The recent economic crisis may have got you thinking that your career is under serious jeopardy and that maybe switching to a more stable job will be the key to your success. If you had been planning to get a foothold into the healthcare industry, then becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant or CNA may be one of your options.
A CNA is known by many other titles, depending on the place where you intend to work. In the United States, they may also be called as a Nursing Assistant-Registered (NA/R), a State-Tested Nurse Aid (STNA) or a Patient Care Assistant (PCA). The basic role of the CNA is to do routine tasks in place of the LPN [...] Continue Reading…
The recent Asian pandemic caused by the type A virus H1N1 or more commonly known swine flu, is still a growing threat. Swine flu is a respiratory disease that originated from pigs. The strain has mutated and has now affected humans. The virus does not respond to most anti-flu vaccines in the market today except for oseltamivir and zenamivir. Having had the required annual anti-flu vaccine is no guarantee that a person exposed to the virus will not be affected. It is imperative that a CNA should know review precautions relating to H1N1.
CNA class include the study of infectious diseases so this information is just for review. Swine flu is not really fatal. A healthy person [...] Continue Reading…
A lot has been said about the average annual salary that a CNA earns. There are numerous information claiming that a new CNA is paid anywhere from $7.00 to $9.00 an hour and that an experienced CNA can get as much as $15 an hour.
A non-profit group randomly selected 10 cities all over the United States for salary survey to get an estimation of a CNA’s average salary. The ten cities are: Chicago, IL, New York (Manhattan), Houston, TX, Atlanta, GA, Phoenix, AZ, Dallas, TX, Miami, FL, Charlotte, NC, Indianapolis, IN, and Los Angeles, CA.
Topping the list in terms of average gross CNA annual salary is New York at $34, 748. Compared to the average salary of [...] Continue Reading…
