• **What You Need To Know About Being a CNA**
  
  Applying For Reciprocity
  
  Listing of State Statutes Regarding Breaks In the Workplace
  
  Listing of State Statutes Regarding CNA:Resident Ratios
  
  C Diff: What It Is
  
  C Diff Resources 1
  
  C Diff Resources 2
  
  The Nursing Process and The CNA
  
  Observation Skills for CNA's
  
  Legal Issues for CNA's
  
  Being Professional
  
  Tips & Timesavers for CNA’s
  
  Filling In The Blanks
  
  Job Interview Do's and Don'ts
  
  

• No Trust For Obama, on LTC Issues
• Wheel Chair Abuse
• Safe Transfers Videos: Three and Four
• Wireless Devices Causing Problems in Hospitals
• Medication Abuse For Dementia Patients
• Spot Light: Staying Healthy For & At Work
• Question of the Week: Falls and Responsibility
• Safe Transfers: Video One and Two
• Interview: Donalyn Gross, Death and Dying Expert
• Nursing Home Star Ratings? Ask the CNA’s to Rate

CNA Advocate Links

• A Life of Caring
• Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce
• Direct Care Alliance
• Frontline Publishing
• Institute for Caregiver Education
• National Association of Health Care Assistants
• National Network of Career Nursing Assistants
• Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute

Professional Associations

• Direct Care Worker Association of North Carolina
• Direct Support Professionals Association of Tennessee
• Florida Assn. of Nurse Assistants
• Iowa CareGivers Association
• Maine Personal Assistance Services Association
• New Hampshire Direct Support Professionals
• Pennsylvania Direct Care Workers Association
• Support Providing Employees’ Association of Kentucky
• Texas Association of Nurse Assistants
• Vermont Association of Professional Care Providers
• Virginia Association of Personal Care Assistants

Continuing Ed

• Academy of Certified Health Professionals
• Frontline Publishing
• Geriatric Care Specialist
• Institute For Caregiver Education
• Knowing More
• LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer
• Nursing Assistant Video Lessons
• The Learning Center (TLC)

Culture Change

• *Ideas Institute
• *National Citizens Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
• *National Commission for Quality Long-Term Care
• *National PACE Association
• *Pioneer Network

Off Site Tools

• About Restraints
• All About MSDS
• Allergies Glossary
• Alzheimer’s Disease/Caregivers
• Beginners Guide To Using the Stethoscope
• Brain Injury Glossary
• Care Plan Library
• CNA Inservices
• CNA Jobs
• CNA Skills
• Decubitis/Pressure Sore Information
• Diabetes Glossary
• Drug Information by RxList
• Everything You Need To Know About HIPAA
• Get Body Smart: Anatomy
• HCPro
• Health > Diseases and Conditions
• Health Care Recognition Calendar
• Med Line Infection Control News
• Medical Spell Checker
• Medical Term Online Course/Free
• Multicultural Health Clearinghouse
• Nursing Assistant Video Lessons
• Nutritional Guidelines for Older Adults
• On-line Medical Dictionary
• State Nurse Aide Registries
• Writing Good Resumes

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