Despite being attached with the “online”
label, the online CNA programs, sad to say, cannot be completed
wholly online, i.e. only about 30% of the CNA coursework is available on the
net while 70% of the remaining CNA education have to be taken personally (not
via computer!). Now, you may likely be wondering why online CNA schools are not
100% online. Well, if that is the case, then you need to feast your eyes upon
the following content to discover the answer.
Why Are Online Nursing Assistant Programs Not
Completely Online?
1.
Hands-on CNA Clinical Training Can in
No Way Be Completed Online!
The profession of a Certified Nursing Assistant is
not at all about using pens and papers but rather about using
their hands and legs to perform the practical job duties.
What I meant is that the CNAs are burdened with the
physical task of feeding, bathing, dressing and grooming the disable
patients; for good measure, let’s also inform you about the dirty CNA jobs like
assisting the patient with restroom works, changing bed pans and their vomit-or-incontinency-spoiled
bed sheets.
Now, in order to perform these aforementioned job
duties, theoretical teachings are not just good enough. CNA aspirants
“must” also have physical or hands-on clinical training which,
needless to say, can be completed only at hospitals/nursing homes, and thus is
beyond the grasp of online classes.
Note:–Just like the regular/classroom-based
CNA schools, the reputed CNA online programs do also have the provision of
assigning their students clinical internship (of about 100 credit hours) at
some local patient-care facilities.
2.
CNA State Certification Exam Also
Requires Your Physical Attendance!
Upon graduation from your online CNA training program, you will receive a Certificate of Completion, which
denotes the successful completion of your theoretical and clinical training.
However, this Certificate of Completion does not grant you official permission
for working as a nurse aide in the hospitals and such other healthcare
facilities.
For that to happen, you have to personally
participate in the Nurse Aide Competency Exam, which is designed by your
state’s nursing board to evaluate your nursing skills and determine whether you
are well trained enough to hold the job title of a CNA or not.
Hence, the online CNA schools might offer internal
course exams & test via internet but they don’t have the power to offer
state CNA certification exam in the online format.
# Other Things That Online CNA Training Classes
Lack When Compared To Regular CNA Schools!
Laboratory Teaching:–CNA
lecture classes are complimented with the laboratory practice but the online
schools (except few) don’t have this facility. Instead, they offer video
tutorials.
Motivation:–The online classes don’t even provide
motivation to study, for there are no real classmates or teacher to guide you,
answer your course-related problems and rectify your mistakes. If you feel
bored, you can easily drop out from your online CNA class, with no questions
asked.
Author’s
Bio:
Antonio
Fannin is a nurse and an education consultant. She has been in this field for
around 10 years. Besides she also maintains some blogs related to CNA.
3 comments:
It is more beneficial to the people , those who are attending the programs for cna certification,because it makes them to have a bright future.
Job Responsibilities
Physical attendance makes the students to learn easily, which results in bright future and it makes to satisfy their duties quickly.
Job
Duties
Yes, That's true, However, it's hard to explain this to some of the students.
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