I also spend one hour in the telemetry booth on the floor above. That, as well, was a great experience as love interpreting rhythm strips. My special thanks should go out to Keith, who patiently explained everything to me, answered all my questions and let me interpret some strips.My morning at Employee Health went smoothly and it was a great experience to draw blood on real patients. I am very thankful that Employee Health opened their doors to us and I highly value the experience I gained during my time there. I am a pre-nursing student and it was great to be able to observe the nurses on the floor. I cannot stress enough how wonderful the nursing staff on floor 31 has been. The positive attitudes of the nurses and nurse techs definitely contributed to making this clinical such an incredible experience. I enjoyed working the floor, learning how to use the equipment and taking care of the patients.

This clinical experience has given me insights into the hospital environment that cannot be learned in the classroom. What I am walking away with is a thorough understanding of the importance of reporting anything abnormal immediately, the importance of being accurate when charting and performing quality control checks and the importance of documenting everything. A single oversight can cost a life.

Thank you, for this amazing opportunity! Silken Audient

I am Fire Sleek who was a student of Covenant C.N.A. School. I successfully passed CNA State Examination and PCT National Examination. I attend Covenant CNA School Advance Patient Care Technician Clinical at a great hospital.

This is my clinical practice report:

The 1st day of clinical practice with Covenant C.N.A. School instructor Mrs. Mottley introduced a team consist of three C.N.A. students with to the unit attending duty medical staffs. I am one of the members of the C.N.A. student team. As the practice started one of the unit nurses ask me to collect soiled towels and soiled linen in plastic bags from the patient rooms. Before I enter to the room I knock on the door and asked the will of the patient to allow me to enter. In the room where I am assigned to work, the patients allowed me to enter. I foam my hands with sanitizer whenever I go in and come out from each room. While entering the room I told my name who I am and why I am there. I asked them that I am there to collect soiled towels and soiled linens "Is that ok?" They said it is ok. I collected the soiled linens and soiled towels in different bags. I tied the plastic bags in the room and I dispose the soiled item in the designated room. Before I leave the room I thank the patient. I hang new plastic bags in rest room. On the same day I had chance to take patients temperature, pulse, respiratory rate, blood pressure and arterial oxygen concentration of two patients. I grasped the automatic vital sign machine and took the vital signs of the patients. I documented the vital signs of the patients on a paper and informed to the nurse who ordered me and to my instructor. I put the paper into the shredder. I learned how to document the vital sign of the patient in the computer. We were taken to telemetry room on the fourth floor and introduced with the staffs working there and got the chance to see the machines. At 2100 the assigned time was over and left the hospital.

The2nd day of clinical practice: Tuesday February 1st at 1600 Mrs. Mottley introduced the team with the duty medical staffs. I was told to take vital signs of four patients. I grasp the automatic vital sign machine and knock on the door of the room. All the patients said come in. I foam my hands with sanitizer when I went in and came out from each room. I told them who I am and why I am there, saying that I am here take your vital sign. I asked them "Is that ok?" all of them said ok. I took the vital signs, document on paper and inform to the nurse and to my instructor after that I put the paper into the shredder. I collected soiled towels and soiled linens from rooms and disposed into the room where soiled stuff gets disposed.

I put new plastic bags in the restrooms. I saw how blood glucose is measured with accu-chek on one patient and I got the chance to test the blood glucose of two patients and successfully did it. I informed the measurement to the nurse. I delivered bags of ices to the patients poured into their jugs and cups.

The 3rd day of clinical practice: Wednesday February 2nd at 0730 I went to Employee Health Service. I was there alone (not a team). I introduced myself to Mrs. Deborah F. that I was there to practice phlebotomy and she said ok. I got a chance to draw blood on one employee. I introduced myself to the employee and Mrs. Deborah told to the employee who I am. I took the blood pressure of the employee with manual apparatus, counted the pulse and the respiration. She also checked and confirmed and registered. The same procedure was done on another appointed employee. One of the employees had blood tests so I got the chance to draw blood. Before taking blood I sanitized my hands and wore gloves I felt median vein at the brachial region. I cleaned the skin over the vein with alcohol swap and allow the alcohol to dry. I applied tourniquet above the brachial region and stuck a butterfly needle. I did the tourniquet and collected blood in four tubes as needed and turned the tubes 8 times up and down gently. 1130 was the time to leave the department, so she reminds me to leave and I thanked her and left.

