How To Become A Certified Nursing Assistant

If you have ever thought about a career in healthcare, and specifically as a Certified Nursing Assistant, then this book is what you will need to set you on the path to realizing your career goals. The "How-to" Guide on Becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant gives detailed answers to a wide range of questions. It is ideal for those who - Are interested in a career as a certified nursing assistant - Are inexperienced in the field of healthcare - Want affordable training - Want to know about employment opportunities - Want an easy step-by-step process to follow Almost everyone who wants to enter this profession could use some assistance along the way to becoming a CNA, and The "How-to" Guide on Becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant will provide exactly that, along with: - Understanding what a CNA does - Appreciating how jobs for CNAs differ from similar occupations in the healthcare sector - Determining if your personality traits align with other CNAs - How to select the training program appropriate for your needs - What to expect from training - Eligibility requirements - Ways to pay for training (and even get it free) - An insight into the competency exam process and tips on how to prepare - Tips on getting a job and how to keep it. The "How-to" Guide on Becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant is the last word in the pursuit of a CNA certification, and with handy links to state resources, you can use it as a reference long after you have passed the exam and have landed your first job. Read the book and gain the confidence you need to jump start your CNA career today.

If you have ever thought about a career in healthcare, and specifically as a Certified Nursing Assistant, then this book is what you will need to set you on the path to realizing your career goals. The "How-to" Guide on Becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant gives detailed answers to a wide range of questions. It is ideal for those who - Are interested in a career as a certified nursing assistant - Are inexperienced in the field of healthcare - Want affordable training - Want to know about employment opportunities - Want an easy step-by-step process to follow Almost everyone who wants to enter this profession could use some assistance along the way to becoming a CNA, and The "How-to" Guide on Becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant will provide exactly that, along with: - Understanding what a CNA does - Appreciating how jobs for CNAs differ from similar occupations in the healthcare sector - Determining if your personality traits align with other CNAs - How to select the training program appropriate for your needs - What to expect from training - Eligibility requirements - Ways to pay for training (and even get it free) - An insight into the competency exam process and tips on how to prepare - Tips on getting a job and how to keep it. The "How-to" Guide on Becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant is the last word in the pursuit of a CNA certification, and with handy links to state resources, you can use it as a reference long after you have passed the exam and have landed your first job. Read the book and gain the confidence you need to jump start your CNA career today.

If you are thinking about a career in healthcare, and specifically as a Certified Nursing Assistant, then this book all you'll need to set you on the path to realizing your career goals. The "How-to" Guide on Becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant gives detailed answers to a wide range of questions and an easy step-by-step process to follow. Almost everyone who wants to enter this profession could use some assistance along the way to becoming a CNA, and this book will provide exactly that, along with: -Understanding what a CNA does -Appreciating how jobs for CNAs differ from similar occupations in the healthcare sector -Determining if your personality traits align with other CNAs -How to select the training program appropriate for your needs -What to expect from training -Eligibility requirements -Ways to pay for training (and even get it free) -An insight into the competency exam process and tips on how to prepare -Tips on getting a job and how to keep it. The "How-to" Guide on Becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant is the last word in the pursuit of a CNA certification, and with handy links to state resources, you can use it as a reference long after you have passed the exam and have landed your first job. It's also a great reference for career and guidance counselors as well as workforce development programs.

For years, Being a Long-Term Care Nursing Assistant has been a text with a specific emphasis on "need-to-know" skills for nursing assistants in long-term care facilities. Its full-color, extensively illustrated format and accessible reading level make the text particularly appropriate for today's adult learners. Concept themes are reinforced throughout to help students place important concepts into an understandable context. Meeting all required curricula, as outlined by federal regulators, it is the ideal text for certification exam preparation.

This textbook and the accompanying workbook is designed to instruct the student in basic uncomplicated nursing procedures to be performed under the supervision of a licensed nurse. The Certified Nurse Assistant will develop skills, attitudes and concepts which are essential to developing the Certified Nurse Assistant. These skills are taught with a holistic approach to include the impact on physical, psychological, social, ethnic, cultural, and environmental influences on the residents continued overall well-being. Becoming a Certified Nurse Assistant requires a basic knowledge of human anatomy, physiology, body systems and the impact of aging on those systems. It also requires specific skills which promote observation, interventions, individualization, resident choice, safety, and in general the overall well-being of the residents the CNA cares for. The course will utilize current federal and state regulations, principles of adult learning, ideas and resources for supplemental lessons and best practice approaches to Certified Nurse Assistant training with a focus on person-centered techniques.

This indispensable volume explores the range of jobs and settings in which one can work in the nursing field with two years or less of training, including certified nursing assistant, licensed practical nurse, licensed visiting nurse, registered nurse, clinical nurse, cardiac care nurse, labor and delivery nurse, neonatal nurse, and pediatric nurse, among others. It examines each job's activities, academic needs, and certification and licensing requirements. Illuminating sidebars describe actual aspects of a nurse's work, such as that of a pediatric nurse and that of an army nurse. Practical tips for the job search, writing a resume, and interviewing are also presented.