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If you’ve never had a flu shot because you don’t believe they will help you fight off the flu, your body doesn’t do well with the flu vaccination, or you’re just scared of needles, you will now be forced to get the flu shot if you’re a student of any type of nursing. Regardless if you are a CNA or Nursing student, you will now have to get the flu shot BEFORE performing your clinicals.

With recent outbreaks of hard to fight virus’, the nursing board now demands that we get these vaccinations before working with patients. This is something that should have been in place years ago, but since the recent, hard to tame strands of the flu, they finally put this practice in place. When in nursing clinicals, we come in contact with many sick people. Especially the young, elderly, and other people with decreased immune systems.

Do you think it is right for them to demand us to inject something in our body, even though we know we will get sick from it? Not all of us get sick from the flu shot. However, there are some of us that know our body much better than our doctors. We know for a fact how our body reacted to the last flu vaccination that we received in the past. So, should we do it? Yes. We are in the health care business. We care for people on a higher level than most. If we honestly care about people, we will put this vaccination into our body without thinking twice so that we can care for these patients.

The bottom line is that we MUST care for our own bodies, keep them in top physical shape in order to care for the ones that need us the most. Take care of your body, exercise, do not smoke or drink heavy and you should not have a problem with the flu shot. Keep that immune system strong by taking vitamins daily and getting plenty of vitamin C into the body each day.

If you have any questions, concerns or comments, let us know. We will be happy to discuss this further. Voice your opinions about the mandatory flu shot with us!!

Assist feeding a patient can be a tricky CNA skill. There are some steps that you MUST do in order to pass your CNA exam. We have listed the skill below. The skills that we find are missed quite often are to ask the patient at least once during the feeding, if they would like something to drink. Another is washing the patients hands before and after the feeding.

Without a doubt, obtaining someone’s blood pressure is the most difficult skill that a Certified Nursing Assistant, EMT, or any other person new to the healthcare field will have, at first.  This is somewhat difficult, but you will get the hang of it quickly.  This is also one of the most failed skills on the CNA skills test.  Not always because you record the incorrect blood pressure, but simple steps, such as feeling the brachial pulse.

Below are the steps that you will have to do in order to pass your cna skills.

1. First of all, remember the pre-steps of all skills.

Knock before entering.

Address person by last name or name the patient prefers.

Introduce yourself by first name and title.

Explain what you will be doing to that person.

Protect the patients rights and handle the person gently at all times during the procedure.

Many people come to B&R Nursing School asking the same question.  ”Can I get my CNA certification online?”

The short answer is yes but we will tell you how you can go about doing this.  You can not get a certification online, but you can study our material, skills, and other information that will prepare you to take the state CNA exam and pass it.  So, You can not get a certification online because the certification requires that you spend at least 40 hours in a clinical setting.  But, to get your license as a CNA, all you have to do is study the written and skills material, pay the exam fees, and take your test.  If you pass, you’re a CNA!!

Some Registered Nursing courses are now requiring that you complete a college approved CNA course.  This in turn means that you can not test out.  If they require a CNA license, then yes, you can test out.

There are many different variables to this answer.  But in short, you CAN get your CNA license online but not the actual certification.

Is a CNA certification needed to obtain a job in the Certified Nursing Assistant field?  No.  Just complete the state test. Once your state test is completed, you will be on the Nursing Board Database showing your name, certification, expiration date, et cetera.

If you have any questions, let us know. We will get an answer to you as soon as possible, usually within the next business day so check back to see our answer to your nursing questions!

Sitting in a classroom and going to clinicals is very time consuming.  Especially for those of us who must work full time and attend class.  We value our time with our family, because if you are in this business, you care about people and family time is important as well.

So, B&R Nursing School has decided to give you the information you need so that you can study at home for your CNA State Exam and pass with with no problems.  This study program is not for everyone.  You must have will power and be dedicated to this program.  If you are not the type to do things on your own, this program is not for you.  If you’re ready to become a CNA and are dedicated, read on…

1. You must study and practice each testing skill.  Not every skill, but just the skills the state will test you on.  Your skills may vary state to state, so check your local nursing board website for the skills for that state.

2. Study the basics.  The tests will test you in many different areas, from fire safety in the nursing home, to nutrition.  However, all of these questions on the state test are mainly common sense questions.  If you read into the question and answers, you can pretty much pass the test.

3. When practicing the skills, what helps most is to divide your skills into areas.  Such as the pre-skill steps like your introduction, checking patient name with bracelet, providing privacy with a curtain and so on.  Then, the post-skill steps like putting all of your items where they belong and making sure the call button is in the patients reach.

