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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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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.

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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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