In a previous post I talked about some Nursing Assistant job interview tips. In this one I thought I’d list questions you may be asked during a CNA interview. These are from a variety of sources and include questions that were asked during real interviews posted on message boards. So these should be a fairly good representative sample. If you prepare for answering all of these questions, it should stand you in good stead for your interview.
Question List
How did you fill downtime at your last job?
Tell me about your last performance review. What was mentioned about how you
could improve? Any recurring themes?
Which situations kept you from coming to work on time at your last job? How often did that [...] Continue Reading…
Horizontal violence, sometimes also known as lateral violence, is aggressive behavior, harassment (usually verbal but sometimes even physical), or attempts to sabotage advancement among coworkers on roughly the same organizational level. It is a common problem in many professions, but in nursing it seems to be especially marked.
No one is quite sure why this is, but it is believed to have to do with the fact that health care is a male dominated field in which doctors, often men, are seen as having most of the decision making power and nurses are seen as being “mere” assistants. Though greater egalitarianism is an often mentioned as an ideal, the reality may be that the profession still tends to devalue or [...] Continue Reading…
A Nursing Assistant Certified Psychiatric abbreviated as (NACP) is providing help to physically or mentally sick persons, who may be injured, suffering a disability or having poor health condition admitted in a healthcare facility, specifically oriented towards mental health.
As a category Nursing Assistant Certified belongs to commonly used abbreviation CNA having many local names prevalent in hospital parlance like Nursing-aides. All are covered under the abbreviation CNA.
CNA Psychiatric is often called as mental health assistant or psychiatric nursing assistant is responsible for caring patients of mental impairment or emotionally suffering patients and works in coordination with a group of professionals like psychiatrist, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, social workers, and therapists. Besides carrying on their basic activities, the CNA psychiatrist socializes [...] Continue Reading…