caramelred

Anyone else’s portal still not updated? Getting a little discouraged...

I just completed the Red Cross CNA training a couple of weeks ago! My experience was a pretty positive one despite only 2/3 nursing instructors being competent, and the program schedule being somewhat disorganized. I met some friends for life who are in the same boat as I am, either applying to nursing school or already in nursing school. I just started applying to jobs, and on my first phone interview witha major Boston hospital I was asked where I did my training, and when I mentioned the Red Cross the recruiter responded with "oh good". I even made it to an in person interview for next week! Definitely do the program, you'll learn a bunch about basic nursing care, and they'll help you out if you need financial assistance with paying for the program.

Oh my, 50 positions and only a call back from 5? I'll cross my fingers hoping I at least hear back from 1, haha. My hospital is strictly psych, and the patients if any, have very minimal medical issues that don't require a lot of attention, so there's no CNA/PCA job positions. Thanks so much for your response and wishing me luck!!

Hey I'm new to this site, and recently graduated from a red cross CNA training program. I plan on getting certified within the next few weeks, and I'm currently looking to score a hospital gig as a PCT/PCA. I currently have over 2 years experience as a mental health worker at a well known psych hospital where I take vital signs, use glucometer, etc, and applied internally to 20+ job positions at the various hospitals that mine is associated with. I'm getting anxious as it's only been a few days since I applied to these jobs, and I was wondering what are my chances of getting an interview/hired? I should also add that I plan on applying to an absn program for 2017, and vaguely mentioned that in my cover letter. Any thoughts would be mucho appreciated!