to the heart, this is not CNA level stuff. BLS, basic life support CPR would be required. There are lots of different classes out...
whitepawn replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing
RN here, though I worked as an agency CNA many years before earning my RN. An assignment at a VA facility had the CNAs doing straight caths on the almost entirely male population. This was...