Outbreak Warning for Nursing Assistant Training Students

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The Allen School blog reports on emerging health challenges like the SARS virus and the penicillin resistant MRSA so as to help keep those studying to attain a certified nursing assistant degree well informed of the latest threats to public health and safety. Good Morning America reports today that the MERS (which stands for Middle […] Read More

CNA Training Students – Walk the Healthy Living Talk With Patients

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After earning your nurse assistant certification, you’ll be off to work in a medical office where you’ll have regular opportunities to share information with patients on how to maintain healthy lifestyles.  One of the cornerstones of healthy living is eating a diet rich in healthy food such as fruits and veggies.  And nothing is healthier […] Read More

Online Billing and Coding Classes Can Still Use Windows XP

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In the past few months, we’ve been covering the imminent wind down of the venerable Windows XP operating system as Microsoft ceases providing support for it.  We’ve outlined all the security risks that support the recommendation to upgrade to a new operating system or even a new machine.  As several readers pointed out though, not […] Read More

Windows 8 is Great for Online Medical Billing School

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As we reported a few weeks ago, Windows XP operating system is about to fade out of existence.  With so many computers still running Microsoft’s most popular OS ever, this means many of the folks who studying medical billing and coding online using Windows XP computers have recently upgraded to a new system (or will […] Read More

Nursing Assistant Training is Tax Deductible

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So, I was absorbed in my tax filing process using the TurboTax tax preparation software (no endorsement implied, it’s just what I use) when the words “Certified Medical Assistant Class” jumped off the computer screen at me.  While I write about certified nursing assistant training regularly, I wasn’t expecting to see it in my tax […] Read More

Buying a New Computer for Medical Coding Classes Online?

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If so, you’ll be dealing with the issues surrounding what to do with your old computer.  Discussions on the technologies used to take our medical billing and coding online course are a regular feature of the Allen School Blog.  In these posts, we seek to provide good information to help our online students maximize their […] Read More

Another Breakthrough in Medical Science

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As a certified nursing assistant, you probably won’t be performing any brain surgery.  That said, it is still interesting to note whenever a breakthrough is achieved in the medical field.  As a member (or soon to be member) of this exciting career field, it should be a point of pride for you whenever such innovations […] Read More

A Framework and a Dream – Succeed in your Medical Billing Education

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There may be a thousand reasons not to do something.  But there’s only one reason why you should: because you’ve decided to do it!   Listen to those who tell you that becoming a medical billing specialist is too difficult or too costly and you’ll never know just how rewarding – personally and financially – it […] Read More