The 4th day of clinical practice: Thursday February 3rd 2011 at 1700 Mrs. Mottley introduced our team with the unit 31 duty staffs. One of the nurses took me to assist her in measuring fluid draining from different tubes. Before I went in to the room I sanitized my hands with foam. I knocked the door and I told my name and why I am there. I asked his will. He said ok. I got the chance to see and measure fluids coming through tubes jp1 and jp2. I wore gloves, poured the fluid into measuring cups. I told her and she documented the amount. When I left the room I cleaned my hand with sanitizer. I got another order to take vital signs of two patients. I grasped the automatic vital sign machines. I knocked to the room door to allow me to enter into the room. The patients said "come in". While I went into the room I told my name and I said "I am here to take your vital sign is that ok?” I took the vital sign of the patient and informed to the nurse who ordered me to take it. Another order came from a nurse saying, "If you don’t mind will you pour the urine of a patient".

In that room the patient was discharged. I foam my hands with sanitizer and wore gloves. I poured the urine. I rinse the urinal and dried it. I got order from the same nurse to check blood sugar level of two patients. I went to the patients as usual I knocked the door asked permission of the patients to allow me to come in. They said come in; I cleaned my hands with sanitizer and wore gloves. I scanned my name tag and the patient’s name tag. I cleaned the patient’s finger with alcohol swap, dried with cotton ball and milked the finger and then prinked the cleaned area of the finger. I followed the instruction on the accu-chek machine.

As a droplet of blood came out, I contact the "c" shaped side of the stripe with the blood and (allow) wait the hourglass picture to appear and disappear. I informed the result to the nurse .At 2100 it is time to leave the unit 31 and we left.

The 5th day of clinical practice: Friday February 4th 2011 at 1700 Mrs. Mottley took us to the unit 31 and introduced us to the duty staffs of the unit 31. I got the order to deliver bags of ice to the patients. I prepared eleven bags of ices and delivered to patients. Whenever I reached to the doors, I knocked on the doors and waited for their responses. When they say come in I went in. I pour the ices into their jugs and cups. I applied sanitizer whenever I went in and came out. At 2000 I got the chance to take vital signs of four patients and to document their vital sign information into the computer. I grasp the automatic vital sign machine and took the four patients temperature, pulse, respiratory rate, blood pressure and arterial oxygen concentration. At this time I myself documented the patients vital sign information into the computer chart. I grasped a lot of clinical practice knowledge in the hospital practice. I am so happy to get the chance of such clinical practice exposure.

I would like to thank Covenant C.N.A. School and the Hospital and the Employee Health Service staffs.

Sincerely Sleek

I was afforded the opportunity to complete my Patient Care Technician (PCT) clinical rotation with Covenant C.N.A. School Advance Patient Care Technician Clinical at an amazing hospital at two locations.  That week has by far been the most memorable hands-on clinical experience I have ever experienced. It was especially a pleasure working with the hospital staffs that were very helpful through their advice and suggestions. Most importantly, they were willing to extended their workplace and years of knowledge to me.

Again I greatly appreciate the opportunity I was given by your facilities. I was able to experience firsthand how working at your company can be a rewarding experience. The experience was wonderful and I look forward to another similar experience in the near future possibly even as an actual employee.

Thanks again for such a great opportunity.

Sincerely, Katrina Adrien

The experience I with Covenant C.N.A. School Advance Nursing Assistant Clinical Program was beneficial and enjoyable.  The hospital staff was welcoming and helpful.  I enjoyed the interaction with the patients and their families.  The nurse techs, the PCAs, and the RNs were all helpful and interactive.  They trusted us with the bed baths, vital signs, and ACCU-CHEK.  They were open to us being there and treated us as if we were one of their co-workers.  Some of the things that would have heighten my experience there would have been better communication with the staff and more nurse techs.  For few of the days we were there, each nurse tech had 12-13 patients who all required bed baths and vital signs.  Also, I would have liked the doctors to be more approachable. I enjoyed the experience and learned a lot.   

Sincerely Vo La Yi

My name is Keisha Beadle, a former student of the Covenant C.N.A School. First and most of all I would like to thank Ms. Mottley, for her hard work and effort. My experience at with Covenant C.N.A. School Advance Nursing Assistant Clinical in the hospital environment   was a wonderful success. Over the course of my training I have noticed the outstanding care staff provided to patients and family members. I have learned and had hands-on with vital signs, communicating with patients, practice good sanitary, accurate documentation of medical record, the importance of protecting patient privacy, followed standard precautions, and respected patient rights. I have enjoyed working in the setting of a hospital, and felt very comfortable and have a strong desire to obtain an opportunity   where I can utilize my skills.

Again, I want to thank everyone at the hospital and my instructor for the giving me a wonderful opportunity to acquire the knowledge to become successful in my line of work.  

