Pudding212

My first option was certified nurse midwife, which is what I actually want to be! So, pretty accurate.

Are you a CNA? They get hired as MA's all the time.

When I first started as am aide, it probably took me about the same time to change an incontinent resident. No worries. It will get better! By the time I quit being an aide, I was changing residents in under 5 minutes.

Allnurses has a specialty part of the website that you can browse to find all about OB nurses!

I have contacted the BON, but I haven't heard back yet. On their website I have only found I found info for ACEN and CCNE. I am hoping to hear back from others with experience while I'm waiting to hear back from the BON!

Is there a difference between these two accredidations? Can you still sit for the NCLEX-RN with the both accredidations? I am asking these questions because I am looking into a few of the nursing schools around where I live, and most have the ACEN accredidation and 99% of nurses have graduated from theseveral colleges, but there are two that have a CNEA accredidation. I know only one nurse who has graduated from this school. I'm not sure if it used to be ACEN accredited, but I know it lost its accredidation for ACEN in 2014. Any information is appreciated. Thanks in advance!

I am 21 years old and I've been in the game for two years. You're fine!

Not sure what state you ate in, but I am in Utah and I worked with a lot of CNA's who started when they were 16/were 16 when I worked there!

It hard work. You're on your feet the entire shift. You have to be kind of fit as to not tire out too quickly and you will likely be permanent exhausted. But it also very rewarding work. You're personal helping our older generation and it's hard not to get attached. You will make mistakes at first but that's how everyone learns, don't be discouraged, power through!

Every place I have worked as an MA, offers the position to CNAs with training. She may just get less pay since she isn't a certified medical assistant.

When I worked as an aide, one if the nurses (either on the north, or south side) was the charge nurse. On top of their own patient load.

When I worked in a LTC, it was required to have two people to use a hoyer.

Absolutely not. I have worked as a CNA and it was hard, exhausting and underapprecaited work. I made 10 dollars an hour both in a SNF and hime health. Now I am a CMA, and I make 12.50 per hour and I enjoy this job much more. Although, I am glad that ive worked as an aide as a PP said, a lot of nurses don't ever have the experience and I think it really does make some one a better nurse if they really understand what an aide does.

I work for a big company. Every MA makes the same no matter what specialty and gets paid based on experience/time with the company.

When I worked in a facility, I had a cowirker who worked as an aide until the night she delivered! I did not know anything about her pregnancy but I don't assume she had any restrictions or I don't think she would have been working that long.