You can purchase blood pressure cuffs and stethoscope combinations online from as low as $19.  Practice all of your vital sign skills on your family members.  But try it on different family members, not just one.  This will help change things up a bit and you will not “learn” the pulse, blood pressure, and respirations from the same person and be expecting a certain number.

4.  It is very helpful during skill test time that you “Help” your testing partner out during the skills.  When I took my state test, my partner did not help me at all.  I had to ambulate a patient to wall 10 feet.  Once I placed the belt around her and stand her up, it was like she was acting like a REAL patient.  Do NOT do this to your partner. Help them out!  When she checked my respirations, I would take really deep breaths, even loud enough for her to hear.  That way, she would not have to guess when I was breathing.  This makes things so much easier.

5.  Ask questions.  Simply post a reply to this article and ask any questions you have. We will get you an answer right away.  If we are unsure of your answer, we will find the answer, but chances are, we already know it.  We are here to teach you!

If you have anything you would like to add to this, let us know. We will be glad to take advice from CNA’s, LPN’s, and RN’s from anywhere in the U.S.!!

Locating radial pulse

For some, this seems to be a little difficult, especially if your testing partner is not in great shape or is overweight.  You should practice on someone like this for your test so that you can get accustomed to exact location of the pulse for best results.

The steps for the CNA state test for counting radial pulse are as follows:

1.  Explain what you are going to do to the patient while speaking clearly, slowly, and face contact.

2. Place your fingertips on the thumb side of the clients wrist.  (See Photo for exact location)

3.  Count beats for one full minute. You must count for one minute or you will automatically fail.

4.  Make sure that your signaling device is in reach of the client before leaving.

5.  Wash Hands. (You do not have to wash hands after every skill, however you must verbalize or you will fail.)

6.  After obtaining the pulse of the client, you must record this on the sheet provided by the testing monitor.  You must be within +/- 4 to pass this skill. Anything over or under the number recorded by the test monitor, you will fail.

IMPORTANT Skill information to pass:  You must be within +/- 4, You must verbalize hand washing, Call Button must be within clients reach.  Never forget these important steps or you will fail or lose many points, which will also cause failure of your CNA skills exam.

Washing Hands

Washing hands is the most important skill for anyone in health care. In CNA school, you must demonstrate how to wash your hands, and say this during each skill at the appropriate time. Here are the steps to washing your hands for the CNA state test. **Please note- Some states require you to turn ON the water with a paper towel. Some only require that you use paper towels to turn the water OFF. Please make sure to know what your state CNA testing site will require you to do.

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A routine of regular exercises is the best way to keep you fit, but keep in mind that all the exercises are not made equal and there are different ways to do it. Some people do it efficiently and some do it in inefficient ways, which may not be effective. Many people imagine that doing exercises with lot of weights is the best technique of getting into shape, to some extent it is true, because when you exercise with weights you will build muscle tone, but it while doing it you should be very careful about your cardiovascular health. Some people emphasize the cardiovascular health on performing exercises with weights and the reason is that having a powerful base of cardiovascular health may take up long time to improve other physical aspects of your body if you start lifting weights.

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Diseases and illness are what make your life terrible so instant cure is a key to resolve these maters. In order to get any kind of cure and treatment, one needs a doctor or a medical staff member who is able to not just understand but remove that issue as well. Choosing a doctor can a bit tricky if you don’t know the basic manners to find out such a person. However, if you go through the given ways then it will be very easy for you how to choose a doctor without any concern.

See if he is there in your locality:

It is the best manner in which you look for a doctor in your own region where you live. It is quite sensible and advantageous to get medical services by local doctors so you would not have to go far in emergency cases. You can find out by going around different medical centers and hospitals in your locality. There may be several such staff members working in these places so you can hire the services from one who is famous for reliable and best medical services among all.
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Lower back pain is often a common infliction that affects over 80% with the adult population in the past or another in their lifetime. There are in addition many causes, and it really is difficult to directly determine the way to obtain the problem without health care intervention, ie. a visit into the doctor or chiropractor.

Some of the more usual causes will be undertaking physical activity when the body is not familiar with, such as strenuous yard or lifting of overly heavy objects.

This over-exertion can result in a slipped disk (or the herniated disk). This is as a result of twisting, generally while training. A slipped disk seems worse than it in all probability is. It is merely the occurrence of your spinal bone bulging somewhat, and touching on many nerves. Some basic exercises may help relieve the pain plus rectify the slipped drive issue.
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