Sincerely, Keisha Beadle-Douglas

I would like to start off by thanking you for giving us the opportunity to even step foot into a wonderfully hospital. Covenant C.N.A. School Advance Nursing Assistant Clinical definitely gave me an insight of not only what I would be getting myself into at a CNA level, but also higher. The staff on Unit 11 welcomed us with open arms and was more than happy to have us shadow them, and work alongside with them. Any questions we had, it was answered by educating us further than just the question itself. I saw what kind of difference I can make with patients and how my interaction with them can make all the difference. I enjoyed the Advance Nursing Assistant Clinical at the hospital the experience that left a footprint on my career that I know I want to be in. The skills we were taught and actually reading in the book at the school house was brought to real life on the floor at Emory. 

Again, my week at Covenant CNA School Advance Nursing Assistant Clinical created a lifelong memory that I know it helped me for the future. It was a wonderful experience that helped me. I saw the different tempo compared to a lifelong care and even a different floor on a hospital. Thank you for giving us the great opportunity.

Hyoshin Cha

WOW!!! THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND EXPERIENCE I HAD AT COVENANT C.N.A. SCHOOL ADVANCE NURSING ASSITANT CLIINICAL AT PRESTIUGES ATLANTA HOSPITAL. ONE OF MY DREAMS IS TO WORK FOR THE HOSPITAL. I LOVE WORKING WITH PEOPLE AND HELPING PEOPLE. ONE OF MY GOALS IS TO CONTINUE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT NURSING CAREER.WORKING AT THE HOSPITAL WILL GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND MY CAREER. I REALLY HOPE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR EMORY HOSPITAL. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DID FOR ME, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BELEAVING IN ME. I WILL ALWAYS DO THE BEST I CAN. I AM NOT PERFECT BUT I ALWAYS GIVE 100 % of myself.

SINCERELY

MAGNELLY SAYERS

My name is Shanessa Battle and I am a student with Covenant CNA school. I was blessed with the opportunity to attend their Advance Nursing Assistant Clinical in a GREAT hospital.  The experiences I had there I will always remember.  The chance to meet new and experienced people in my field, to find how everything is properly done in a hospital setting with caring compassion and in a professional manner. From the Nurse's station to being able to properly perform as a CNA and also participated in patient transport.

The staff was very nice and always helpful. There was no question I had that did not get answered. One day when I have completed my classes and am properly certified the hospital where we participated at would be one of my first choices to apply for a permanent position.

 I wish to thank my instructor and the hospital staff for making this such a wonderful learning experience.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Shanessa Battle

The Covenant C.N.A. School Advance Nursing Assistant Clinical training experience was very knowledgeable, rich and rewarding. I will never forget my opportunity with the “real-world” experience of healthcare. The hospital staff was much diversified and family oriented. The nursing staff is very helpful and understanding towards fellow classmates and me.

The basic knowledge of patient care that has been received from Covenant C.N.A School was intensified from my externship with hospital.  The excellent “hands-on” training helped with my weak points and strengthens them at the same time. I am confident that with the combination of my training and experience, these skills, which are backed by an excellent work ethic and strong character, I will prove to be an asset to the hospital healthcare facilities.

With the medical care that I had the opportunity to learn, I can see I will have the potential to grow in my choice in the medical profession as an employee with the hospital.  It has been inspiring and unique experience that I will always cherish. I definitely would recommend this program to future nursing assistant students to experience Covenant C.N.A. School Advance Nursing Assistant Clinical.

Thank you,

Ms. Camille Johnson

Dear Mrs.Mottley,

My experience at Covenant C.N.A. School Advance Nursing Assistant Clinical has been a valuable learning platform that I'm certain will help propel my career as a Certified Nursing Assistant. Learning in a classroom setting is essential for a strong knowledge foundation, but it’s the hands on practical and clinical experience that truly fosters learning, growth and a mastery of this craft.  I am truly grateful and privileged to have has this opportunity,

With Sincere Gratitude,

Rhonda Holloway

The experience I had at Covenant CNA School Advance Nursing Assistant Clinical was great.  I got to assist the nursing tech all this week. I learned so much at the Advance Nursing Assistant Clinical. My nurse tech was so nice, sometimes she allowed us do to half the work. We took the patient's blood sugar, vital signs, gave them bed baths and made their beds.

Justin Mutanda

Great Learning Environment I wanted to first say that this school is the best thing that has happened to me in a long time. I truly feel blessed to be a part of the training led by Mrs. Mottley and Mrs. Green. There're truly are no words that can describe how much gratitude I have for Covenant CNA School. They give you a unique real world experience that is not offered at many schools. This is my second CNA school that I have attended and there is no comparison. Thanks so much!

