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Welcome to Just for CNAs - where you'll find professional inservices to keep you in the know.   In the blue blocks to the left, please notice a listing of all of our current modules.  Feel free to check out our blog for the latest topic additions and news!  IMPORTANT:  At this time, our inservices are approved for use by nursing assistants in every state except California.  We hope to be able to serve the CNAs in California before long!

(PLEASE NOTEThis site is for CNAs who need or want to purchase their own inservices.  If you are a CNA educator and plan to use this inservice with multiple CNAs, you will be violating our copyright.  To purchase In the Know inservices for ALL your CNAs, please visit In the Know for a free sample inservice.  THANK YOU!)

 

Spring is Almost Here!

After a long winter, it's time to gear up for spring!  Why not get a jump on the year and finish all of your required continuing education credits? 

For the month of March: when you buy 2 online inservices, get a 3rd topic of your choice for free!  Simply pick the three topics you would like to purchase and enter coupon code SPRING3 at checkout.

4 Easy Ways to Break Confidentiality (And How to Avoid Them!)

As a nursing assistant, you spend more time with your clients than anyone else on the health care team. This helps you develop a close relationship with your clients. They come to trust you with their personal information—believing that you will keep it to yourself.
 
Now, be honest. Have you ever discussed a client’s private information with your family or laughed about a client with a group of coworkers? Most health care workers would probably answer “yes”.  
Talking about your clients in a public place or to people who aren’t involved in their care breaks the trust your clients have placed in you.   Health care workers who break confidentiality can lose their jobs and can even find themselves in a lawsuit!
 
Four Easy Ways to Break Confidentiality (And How to Avoid Them!)
 
There are a few common ways that health care workers break their clients’ trust without really meaning to. See if you can spot the mistakes these nursing aides made:
 
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It's American Heart Month!

Did you know that…?  read more »

CNAs: The Benefits of Learning Go Beyond the Job!

As every CNA knows, things change rapidly in health care.  This means that nursing assistants can't "rest on their laurels" and claim that they know all they need to know to do their jobs.  Having an active, open mind and a true desire to continue learning go a long way toward being an effective CNA.

Studies have shown that an hour of increased brain activity can make a person smarter, more energetic, creative and open to new ways of thinking. Of course, completing inservices or reading medical information online are two ways to increase your brain activity.

However, there are countless ways to exercise your mind that have nothing to do with medicine-but will still help keep your mind stimulated and ready for "on the job" learning. Here are just a few:  read more »

Delegation: How Nurses & CNAs Work as a Team

When work is delegated to you by a nurse, what does that really mean? Here’s the definition of delegation:  read more »

How CNAs Can Help Incontinent Clients

Did you know that approximately 17 million Americans are incontinent—and 85 percent of them are women? Incontinence is most common among the elderly, especially for people living in long term care facilities. So, is incontinence simply a fact of life? Read on for the real truth…  read more »

Seven New Additions!

CNAs + Nurses = Teamwork

Teamwork is great, right? Chances are, everyone at your workplace would agree that client care improves when nurses and CNAs work together as a team. Unfortunately, it can be a challenge!  Here are some recent comments we received from CNAs across the country:  read more »

New Year... New Topics!

Welcome to 2010!  In the coming weeks, several topics will be added to our library... so keep checking back with us for what's new!

Click on each of the links below to read more about the inservice.

"Common Autoimmune Diseases"

"Brain & Spinal Cord Injuries"

"The CNA/Nurse Relationship"

"Conflict in the Workplace"

Interested in ordering any of these topics ... and not sure what to do next?  Click here for instructions OR give us a call toll-free at 877.809.5515 and we'll be happy to walk you through the process.


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