Did you know that you don’t necessarily need professional experience to apply for a job? If you’re writing a resume for a CNA job and you have no previous experience, you can even write a resume with any kind of previous work experience and get you the job! You must keep a few key points […]
How can I advance my career as a Nurse?
A nurse is a healthcare professional trained to care for the sick often in a hospital. However, there are different types of nurses including home health nurses, Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) and Registered Nurses (RN). There is lots of room for advancement and a wide variety of career paths for you […]
CNA Instructor
A CNA instructor is a licensed nursing assistant instructor. CNA instructors are meant to be a guide for students training to become Certified Nursing Assistants. CNA instructors are experienced, knowledgeable and eligible to teach nursing. For a CNA instructor to teach nursing, he/she must be a RN with at least a bachelor’s degree and licensure […]
How to Cope with a Patient’s Death
As a healthcare professional, you realized before you entered the nursing profession that at various times in your career some of your patients will die. Many students and nursing students understand this on a cognitive level, but the emotional impact of losing a patient for the first time often takes them by surprise. In addition, […]
Is Home Health Nursing For You?
When people think about a career in nursing, most envision working in a doctor’s office or a hospital; however, the future of nursing is actually returning to the profession’s roots – home health nursing. As health care providers and third party payers search for ways to rein in costs, hospital stays are shorter, which means […]
The Secrets of a High Performance Nursing Resume
The Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts that the number of job openings will increase by 26 percent by 2020. Some of the reasons for the high demand for nurses include the influx of new patients due to the expansion of health insurance coverage by the Affordable Care Act, the high number of nurses retiring, and […]