Nurses Aide Skills Include Honoring Everyone’s 1st Nurse (Mom)

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Those who elect to make a career of their desire to comfort and heal others by becoming certified nursing assistants share a trait with mothers everywhere.  That trait being a compassion and caring that really makes a difference to someone when they’re suffering with an illness or injury.  That is why it is important to […] Read More

Where is this all Leading, Medical Assistant?

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The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.  And if you’re just about to embark on a new career, studying to become a medical assistant, you’re likely more focused on the tasks this entails today.  You’re probably not spending much time (if any at all) thinking about where this new career might […] Read More

Want to Improve Medical Billing Study? Take a Nap!

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Well, this is probably true for all students.  However, those engaging in medical billing study online with the Allen School are typically busy people, working jobs, raising families, and taking online medical billing classes in the spaces in between as they work towards their goal of more rewarding and stable employment. If this describes you, […] Read More

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