Hi everyone! It's nice to meet you all. My name is Jen. I'm 21 and from Massachusetts. I'm hoping to be a nurse someday. I'm going to be taking a CNA course in either March or May so I can get some experience in the field and be sure it's what I want to do with my life.
Hello Jen,
Welcome to the world of nursing :)
Working as a CNA will give you an excellent feel for how you'll like working with patients. It gives you a major headstart in that it teaches you how to "touch" patients and learn to organize your time/workload - essential skills in nursing.
It will also give you an birds eye view of nurses and patient interactions. How the patients treat the nurses, how the nurses treat other nurses, how they will treat you!
You can find more resources, associations, organizations for CNAs here:
http://www.nursefriendly.com/cna
Wish you the best of luck!
Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.4nursing.comGreetings
Hope your stay here is a fruitful one. Much success in all your endeavors.
Hello Jen,
Posting a few links on Massachusetts Nursing, hope your time as a nursing assistant flies by, and you catch the nursing bug :)
Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses:"MARN is dedicated to advancing the profession of nursing in Massachusetts through advocacy, leadership development, enhanced diversity, education and mentorship. The functions of this association shall be to: Develop collaborative relationships with nursing and other health care related groups to explore common interests;"
MARN ~ P.O. Box 285 ~ Milton, MA 02186
617-990-2856 ~ info@MARNonline.org
http://www.marnonline.org/
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Massachusetts Center for Nursing (MCN):"The Massachusetts Center for Nursing (MCN) - our Commonwealth's proactive pledge to secure nursing's Mass Appeal for generations to come, welcomes you. Does becoming a nurse interest you? Need advice on how to Become A Nurse? Are you looking for ways to Advance Your Nursing Career? Perhaps you are interested in Becoming Nursing Faculty? Whether you are a nurse relocating from the next town over or from across the ocean, Nursing in Massachusetts provides many links to make your relocation easier. The site is rich with up-to-date nursing information on retention, recruitment, nursing faculty opportunities, Massachusetts nursing workforce development initiatives, National nursing workforce development initiatives, beginning or advancing your nursing career."
Massachusetts Center For Nursing
P.O. Box 532
Norton, MA 02766-0532
http://www.nursema.org
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Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.nursefriendly.com