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Where were you trained?
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Posted over 4 years ago I am getting all pre-reqs done to apply for nursing school. One prereq is that I need a CNA cert. Which is fine on many levels: 1. It will give me a picture of the nursing world. 2. I can moonlight some jobs to make spare cash. 3. I am not sure I am cut out to be an RN and this will help me figure it out. 4. I crave this experience with hands-on knowledge. Now, my husband and father of our 3 children would rather pay for us to get childcare and me go to school in the daytime than for me to go to school at night. I have 2 options to choose: 3 month training program and have someone come in at 6AM, but not every day. This training is through the community college and I will have clinicals at the hospital, most likely. This option is the cheapest as far as tution goes...not so much childcare. or 1 month private school training program. This training is state accepted. It costs more, but the hours are great! 9-3 The clinicals are here: www.springmoor.org A very posh, all the bells and whistles, retirement village. I am leaning toward the private school because of the easy hours and the fast program. But I worry that the hands on experience that is nursing home only will limit my overall experience. How ARE CNA's trained, anyways?
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Hello~ I was certified through the American Red Cross. They offered a CNA program which I used to get my foot in the door so to speak. I went at night for 3 months. The classes were 4 nights M-T from 5-10pm. I did my clinical @ a local nursing home. They had a mock patient room set up with a "patient" in the bed. We would get tested on our skills with the mock patient. Some of the things like vitals were done on fellow students. In the begining its all about the book, (legalities). And I passed my certification test the 1st time and was the highest in the class. I think it is a good experience if you want to get a hands on approach of nursing. The only thing is if you aren't working in a facility it's hard to get hours @ night for like home care. Not alot of agencies have client calls more than 2 hours at a time and @ night. But if you can get into a facility that is your best bet. Good luck to you. |
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| Posted about 4 years ago Annamarie said she did her training through the Red Cross, I do not know what she paid for her training, but the local Red Cross her gives the classes for free. All you pay for is a book. Also many nursing home will train you themselves to become certified. Check that out also. John L. Racher RN, BSN, MSRN-BC
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