Workplace Spotlight: Home Care Home is where the heart is...and most of the patients! Home care is the FASTEST growing segment of healthcare in America...and for good reason! When you are sick...where do YOU want to be? Yep, home. And your patients do, too.It takes a special person (like YOU) to work in someone else's…
Workplace Spotlight: Nursing Home Oh, those stories! CNAs in a Nursing Home spend months, or even years, with the same residents. Not everyone has the skill set necessary to provide daily care for the same patients in a nursing home environment...but you do! Your unique combination of stability, caring personality and desire to get to…
Workplace Spotlight: Rehabilitation Center You like the best of all worlds, don't you?! Not everyone has the skill set necessary to thrive in a rehabilitation environment...but you do! A little of everything is right up your alley! Variety...check. Routines...check. Clinical skills...check. Personal care skills...check. Helping people physically AND emotionally...check and check. The icing on the…
Workplace Spotlight: Hospital Not everyone has the skill set necessary to thrive in the complex, chaotic and diverse hospital environment...it takes a unique combination of flexibility and desire to work closely with a team to thrive in a hospital setting. Overview As a hospital CNA, you will be caring for the sickest people in the…
Daily questions with answers texted directly to your cell phone! Sign up here: When taking a blood pressure with an AUTOMATED cuff, the reading was 168/112. What should you do? a. document the blood pressure b. re-check the reading with a manual cuff c. tell the nurse to give the BP meds d. call 911…
Test Tip Tuesday Episode 2: ID Bands You are taking the test. You have studied, paid attention in class and practiced. You are as ready as you can be. You enter the testing room and receive your care plan and begin your first skill...only to discover the patient has no ID Band like you used…
Motivation Monday Episode 2: CharacterDo you remember what motivated you to become a CNA? That drive to help others? That passion to make a difference? But day to day routines often make us forget why we are here in the first place. It's the character, the heart, the compassion that brought you into healthcare...but do you…
Career Spotlight Saturday Episode 1: Dawn NICU RNDo you dream of being a NICU RN? Have you ever wondered what it is like to work in a neonatal ICU as an RN? Are you wondering how to become a NICU nurse? Join us for an interview with Dawn and discover what she does as a…
Fashion Friday Episode 1: Cherokee InfinityIf you work in healthcare, you probably need scrubs. Chances are, the scrubs you are wearing right now have seen better days. Let's face it...you wash them often (all those germs...). Which means they aren't going to last as long as your favorite jeans that you only wear once a…
Newsflash Thursday Episode 1: The Case of the Pregnant Patient Imagine...you go to work tomorrow, it's a regular day on the job. You are caring for a completely dependent, cognitively impaired patient who has been in the facility for over 10 years. She cannot walk, talk or care for herself. She is totally dependent on…
