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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!!

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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!

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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.!!

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