Archive for the 'Becoming A Certified Nursing Assistant' Category

CNA Certification

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Training for CNA certification is an essential component of the academic process for nursing assistants who fill this country’s hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care facilities. Because these patient care specialists inhabit such an important position in patient health care, how and what a CNA is taught is of the highest significance – so [...]

CNA Jobs In New York

Monday, April 5th, 2010

New York CNA Jobs New York is one of the top states in the US that employs CNA’s (Certified Nursing Assistants). The city of New York has undergone numerous steps to provide increased funding and educational training in the CNA discipline. It’s been estimated that New York will experience a shortage of roughly 38,000 Certified [...]

CNA California

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

In the State of California, they follow a set of guidelines or ‘rules’, as set out in the OBRA 1987 mandate. The guidelines are there to try and ensure that CNA (Certified Nursing Assistants) employees administer a certain quality of care whilst doing their jobs in long term care facilities. Laws have been put in [...]

Taking And Passing The CNA Exam

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Taking the CNA exam is actually one of the last steps prior to starting your new occupation as a certified nursing assistant. The actual CNA examination is provided in 2 components, a written component and a clinical component, or CNA abilities test. In order to take the examination, you may need to have a volunteer [...]

Red Cross CNA Training Chapters

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

There are several places that you can enroll in CNA Training to become a Certified Nursing Assistant, one of the most popular being The American Red Cross. Some of the reasons that the red cross training program is so popular is that the course is widely available all over the US, and the quality of [...]

Certified Nursing Assistant Registration

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

CNA registration (Certified Nursing Assistant) means that you must be registered on the state nursing board databases, including the federal database (Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank, or HIPDB for short). This info is administered by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing – NCSBN, which is a non-profit organization that operates as a [...]

Finding Free CNA Training

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

If you are considering a career in the health sector or nursing, you may be eligible to receive free CNA training through your current employer or ‘potential’ employer. Currently, the U.S Government offers health industry employers re-imbursement for the expense of training for certain occupations throughout the Medicare sector. This includes training for Certified Nursing [...]

Preventing Patient Bedsores

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

The primary aim of CNA training is learning how to provide proper care to your patients or clients. Throughout your career as a Certified Nursing Assistant you will be caring for many different types of patients. Some of your patients will have very little mobility, and it’ll be your responsibility and duty to ensure that [...]

What Are The Duties Of A Certified Nursing Assistant?

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

The duties of a Certified Nursing Assistant will differ, depending on where it is that you work. For example, a CNA’s duty at a hospital will be different than a CNA’s duties at a Nursing Home. Some jobs may require a considerable amount of physical work and exertion, while other may require less so. A [...]

Duties of a Certified Nursing Assistant in Nursing Homes

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

As with most CNA jobs, the duties a Certified Nursing Assistant performs can be numerous. Becoming a CNA will give you the opportunity to help and assist people in a most basic, but profoundly helpful way, every single day. Certified Nursing Assistants that work in nursing homes normally help people who are elderly and/or bedridden [...]