 Brandon

Highly Recommend

Covenant CNA school is top notch! The instructors are awesome and the Program Coordinator (Mrs. Mottley) is off the chain. She is honest, caring, determined and strives for continuous success daily. After completing her program there is no reason why you will not be successful. It's like CNA boot camp. You will learn real-world knowledge from a highly experienced nurse, mother, Army Officer, friend, comedian (yes, Mrs. Mottley is super funny!!), and much more. I have attended many schools, University and training programs in my life and CCNA ranks at the top. If you are looking for outstanding training at a great price, look no further. I completed my CNA Aug 2, 2010 and will complete PCT within a few weeks. Last but not least...Mr. Mottley and Ms. Rosemarie are awesome.

M.R. Powder Springs

Great School

Mrs. Mottley is an excellent instructor. She is tough but there is a reason for her madness. She wants you to succeed in your professional life. She paced her class accordingly. I looked forward to every class session. She used real life examples and explained everything thoroughly. Clinical rotation at Parkview was an excellent learning experience. I am very thankful I chose Covenant CNA School.

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By Ms. Brewster

I want to send well wishes to the Covenant CNA School. I attended the school in 2007.Mrs.Mottley is an excellent instructor. She gave me the stills I needed to get in the medical field. I love her style of teaching she cares about her students. She wanted to give something back and she did. It takes a good heart to deal with all kinds of people THANK YOU for everything.

Dear Mrs. Mottley

Covenant C.N.A. School an excellent training facility. I am very satisfied with the educational learning that I have retained. I am prepared to face my career with confidence, Profession and experience. The instructor at Covenant also takes time with each student to make sure they are prepared. Teaches with visual and prepared me with listening skills. Ms. Mottley is one of the instructors that gave me hands on training. That teaches focus and helping me with my weak points.

I know now that Covenant C.N.A. school was the best choice. I have recommended to friends and family to attend this profession. As a student Nurse assistant, I am very proud of myself. I definitely would like the chance to attend again for Patient care tech in the near future.

A Lee

Mrs. Mottley Thank you for the service you provide to me in learning how to become a Certified Nursing Assistant. Mrs. Mottley you are a great instructor and thank you for the job reference at Triad at Park View Nursing Home. Your clinical rotation was greater.

S. Anderson

Dear Mrs. Mottley:

I would like to thank Covenant C.N.A. School and Mrs. Mottley for all you have done for me. Thank you for referring me to the living position. Covenant C.N.A. School has made a difference in my life. I am going to recommend Covenant C.N.A. School to everyone.

Your thoughtfulness means so much to me.

Thank you

R. Kamnbusa

Mrs. Mottley I would like to thank

Covenant C.N.A. School in helping me to become a Certified Nursing Assistant and Patient Care Technician. Ms Mottley thank you for spending the extra time with me reviewing the course materials.  I have learned a great deal about nursing and plan to follow your suggestions. The extra materials you distributed to me was most helpful.  I will recommend Covenant C.N.A. School to my friends and family.

Thank you for the resumes, cover letter and job referrals. I will keep Covenant C.N.A. School posted on my progress.

Thank you again for a great experience.

S. Williams

Covenant CNA School is an excellent school with a very knowledgeable instructor. Ms.Mottley always kept things honest, real, and straight with us. She never sugar-coated things, and prepared us with the skills we needed and many more. The class was fast paced, but she never left anyone behind. She takes pride in her name and would never send someone out in the field if they weren't prepared. I loved every minute of the class. She interacted with us and never just left us there with the text. I would recommend this school to anyone.

By Graduate

If you have the opportunity obtain knowledge from this school your far beyond the rest. I received my C.N.A training and can say that I have excel in the field with the training and know ledge along with my prior experience I combine the two and is now making a good living and its thanks to the C.N.A school who worked with me through all avenues and I do mean all avenues but they really prepared me both academic and personally they always tell me who every trained me did a awesome job and I have to give credit to Ms. Mottley and I know I may have gotten that wrong I do remember her getting married so sorry if I did but you were wonderful and inspiring and a perfect role model for myself and thanks for setting the standards so high by making yourself the example and I am still trying to top you but I will get there so I recommend this school to everyone who would like to be ready for the experience of a lifetime and that is working in the medical field why mot be prepared.....

By Grateful Student

I graduated from Covenant and the experience was great. Mottley was great, very discipline and if you didn’t gain any knowledge from the course it is simply because you didn’t put forth the necessary time and extra energy it takes to be successful. I didn’t go to the school for appearance I went for knowledge.

Alro