Now that you had passed your Certified Nursing Assistant or CNA exam and have received your certificate, you feel that you are now ready to make a head start on your nursing career.
Getting organized would help you a lot while looking for a job. Use a professional-looking business folder to keep your CV’s and resumes in, together with cover letters, calling cards and references. Make sure that there is always more than one copy of these inside the folder, just in case an opportunity crops up out of the blue. Make sure to choose a folder that is discreet and plain. Employers might get put off by folders with cartoon characters in the design and [...] Continue Reading…
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Do You Have What it Takes to be a CNA?
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Being a Certified Nursing Assistant is not a walk in the park. The job, for one, calls for a lot of walking, standing and to some extent and in some cases, jogging or running (depends on the urgency of the situation). A CNA needs to be quite agile and physically fit for the job entails a lot of lifting and turning of patients.
What does a CNA really does? A certified nursing assistant assists an RN in ways like: taking responsibility of a patient’s basic nursing care i.e. bathing, feeding, changing linens and gowns, cleaning up and other related work. A CNA spends more time with the patient than any health care provider. A CNA help lighten the [...] Continue Reading…
With a great star-studded cast, this show is sure to have you addicted like nurse Jackie is to her Percocet. Whether you are interested in her love affair, or can just relate to some of the other doctors on this new series, there is something for everyone. Leading lady is thrilled to take on her new character and portray the image of a strong, bullheaded and intelligently witty nurse who is out for blood.
It’s never a dull moment on this new TV hit show. You never know what Nurse Jackie is going to be up to next: inserting an IV after snorting Percocet, or perhaps disposing of another small body part? Showtime has outdone themselves this time around [...] Continue Reading…
