World Aids Day and the End of the Epidemic

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Rejoice oh future certified nurse assistants! For the end is in sight with respect to the scourge of AIDS, which has ravaged the world for three and a half decades.  Today, December 1st is World AIDS day, and a perfect time to look at the amazing advancements produced in the treatment and prevention of this […] Read More

Happy Thanksgiving from the Allen School Blog

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Happy Thanksgiving from the Allen School Blog Staff.  We’re giving thanks for another year of helping people begin new careers by studying medical billing classes online with the Allen School.  We’re also very grateful for all those who study to earn nursing assistant certification and medical office assistant training at our ground campuses.  We’re thankful […] Read More

Medical Assistant Training Wintertime Pro Tip

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Here’s a little factoid of significant value to anyone who is either seeking certified medical assistant training or is already employed as a certified nurse assistant in the colder latitudes.  For those of you studying at the Allen School in NYC, this includes you. Now it may be bizarrely 65 degrees as I write this […] Read More

How Medical Assistants Explain Scary Medical Jargon to Patients

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You can be sure a first-time mother will be beside herself when the doctor says her baby suffers from “pyrexia”.  The worker with high deductible health insurance is worried about the out of pocket cost of treatment for his “recurring epistaxis”. The medical industry is probably the worst of all industries when it comes to […] Read More

Happy Medical Office Assistants Succeed

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Even with a top-notch medical office assistants degree like the one you’ll get at Allen School, it is more difficult to succeed in a career (and life in general) if you’re unhappy all the time.  Think about it, we’ve all known that perennially dour person.  You know the one.  He or she is always wearing […] Read More

Diseases Come and Go – Medical Assistants Always Remain

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Found this fascinating graphic that helps visualize the top 10 causes of death in 1900 and again in 2010.  Put side by side it is just amazing to think how many once-fatal illnesses medical science has eradicated in the course of the last 100 years.  The same post at Sploid.com (a favorite geeky site of […] Read More

Don’t Forget to Vote Today Nursing Assistant Trainees

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OK, well neither should medical assistant trainees nor medical billing and coding students forget to vote.  Really, anyone reading this blog post needs to know that today is Election Day here in the US and the mid-term elections include races for every seat in the US House of Representatives.  Here in New York, the Governor […] Read More

Online Medical Billing Students, Don’t Be Held Ransom

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You study online medical billing.  You’re computer savvy and don’t go anywhere without your laptop, tablet and smart phone.  You’re the person your friends and relatives call when their computers are giving them problems.  So you likely know a lot about how to treat computer viruses (like your classmates studying to become nursing assistants know […] Read More

Why its an Interesting Year to get a Nursing Assistant Education

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Getting a nursing assistant education is always an incredibly interesting thing to do.  It is also challenging, lucrative, and rewarding, but I digress.  This year, those about to earn their nursing assistant certification are going to be entering this already dynamic and action-packed field at a time of heightened interest. According to the Centers for […] Read More

5 Best Things to Say During Medical Assistant Job Interviews

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Typically, I encounter posts written at job seekers’ sites talking about how best to answer certain common job interview questions.  Things like, “Where do you see yourself in five years” or “What do you consider your greatest strengths and weaknesses” are typical and have been discussed ad nauseum. Today, however, I came across a piece […] Read More