Yehaa! I just got my first professional health-care related license! Wahoo

[Heddi]

Yes, now I am officially a Health Care Assistant, Level A, for the State of Washington!

It's my FIRST license wrt Health Care (I'm getting ready to go into Nursing School!)

In this order, I shall be:

HCA -- Health Care Assitant
CNA -- Certified Nursing Assistant
LPN -- Licensed Practical Nurse
RN -- Registered Nurse

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Then, I'll get my BNS --- Bachelor of Science--Nursing

Then onto Master's Level ARNP - Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner!

Oh! I'm so excited! I'm so happy that I finally get to have letters behind my name!!!

Signed,

Heddi, HCA

:)

[Book Lover]

1. Great!

Good for you. Keep your eyes on the prize!

[Fovea]

2. Kewl!

Congrats

[johnnie]

3. Way to go Heddi!

Keep it up...good for you.

[damnraddem]

4. Congrats!

Along the way, pick up a few public health classes.

[Heddi]

5. Oh yeah! Well,

I've already got a:
7-hour AIDS/HIV Class,
Certification for Bloodborne Pathogens
Food-Handler's Sanitation Permit (back in my culinary arts days)
Adult/Child/Infant CPR
Adult/Child/Infant First Aid
First Aid for the Professional Rescuer
AED Certification (Artificial Electronic Defibrulation)
Certification re: Human Subjects in Medical Research (ethics, privacy, etc)

Andnddd, I got my 2nd of 3 Hepatitis B shots today as well. I'm just miss polly pretty pants, aren't I? :)