Preparing for your certified nursing assistant (CNA) certification will be exciting but also nerve-racking. What does it take to prepare adequately? What processes do you need to go through and what skills should you acquire to increase your chances of success?

Working within the health sector is one of the most fulfilling and rewarding career paths there is. Job satisfaction comes from knowing that you have been able to make a positive difference in someone's life.

Have you ever considered putting your skills to the test, or exploring a new career avenue? There are so many different paths out there for people with the willingness to explore them and to develop new, as well as existing skills sets, and one such path is phlebotomy.

Businesses in every market sector need to be able to stay up to date and deal effectively with change. It is not always easy, especially when the changes are being imposed from above and affect every area of how a business operates.

The deadline for the mandatory switch over to ICD-10 codes is fast approaching, but what does it mean for CPT codes?

It’s obvious now that the switch over from ICD-9 to ICD-10 codes is complex starting with the fact that there are many more codes available in the ICD-10 standard than in ICD-9 and there are few one-to-one matchups.

As your test date approaches for the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) exam, be sure to spend ample time studying and preparing for the written exam.

You can ensure that you will do well on the qualifying nursing exam by avoiding the common mistakes that most people make on the test, especially when they fail the test on their first or second try.

Every year, people around the U.S. take the Certified Nursing Assistant exam to grow their businesses. If you want to take the CNA exam soon, odds are good that you’re wondering – “what are the top mistakes on the CNA exam?”

When I was a very young nursing assistant working in a nursing home in Boston, one of our residents was a woman named Olive who had suffered a series of strokes, leaving her completely debilitated. Her entire body was severely contracted to leave her bedridden, and she was non-verbal aside from occasional moaning.