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Many people are choosing to become nursing assistants due to the increased job opportunities and improving pay scales. Moreover, helping others provides satisfaction and peace of mind. If you are willing to become a CNA, you should first know the eligibility criterion and CNA requirements. The article below will help you in this purpose. It discusses about the basic requirements for working as a certified nursing assistant.

The job of CNA requires patience and caring nature. Remember that the patient you are taking care of is completely dependent on you for performing all the daily routine activities. You may require helping the patient if he is screaming with pain during night hours. It may be a tiring task. But this will surely provide you with the job satisfaction.

CNA or certified nursing assistant are required in every health care organization. They are required in private clinics, hospitals, community centers. Most CNA professionals are working independently for the patients requiring 24 hour medical assistance. The basic job duties handled by CNAs are helping the patients in their daily activities like bathing, feeding, providing medical help like giving medicines, etc.

Requirements for Becoming CNA:

The basic requirement for working as a professional CNA is that the person should have completed a high school diploma or should be graduate from any stream. If he satisfies any of these conditions, he is eligible for pursuing the CNA certification course. The duration of the CNA course may vary from 6 to 12 weeks. The CNA course is conducted by the University. You can also take CNA classes at community colleges or you can even get these courses online.

The CNA certification is given after successful completion of 75 hours of theoretical training and 16 hours of medical training in the hospitals and health care centers. This basic examination pattern is similar for all states.

When you choose the institute for getting the CNA training and certification, make sure that the institute is accredited by the State. You can contact the state aid registry or the licensing program for this purpose.

Paying some fees for the training classes, you can get the training for CNA. After completion of the course, one has to clear the CNA certification exam held by the state government health registry. The exam pattern consists of two parts, viz. theoretical part and medical training. After passing the examination, you are eligible to work as a professional CNA.

Nursing assistants are in great demand for providing the medical care facilities to the patients. These nursing assistants are trained in providing the emergency health care facilities like CPR, defibrillator, etc. They are trained to use the medical equipments for monitoring the health of patients.

When you are thinking of pursuing the CNA as a long term career choice, the above details will help you to know whether you are fit for working as a nursing assistant.


Here[
www.cnacertifiednursingassistant.com], you will find some information on CNA requirements.


1/24/2012 05:24:14 am

Every healthcare provider should switch to an EMR solution. Paper based records and prescriptions are a thing of the past now and it would be best for both doctors and patients to take advantage of their features and accessibility.

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1/24/2012 05:24:38 am

I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

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4/16/2012 05:38:37 pm

One can learn for CNA through a community college but online course availability makes it easier to learn at any hour of day and work on other things in the meanwhile. This helps out those who are already indulged in some course work and want to do CNA but don't have the time to attend college regularly.

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9/2/2012 12:16:27 am

Learning online is a great way to undertake your cna course because you can undertake your studying to suit your circumstances. If you already have a job you can fit it in during your spare time.

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4/19/2013 11:45:20 pm

Nursing Assistant training programs can be found at community colleges, vocational and technical schools, hospitals, nursing homes, the Red Cross, and online. The tuition cost and scheduling of the training will vary from place to place.

It is also good to know that you can sometimes find care facilities that offer free CNA training for potential employees. To receive this free training the recipients agree to work at the facility for an agreed upon period of time after completion of the CNA training.

With all training programs people need to remember as it said in the article, to “make sure that the institute is accredited by the State.”

Good article!

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5/31/2013 06:05:28 pm

I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment.

With all training programs people need to remember as it said in the article, to “make sure that the institute is accredited by the State.”

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6/2/2013 01:56:14 am

Spot on article. This is what i was looking for. You save me ample time.

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7/31/2013 04:13:00 am

Very informative for me! I was looking this sort of post because i want to become a CNA where this post will help me a lot to reach my goal. So thanks for providing this valuable information about CNA and definitely i will look forward to see this post in near future as well. Thanks

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7/31/2013 04:31:44 am

It was my wish from my childhood to become a CNA and I'm still in the way of this carrier and hopefully here mentioned information will be sound handy for me to lead my carrier nicely. Thanks

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11/19/2013 10:28:47 pm

All the points were very well explained and were direct to the points.

Thanks Cindy
http://cnacertificationguide.com/category/cna-license/

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Gina Dillon
1/25/2016 10:14:45 pm

Nice informative blog. Does anyone happen to know what the passing score is for the Illinois certification?

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