Will I learn this in CNA class?

Qbert · Mar 18, 2011

You will NEED CPR(BLS) for clinical as a student NA.

Most schools offer a CPR (BLS) class or will tell you how to get one in the area.

And honestly I have no idea what CPI is.

Hope this helps! good luck!

Starletta, CNA · Mar 19, 2011

You will NEED CPR(BLS) for clinical as a student NA.
Most schools offer a CPR (BLS) class or will tell you how to get one in the area.
And honestly I have no idea what CPI is.
Hope this helps! good luck!

I guess every place is different? My school did not require CPR for a prerequisite. Although, I have seen many jobs that require it or be certified in "X" amount of months after starting employment.

yousoldtheworld · Mar 19, 2011

Your instructor will be able to tell you where you can get CPR certified, and may even offer a class for your CNA class as a whole. Usually the Red Cross offers CPR classes.

(As a tangent, I think it's silly when places require aides to be CPR certified, because I've never worked anyplace where aides are allowed to do CPR. If someone codes, you call the nurse...and if a person if a no code, you can actually get in legal trouble for performing CPR on them. But I digress.)

No idea what CPI is...I'd ask your instructor or Human Resources at the hospital about that one.

blackandyellow · Mar 21, 2011

Your school should be able to refer you to a place for CPR. Most Red Cross's offer it. I'm surprised they want you to get CPI certified where I work it is required of RN's. It is basically a class that teaches you want to do in a crisis situation and how to handle it so you and others do not get hurt. Also the hospital may offer them for free once you get hired. I know the hospital I work at wanted us to take CPR from them because their class was more involved then others.

Dorali, BSN, LPN, RN · Mar 25, 2011

Your CNA class may provide CPR training, sometimes included in the tuition. If not, a lot of hospitals have classes.

Be aware that there is CPR for regular people, but you will need BLS (Basic Life Support) for Healthcare Providers.

Dondie

juliaann · Mar 25, 2011

(As a tangent, I think it's silly when places require aides to be CPR certified, because I've never worked anyplace where aides are allowed to do CPR. If someone codes, you call the nurse...and if a person if a no code, you can actually get in legal trouble for performing CPR on them. But I digress.)

I performed chest compressions on a patient just about 30 minutes ago. I'm a CNA. When I'm present at a code, you better believe I get in line and take my turn doing compressions and let the nurses and docs concentrate on things they need to like med administration and documentation and decision making instead of doing compressions themselves.

I can't believe it's a policy some places that if a tech finds a person in arrest they have to wait for a nurse!!!! Especially if those facilities require CNAs to be BLS certified!

Maybe it's just a facility (or type of facility) issue. I work in a hospital in Oklahoma.

yousoldtheworld · Mar 25, 2011

Oh, I agree that it's a good thing when you work places where aides are allowed to assist in codes, it's just pointless in places where you can't. I have no idea why it's like that where I work - maybe because the aides are not told whether people are full codes or no codes? Maybe it's a legal issue? Possibly because most of our residents are no codes? I don't know why, but I know that they want us to be CPR certified, and yet we are not allowed, under any circumstances, to perform CPR.

Even when I worked at the hospital here, aides were NOT allowed to perform CPR until given the okay by the nurse in charge. If we found someone in arrest, we were to pull the emergency light, but had to wait for the nurse to tell us to start compressions. I have no idea why this is. Regional difference, I guess.